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Gold holds steady near all-time high amid US tariff concerns
GOLD prices on Tuesday (Feb 4) hovered near a record high scaled in the prior session, as investors fretted that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and...
Singapore finds its seat at the China+1 table
FOR multinationals looking to reduce their reliance on China, the top alternative locations in Asia so far have been Vietnam and Indonesia. Both economies have witnessed a boom in...
MUFG looks beyond record profits to win global investors
AS JAPAN’S biggest bank heads for record profit that surpasses even its own projections, one thing is on the mind of its chief financial officer: what to do with...
Apple blasts EU app laws after first porn app comes to iPhones
From the beginning of the App Store in 2008, Apple executives have banned porn from its platformAPPLE lambasted the EU’s Digital Markets Act after the first known porn app...
CapitaLand Investment to seed future data centre fund with US$700m investment in Japan
It is making disciplined acquisitions without acting like ‘a kid in a toy store’, says CLI’s Manohar KhiataniASSET manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) will invest more than US$700 million in...
The Real Cost of Starting a Business in 2025
Starting a business in 2025 might sound exciting, but let’s face it, it can be a real wallet-drainer. You’ve got your obvious costs, like rent and supplies, but then...
Ontario cancels Starlink contract in latest Canadian tariffs protest
THE Canadian province of Ontario on Monday (Feb 3) announced it was cancelling a C$100 million (S$93.4 million) contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, the latest retaliatory move against tariffs...
US: Wall St slides at open as Trump’s tariffs trigger risk aversion
Wall Street’s main indexes dropped at the open on Monday (Feb 3) as fears of a full-blown trade war and its impact on the global economy jolted markets around...
