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UOB, Singtel and The Hour Glass lead buybacks
OVER the five trading sessions through Jul 23, 13 primary-listed companies repurchased a combined S$22.5 million of their shares through market acquisitions.Activity was led by UOB , which bought...
CXMT poised to become biggest China-listed firm on trading debut amid memory chip investment frenzy
Firm is the world’s fourth-largest maker of dynamic random-access memory, or DRAMPublished Sun, Jul 26, 2026 · 03:06 PMINVESTOR excitement over the memory chip trade is setting outsize expectations...
Is GIC charting a new course as the ship moves into choppy waters?
It is changing its playbook to match a new reality as the global world order shows structural shifts Source link
Indonesian stocks briefly near bull market as sentiment steadies
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 04:25 PM[JAKARTA] A brief rally in Indonesian stocks pushed the benchmark index to the cusp of a bull market, as investors rotated into...
Global bonds are reeling as oil surge rekindles inflation threat
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 03:48 PM[LONDON] Global bonds were pummelled this week by the latest resurgence in energy prices, delivering losses to investors who bet the worst...
China fines Trip.com US$765 million for abusing market dominance
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 02:35 PM[BEIJING] Chinese regulators fined Trip.com Group 5.18 billion yuan (US$765 million), concluding that the country’s largest travel booking platform abused its market...
El Nino worsens plight of Asia’s rice belt after war price shock
[SINGAPORE] A dry spell is sweeping across Asia’s rice fields, dealing another blow to farmers grappling with steep fuel and fertiliser prices triggered by the war in Iran.From Vietnam...
BlackRock gets soft demand for bond sale after AI debt sell-off
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 11:23 AM[NEW YORK] BlackRock has seen weaker-than-usual demand for a corporate bond sale tied to a Meta Platforms data centre project in Texas,...
Billionaire founder of Chinese broker Futu faces his toughest test
A securities fraud class action lawsuit is pending against Futu, Li Hua, chief financial officer Chen Yu[HONG KONG] From an early engineer at Tencent to the billionaire founder of Futu, Li...
Oil falls on report China pushing for end US-Iran war
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 08:40 AM[HOUSTON] Crude oil futures prices were more than 4 per cent lower on Friday (Jul 24) after sources said that China had...
Sias questions Accrelist after audit adjustments quadruple its FY2026 net loss
It is also asked about the material variation between its unaudited and audited statements in nine of the last 10 financial years[SINGAPORE] The Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias,...
AmEx lifts revenue forecast, unchanged profit outlook weighs on shares
Billed business, a measure of total spending on AmEx cards, rose 9% to US$455.8 billionPublished Fri, Jul 24, 2026 · 10:00 PM[NEW YORK] American Express beat second-quarter profit estimates...