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US: Stocks fall as market weighs expected Fed pivot
TECH shares led Wall Street stocks lower on Thursday as markets digested recent equity gains amid rising expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.Briefing.com analyst Patrick O’Hare described the...
Inflows of Singapore unit trust funds up 88.9% in Q2: Morningstar
UNIT trust equity funds have rebounded in the second quarter with S$261.2 million inflows, compared with S$116 million outflows in the previous quarter, based on Morningstar’s report on Singapore...
Inflows of Singapore unit trust funds jump 88.9% in Q2: Morningstar
UNIT trust equity funds have rebounded in the second quarter with S$261.2 million inflows, compared with S$116 million outflows in the previous quarter, based on Morningstar’s report on Singapore...
Body of British tech entrepreneur Lynch retrieved from yacht, source says
The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday (Aug 22) from the wreck of his family yacht that sank earlier this week off the coast...
UK recruiter Hays annual profit drops 47% on extended hiring periods
Low confidence levels among both jobseekers and employers have extended the time taken to fill vacant positions, dealing a blow to recruiters’ profitsBritish recruiter Hays reported a 47 per...
Xiaomi will swallow EV losses to join Tesla in the big leagues
XIAOMI is willing to grow its nascent electric vehicle (EV) arm at the expense of profits for now, as it angles to join Tesla and BYD among the world’s...
Walmart’s doing so well in China it doesn’t need JD.com anymore
WALMART is flying so high on the strength of its Chinese operations that it’s exited a long-time local partnership, an outlier in a consumer landscape that’s increasingly hostile to...
AIA Singapore’s new business value rises 27% in H1; new recruits up by 13%
AIA Singapore’s value of new business (VONB) rose 27 per cent on the year to US$219 million for the first half ended Jun 30, from US$173 million in the...
