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US: Stocks fall as investors pare risk on Middle East clash
Published Sat, Jun 14, 2025 · 06:03 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks finished sharply lower Friday (Jun 13) as Iran launched counterstrikes in response to an Israeli siege, leaving...
Oil settles up 7% as Israel, Iran trade air strikes
[HOUSTON] Oil prices jumped on Friday (Jun 13) and settled 7 per cent higher as Israel and Iran traded air strikes, feeding investor worries that the combat could widely...
Thakral associate GemLife inks underwriting agreement for Australian IPO launching ‘very shortly’ 
The company holds an effective interest of 31.7 per cent in GemLife, a lifestyle resorts business in Australia[SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Thakral Corp’s associate GemLife has signed an underwriting agreement for...
Emirates to hire 5,000 cabin crew amid expansion drive
[SINGAPORE] Dubai’s Emirates airline is looking to hire 5,000 new cabin crew globally this year, with a recruitment roadshow set in Singapore next week, as the group embarks on...
Chinese firms may join group seeking to buy Li Ka-shing’s ports: sources
[HONG KONG] China’s largest shipping company is among the firms in talks to invest in a multinational consortium seeking to buy billionaire Li Ka-shing’s global ports, according to people...
Middle East tensions hit Asian and Asean markets; oil and gold prices spike
[SINGAPORE] A wave of geopolitical panic swept across Asian markets on Friday (Jun 13), after Israel launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, stoking fears of a wider...
Gold tops one-month high as Middle East tensions spur safe-haven demand
GOLD prices climbed on Friday to their highest point in more than a month, on track for a weekly gain, as investors sought safe-haven assets after Israel’s strike on Iran...
Jetstar Asia shutdown: Income Insurance extends ‘goodwill’ coverage outside of ticket expenses
[SINGAPORE] Income Insurance said on Thursday (Jun 12) that it will offer coverage to eligible customers affected by Jetstar Asia’s upcoming shutdown, even though such events are not typically...
‘I got up and ran’: How one man survived the Air India crash that killed 241
AS AIR India Flight AI171 descended toward its doom on Thursday, Ramesh Vishwaskumar sat in the first row of economy class - headed for one of the most harrowing...
Global EV sales rise in May as China hits 2025 peak: Rho Motion
GLOBAL sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 24 per cent in May compared with the same period a year ago, as strength in China offset slower growth...
Google says it has resolved global service outage impacting multiple platforms
Published Fri, Jun 13, 2025 · 07:03 AMALPHABET’S Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as...
Air India crash latest test for new Boeing leadership
[NEW YORK] The devastating Air India crash seems certain to embroil Boeing in further rounds of negative headlines at a time when it has shown progress under new leadership.Shares of the...