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China hints at 25% car tariff as deadline for EU probe looms
China hints at 25% car tariff as deadline for EU probe looms
CHINA signalled it is ready to unleash tariffs as high as 25 per cent on imported cars with large engines, as trade tensions escalate with the US and European...
Global family offices eye greater investment into Asia-Pacific, artificial intelligence: UBS
Global family offices eye greater investment into Asia-Pacific, artificial intelligence: UBS
OVER a third of single-family offices across the world are planning to increase their investments into Asia-Pacific (Apac) – excluding the Greater China region – in the next five...
Microsoft promotes new tools for making AI software
Microsoft promotes new tools for making AI software
MICROSOFT talked up new tools on Tuesday (May 21) aimed at encouraging programmers to build AI-focused technology into Windows software as it races against Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple to...
SIA relief flight lands in Singapore with passengers and crew members of SQ321
SIA relief flight lands in Singapore with passengers and crew members of SQ321
PASSENGERS who were on flight SQ321 arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 2 at about 5 am on May 22, with almost all briskly escorted out of the baggage collection...
US: Stocks end slightly higher after Fed comments, ahead of Nvidia
US: Stocks end slightly higher after Fed comments, ahead of Nvidia
US stocks closed with slight gains on Tuesday (May 21), sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record levels, as investors assessed the latest comments from Federal Reserve officials...
Tick-tock: Cordlife’s fate on the line
Tick-tock: Cordlife’s fate on the line
AS THE clock ticks down for Cordlife Group, Singapore’s pioneer and Asia’s largest private cord blood banking provider, startling events of late have imbued little hope that things could...
Nearly one in 10 Reit assets in Apac at high risk from climate change, extreme weather: report
Nearly one in 10 Reit assets in Apac at high risk from climate change, extreme weather: report
CLOSE to one in 10 assets belonging to real estate investment trusts (Reits) across Asia-Pacific (Apac) will be at high risk from the effects of climate change and extreme...
Nissan pauses EV sedan development in US, widens lineup
Nissan pauses EV sedan development in US, widens lineup
NISSAN Motor has paused development plans for two battery-powered sedans while expanding its EV lineup to five vehicles in the United States, the Japanese automaker said on Tuesday (May...
US: Nasdaq, S&P 500 dip at open on Fed policy caution
US: Nasdaq, S&P 500 dip at open on Fed policy caution
THE tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 opened lower on Tuesday (May 21) amid policy caution from Federal Reserve officials ahead of the central bank’s meeting minutes and...
Shell shareholders reject investor climate resolution
Shell shareholders reject investor climate resolution
SHELL shareholders on Tuesday (May 21) rejected a resolution filed by a group of investors urging the energy company to set tighter climate targets.