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BlackRock eyes more than US$12 billion debt for Texas data centre
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 11:29 PM[WASHINGTON] BlackRock is looking to sell more than US$12 billion of bonds to help finance a data centre campus in El Paso,...
Wall St opens higher as chips recover, megacap earnings loom
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 09:49 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Jul 20), as chip stocks recovered from last week’s pullback and investors...
Dollar drifts as US-Iran conflict intensifies; sterling inches higher
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 08:11 PM[LONDON] The dollar was broadly steady on Monday (Jul 20) as cautious investors watched out for signals on the direction of the...
Singapore stocks fall amid tech rout; STI down 0.2%
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 07:30 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Monday (Jul 20) amid a tech rout in Asian markets.The dip coincided with the launch of...
CICT to reconfigure parts of Paragon, including Metro space
The department store is likely to remain in the Orchard Road mall under new retail concept stores[SINGAPORE] CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) is advancing plans to optimise and selectively...
Hong Kong stock listing boom rumbles towards six-year high
High-tech firms debuting in the city form a new ecosystem of stocks on top of the old guard of internet firms, says BNP ParibasPublished Mon, Jul 20, 2026 ·...
Hong Kong mulls longer stock trading hours, ending lunch break
It is proposing to start equities trading 30 minutes earlier at 9 am, and to scrap the one hour lunch break that starts at noonPublished Mon, Jul 20, 2026...
China exports 20% fewer magnets to US despite trade truce
Customs data show shipments stabilising in 2026, but still well below levels seen before curbs were introducedPublished Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 03:13 PMCHINA’S shipments of rare earth magnets...
Blackstone agrees to invest in Korean robotics supplier Futronic
This values the firm at around US$675 million, according to people familiar with the matterPublished Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 01:29 PMBLACKSTONE has agreed to invest in Futronic, a...
New Zealand meat sales to US surge 60% as American beef herd shrinks
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 11:56 AMNEW Zealand meat exports surged to a record in the second quarter, boosted by sales to the US where cattle herds have...
