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Grab enters Singapore taxi market with 10-year operator licence
[SINGAPORE] The Land Transport Authority (LTA) issued a street-hail service operator licence to Singaporean ride-hail and delivery company Grab. In a statement on Wednesday (Apr 2), LTA said the...
Panin Bank a good fit for DBS’ Indonesia operations; Singapore bank’s surplus capital can fund potential acquisition
[SINGAPORE] A potential acquisition of Indonesia’s Panin Bank could benefit from DBS’ strong track record of turning around unprofitable targets, and is a good place for South-east Asia’s biggest...
Gold prices climb on safe-haven demand ahead of US reciprocal tariffs
Investors are also awaiting the automobile tariffs, which will take effect on Apr 3[BENGALURU] Gold prices advanced on Wednesday (Apr 2) as anxious investors flocked to the safe-haven metal,...
Stocks to watch: Sembcorp, Nio, SingPost, Fu Yu
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of its securities on Wednesday (Apr 2).
Bankers get boost in Asia-Pacific as M&A growth tops US, Europe
[NEW YORK] The race is far from over, but the Asia-Pacific has come out of the blocks much faster than the US and Europe in dealmaking activity this year.The...
Xiaomi car with driver assistance crashes, three reported dead
[HONG KONG] Xiaomi confirmed that one of its SU7 electric vehicles (EVs) was involved in an accident on an expressway in China. Local media reported that three people died...
Oil eases off five-week highs as traders weigh impact of imminent Trump tariffs
[NEW YORK] Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as traders braced for reciprocal tariffs that US President Donald Trump is due to announce on Wednesday, which could intensify a global...
Ghibli-inspired viral feature drives record ChatGPT usage
[BENGALURU] The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT’s image-generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI’s chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily...
