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European shares gain after US inflation data, ECB rate decision aids investor optimism
EUROPEAN shares made broad-based gains on Thursday, with lower-than-expected US inflation strengthening hopes for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2026 and the European Central Bank taking a more positive view of...
UBS plans January job cuts to kick off final year of integration
[ZURICH] UBS Group is set to begin its latest wave of job cuts in mid-January, according to people familiar with the matter. That step will be followed by another...
IndiGo faces India antitrust scrutiny after mass flight cancellations
Disruptions highlight risks of the 90% IndiGo-Air India duopoly in India’s air market[NEW DELHI] India’s competition regulator said on Thursday (Dec 18) it was reviewing allegations of antitrust violations...
Why fintech firm Bilt is funding its own original series ‘Roomies’
At the Angelika Film Center in New York earlier this month, 115 people gathered around the theater’s big screen. But it wasn’t to watch a Hollywood film. They came...
Singapore stocks track Wall Street declines; STI down 0.1%
Across the broader market, losers beat gainers 286 to 236, as 883.5 million securities worth S$1.1 billion change hands[SINGAPORE] Singapore shares ended lower on Thursday (Dec 18), tracking declines...
Google works to erode Nvidia’s software advantage with Meta’s help
The effort is part of Google’s aggressive plan to make its TPU a viable alternative to Nvidia’s GPUs[SAN FRANCISCO] Alphabet’s Google is working on a new initiative to make...
South Korea digs deeper into intervention toolkit as won slides
The won has been Asia’s worst-performing currency in the second half of the year[SEOUL] In South Korea, calls for action to stem the won’s decline are getting louder by...
Thai central bank proposes controls on gold trade, ready to cut rates further
[BANGKOK] The Thai central bank is calling on the finance ministry to control gold trading after a surge in transactions helped drive up the value of the baht, its...
Trump says next Fed chair will believe in lower interest rates ‘by a lot’
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the next chairman of the US Federal Reserve will be someone who believes in lower interest rates “by a lot.”“I’ll soon...
OCBC users hit by short-lived mobile and online log-in error; bank says issue resolved
[SINGAPORE] OCBC digital users are now able to access mobile and online banking services, following a short-lived outage on Thursday (Dec 18) morning.About 1,000 outage reports were lodged on...
Asian markets track Wall Street lower as AI fears mount
ASIAN markets sank on Thursday after another sell-off on Wall Street as worries over the tech sector’s colossal spending on artificial intelligence continued to dog investor sentiment.Hopes for an...
KGI starts Ever Glory at ‘outperform’ with S$1.20 target amid high construction demand in Singapore
Its asset-light model and careful working-capital management enable disciplined expansion, says analyst [SINGAPORE] KGI Securities has initiated coverage on Ever Glory United with an “outperform” rating and a target...