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Car sales in Europe dip slightly in April, Tesla’s 49% drop tempers EV gains
TESLA’S sales in Europe fell 49 per cent in April from a year earlier, even as battery-electric sales rose by 27.8 per cent, as the US EV maker’s upgrade...
Asia: Stocks fluctuate as traders await next moves in Trump trade war
[HONG KONG] Equities meandered on Tuesday as investors awaited the latest developments on Donald Trump’s trade war, while the yen rallied after the head of Japan’s central bank flagged more...
Cerberus eyes Chinese firm’s Darwin port: report
China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has warned Canberra in a statement released on Sunday to tread carefully in its decision-making around the Port of Darwin lease Published Tue,...
Stocks to watch: Sembcorp, Bukit Sembawang, SBS Transit, Boustead
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (May 27): Sembcorp: Its subsidiary Sembcorp Utilities entered an agreement with several of its...
Buyout on Hold: Seven & i investors eye execution before backing deal or strategy
[TOKYO] The annual meeting of Seven & i Holdings shareholders is likely to be a low-key event, despite the drama surrounding a company facing a takeover proposal by Alimentation...
RBNZ set to make sixth rate cut and signal bias to more easing
[WELLINGTON] New Zealand’s central bank is set to cut interest rates for a sixth straight meeting and signal it’s open to further easing as US trade barriers dim the...
Bukit Sembawang H2 earnings up 13% at S$51.4 million; company proposes higher special dividend
[SINGAPORE] Property developer Bukit Sembawang Estates reported net profit after tax of S$51.4 million for the second half of its financial year ending Mar 31, a 13 per cent...
Boustead’s H2 profit up 48 per cent to S$59.1 million
[SINGAPORE] Engineering and technology group Boustead Singapore’s net profit for the six months ended Mar 31, 2024 increased 58 per cent to S$59.1 million compared to the year-ago period....
Four energy companies from Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam ink deal to explore clean energy export from Vietnam
Alliance reflects growing momentum towards a regionally integrated Asean Power Grid[KUALA LUMPUR] Four energy companies from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have inked an agreement to explore the export of...
Maybank Q1 net profit rises 4% to RM2.6 billion
[SINGAPORE] Maybank’s net profit for the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, increased 4 per cent to RM2.6 billion (S$790 million), up from RM2.5 billion in the previous corresponding period....
