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Apple and other tech stocks rebound after Trump offers more tariffs guidance
Stock prices of Apple, Alphabet and other Silicon Valley tech companies rebounded on Monday after the Trump administration said electronics, including semiconductors and smartphones, were exempt from the “reciprocal...
Oil rises marginally on tariff exemption, Chinese crude imports
[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled slightly higher on Monday (Apr 14) on exemptions for some electronics from US tariffs and data showing a sharp rebound in China’s crude imports in...
Opec cuts 2025 oil demand forecast over US tariffs
It expects demand to grow by 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, down from a previous forecast of 1.4 million bpd[RIYADH] Opec slightly lowered its forecast for...
Women’s health supplement brand Moom Health bags S$3.5 million funding
Investors include Eu Yan Sang founders’ family office and investment firm backed by Wilmar International co-founder and chairman Kuok Khoon Hong[SINGAPORE] Women’s health supplement brand Moom Health announced on...
Bruised dollar languishes near three-year lows on tariff anxiety
[SINGAPORE] The dollar drifted lower on Monday (Apr 14), while the Japanese yen and the euro progressed higher as investor confidence in the world’s reserve currency remained in question...
Goldman Sachs’ profit jumps as traders deliver gains
[NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs reported a 15 per cent rise in first-quarter profit as market volatility led to record revenue in equities trading and boosted fixed income results. The Wall...
Wilmar maintains innocence after Indonesian judges who acquitted it are arrested on corruption charges
[SINGAPORE] Wilmar International maintained its innocence after four judges who cleared it – as well as two other palm oil companies – in a corruption case related to obtaining...
Wilmar maintains innocence after Indonesian judges who acquitted it arrested on corruption charges
[SINGAPORE] Wilmar International maintained its innocence after four judges who cleared it – as well as two other palm oil companies – in a corruption case related to obtaining...
HPL jumps 5.5% after announcing that Ong Beng Seng will step down as managing director
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) rose on Monday (Apr 14) by over 5 per cent, following the company’s announcement that property tycoon and hotelier Ong Beng Seng...
Upgrading Paragon as part of a listed Reit
[SINGAPORE] As the local bourse waits for potential new real estate investment trust (Reit) listings to materialise, Paragon Reit, which went public in July 2013, might be delisted soon.The...
Asia : Stocks rise on electronics tariffs exemption, gold hits new high
[HONG KONG]  Asian stocks rose on Monday as trade war fears were tempered by Donald Trump’s announcement of tariff exemptions for electronics, though the dollar weakened and safe-haven gold...
Companies getting ‘a bit tired’ of tariff chaos, DHL CEO says
[HONG KONG] Fatigue is setting in among companies and manufacturers trying to navigate US President Donald Trump’s whipsawing tariff moves, according to DHL Group chief executive officer Tobias Meyer.Meyer,...