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US dollar holds gains as war widens in Middle East, rallies against yen
THE US dollar held on to its biggest gains in a week on Wednesday (Oct 2) after an Iranian missile attack on Israel drove the buying of safe haven...
BlackRock chases private credit deals in record India market
BLACKROCK, the world’s largest asset manager, is hunting for Indian direct lending opportunities in a broadening array of sectors from agriculture to hospitality as the nation’s booming private credit...
Comcast unit sues Warner Bros for breach on TV show deals
COMCAST’S European Sky pay-television unit sued Warner Bros, alleging the film and TV company breached an agreement to share co-production opportunities on projects like a Harry Potter TV series.The...
Rate cuts set gold on track for best quarter in eight years
GOLD prices were heading for their best quarter in more than eight years on Friday (Sep 27), having hit a series of record highs in recent sessions as the...
Gold heads for third weekly advance following record run
GOLD headed for a third weekly gain after notching a string of records on expectations of further interest-rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.The precious metal traded near its...
US: Wall Street opens marginally higher after soft inflation report
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Friday (Sep 27), with the S&P 500 near record highs, after soft inflation data raised expectations that the Federal Reserve could...
Yen bounces back as veteran lawmaker Ishiba wins PM contest
THE yen regained strength on Friday (Sep 27), bouncing back from earlier losses, after Japan’s former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba won the leadership contest of the country’s ruling Liberal...
Construction companies must dig deeper to improve productivity amid rising temperatures
Besides focusing on worker safety, they can also look at quantifying impact of heat on productivity AS RISING temperatures impede the progress of construction projects in Singapore, companies here...
