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Trump weighing advanced Nvidia chip sales to China, Lutnick says
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump is weighing whether to allow Nvidia to sell advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China and will be the one to make a final...
Oil prices settle up 1% on bets Fed will cut US rates and doubts about Ukraine peace
Global brokerages remain split on whether the Fed will cut interest rates at its December meeting after last week’s mixed signals on job growth and unemployment[NEW YORK] Oil prices...
UK minister aims for ‘timely sale’ of Telegraph to Daily Mail owner
DMGT said the deal would comply with Britain’s Foreign State Influence regime to block foreign state control of UK newspapers[LONDON] British culture minister Lisa Nandy said on Monday she...
Telefonica to cut 5,000 jobs to slash costs, union says
The cuts, affecting about a fifth of the carrier’s Spanish workforce, will apply to three Telefónica units[MADRID] Spain’s largest telecommunications operator Telefonica aims to cut at least 5,040 jobs...
Wee Hur Holdings prices S$30 million notes due 2030 at 4.8%
[SINGAPORE] Property developer Wee Hur on Monday (Nov 24) launched and priced S$30 million worth of fixed-rate notes due in 2030 at 4.8 per cent.Pursuant to Wee Hur’s S$500...
Amid AI frenzy, concerns mount over sustainability of equity rally as valuations continue to soar
The bulls say the AI boom is unlike the dotcom boom in that the main players this time are extremely profitable giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and MetaWITH...
JTC, NUS to explore setting up new facility on Jurong Island to test green data centre innovations
Separately, refiner Aster will invest US$150 million in a new gas turbine, and inks deal to produce low-carbon hydrogen[SINGAPORE] Industrial landlord JTC and the National University of Singapore (NUS)...
Revolut’s valuation hits US$75 million as it completes fundraising
[SINGAPORE] Digital bank Revolut has concluded fundraising – comprising secondary share sales for employees and fresh capital – bringing its valuation to US$75 billion.Investors that led the fundraising round...
Revolut’s valuation hits US$75 billion as it completes fundraising
[SINGAPORE] Digital bank Revolut has concluded fundraising – comprising secondary share sales for employees and fresh capital – bringing its valuation to US$75 billion.Investors that led the fundraising round...
Singapore climbs ahead of Hong Kong in gross tonnage registered as more vessels reflagged
Higher tonnage in September makes Singapore the fourth-largest ship registry in the world[SINGAPORE] The ship registry of Singapore has pulled ahead of its closest competitor Hong Kong after some...
