Posts by Mark Darwin
Gold retreats as reports on Trump’s Fed nominee boost dollar
Published Fri, Jan 30, 2026 · 12:17 PM GOLD fell, following its first drop in nearly two weeks, as the US dollar strengthened after a report the Trump administration is preparing to nominate Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair. Bullion retreated as much as 4.8 per cent on Friday, having gained as much as 1.4 per…
Read MoreMapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust Q3 DPU rises 2.5% to S$0.0205
[SINGAPORE] Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT) on Friday (Jan 30) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0205 for the third quarter ended Dec 31. It will be paid on Mar 18. This was 2.5 per cent higher from the year-ago period when its DPU stood at S$0.02. In a bourse filing, the manager reported…
Read MoreThe Complete Guide to Launching on Product Hunt (For First-Timers)
You finally have something real. Not a side-project sketch or a half-working demo, but a product people can actually use. Now someone suggests, “You should launch on Product Hunt.” You nod, open the site, see the leaderboard, and immediately feel behind. Do you need a big audience? A famous hunter? A perfect landing page? For…
Read MoreBitcoin drops below US$86,000 as traders retreat from risk assets
Published Fri, Jan 30, 2026 · 12:20 AM [NEW YORK] Bitcoin dropped below US$86,000 for the first time in about six weeks amid a pullback in risk assets. The largest cryptocurrency slipped as much as 4.7 per cent to US$85,105, the lowest price since Dec 19. Smaller digital assets fell more, with Ether, Doge, Cardano…
Read MoreIndia’s Bharat Petroleum plans Singapore trading hub to cut costs and boost margins
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 08:08 PM [MUMBAI] India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) will open a trading office in Singapore next month, as the state-owned refiner seeks to become more flexible in its feedstock procurement process and reduce costs to boost processing margins, chairman Sanjay Khanna said on Thursday (Jan 29). The Mumbai-based refiner’s…
Read MoreBursa Malaysia Q4 net profit falls 11.8% to RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment
[KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia ended 2025 with lower revenue and profit as muted sentiment and decreased daily trading dampened securities market performance, the company said in a bourse filing on Thursday (Jan 29). The stock exchange operator registered a net profit of RM60.8 million (S$19.6 million) in the fourth quarter of FY2025, down 11.8 per…
Read MoreJapan’s Nidec delays results again, vows culture reform after crisis
The company’s founder Shigenobu Nagamori has already stepped down as chairman of the board Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 12:11 PM [TOKYO] Japanese electric motor maker Nidec delayed the release of its quarterly results and pledged to overhaul the company’s growth-at-all-costs culture in the wake of an accounting scandal that’s seen its debt rating…
Read MoreGold climbs to record above US$5,500 on bets for dovish Fed chair
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 08:10 AM [SINGAPORE] Gold surged to an all-time high above US$5,500 an ounce, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US dollar weakness and expectations the next Federal Reserve chair will pursue further monetary easing. Bullion surged as much as 3.2 per cent in early trading on Thursday (Jan 29),…
Read More13 SGX counters qualify for reduced board lot size
Under proposed changes, investors could buy shares of these companies in lots of 10, instead of the current 100 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has confirmed that 13 stocks qualify for reduced board lot sizes under a proposal that aims to make share investing more affordable. This follows the bourse operator’s Jan 23 consultation paper,…
Read MoreHo Bee Land appoints Li Xiangrun as new CFO
[SINGAPORE] Ho Bee Land has promoted its current head of finance, Li Xiangrun, to chief financial officer effective Feb 1. The position is currently not filled, according to the property developer’s website. Li, 43, joined the company in June 2023 as head of finance. Prior to his tenure at Ho Bee Land, he spent a…
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