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Hot stocks: US office S-Reits rise on Federal Reserve’s rate cut
Hot stocks: US office S-Reits rise on Federal Reserve’s rate cut
PURE-PLAY US office real estate investment trusts (Reits) listed in Singapore were trading in positive territory on Thursday (Sep 19) morning, following interest rate cut of 50 basis points...
Gold flat after bumper Fed rate cut
Gold flat after bumper Fed rate cut
GOLD struggled for momentum on Thursday (Sep 19) as market participants digested Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s comments after the US central bank delivered a super-sized rate cut.Spot gold...
Update makes X available again to many in Brazil
Update makes X available again to many in Brazil
SOCIAL-MEDIA platform X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday (Sep 18) as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country’s Supreme...
London house prices defy national mood with drop in July
London house prices defy national mood with drop in July
HOUSE prices in London backtracked in July as uncertainty around the tax plans of the new Labour government weighed on sentiment in the capital.The average price of a home...
Tupperware lenders fight over assets, including brand name
Tupperware lenders fight over assets, including brand name
UNTIL Tuesday (Oct 17), Tupperware had been a familiar, but fading, American brand, synonymous with storing leftovers in the fridge. Now, the name Tupperware itself stands to grow even...
Barclays expands industrial franchise with US hires, promotion
Barclays expands industrial franchise with US hires, promotion
BARCLAYS is expanding its investment banking franchise in North America with two hires and a promotion in its industrial practice. The bank hired Derek McNulty as global co-head of...
Cordlife’s business reset may give minority shareholders the best chance to bail out fast
Cordlife’s business reset may give minority shareholders the best chance to bail out fast
There is much uncertainty for the company’s minority shareholders amid substantial shareholder dispute, possible lawsuitsCORDLIFE Group has been granted a reprieve, following the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) notice on...
EU says no merger scrutiny of Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection staff
EU says no merger scrutiny of Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection staff
MICROSOFT’S hiring of artificial intelligence startup Inflection’s staff including its co-founders will not be scrutinised under European Union merger rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday (Sep 18). The European...
Volkswagen plans stop to production at jointly-owned China plant
Volkswagen plans stop to production at jointly-owned China plant
VOLKSWAGEN is planning to stop production at one of its combustion engine car plants in China, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, in a sign of...
YouTube and Shopee partner in South-east Asia e-commerce tie-up
YouTube and Shopee partner in South-east Asia e-commerce tie-up
ALPHABET’S YouTube and e-commerce platform Shopee said on Wednesday (Sep 18) they were launching an online shopping service in Indonesia and planned to expand it in South-east Asia as...