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US dollar edges up after August US payrolls paints mixed picture
THE US dollar edged up in volatile trading on Friday (Sep 6) after data showed US employment grew less than expected in August, but indicated a steady slowdown in...
Cordlife accepts MOH notice on licence change to resume cord-blood banking services
It will be allowed to collect, test, process and/or store no more than 30 units of new cord blood per month from Sep 15 to Jan 13, 2025CORDLIFE has...
Panasonic returns to US TV market after decade-long absence
The rise of smart homes and an expansion of Panasonic’s operations enabled the new initiativePanasonic Holdings, once the world’s biggest plasma-TV manufacturer, is starting to sell TVs in the...
S-Reits continue positive momentum in August with a second consecutive month of gains
FOR the second month in a row, the iEdge S-Reit Index has posted positive gains, achieving a 6.7 per cent total return in August. This follows a 5.5 per...
Google abusing power over website ads, UK regulator says
BRITAIN’S antitrust regulator said on Friday (Sep 6) it had provisionally found Alphabet’s Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition.
The Competition and Markets Authority...
India to extend sugar export ban to boost local supplies, ethanol output: sources
INDIA plans to extend a ban on sugar exports for the second straight year as the world’s biggest consumer of the sweetener grapples with the prospects of lower cane...
Toyota cuts 2026 global EV output plans by a third
It now plans to build 1 million EVs in 2026, compared with earlier announced target of 1.5 millionJapan’s Toyota Motor has slashed its electric vehicle production plans for 2026...
DBS names Calvin Ong as new Singapore consumer banking head
This comes after he spent eight years at the bank’s corporate treasury, where he eventually became deputy corporate treasurerDBS has appointed Calvin Ong as its new Singapore consumer banking...
