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Businessmen in Singapore placed on China’s wanted list weeks after money laundering raid in 2023
Businessmen in Singapore placed on China’s wanted list weeks after money laundering raid in 2023
May 17, 2024
TWO businessmen living in Singapore since 2021 have been placed on the wanted list in China for their involvement in a cross-border online gambling syndicate.Su Shuiming and Su Shuijun...
Stocks to watch: NetLink NBN Trust, Centurion, No Signboard
Stocks to watch: NetLink NBN Trust, Centurion, No Signboard
May 17, 2024
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (May 17): NetLink NBN Trust : CJLU 0%: The fibre network infrastructure provider’s trustee-manager...
OpenAI, Reddit sign partnership on ChatGPT, AI products, ads
OpenAI, Reddit sign partnership on ChatGPT, AI products, ads
May 16, 2024
OPENAI unveiled a partnership with Reddit that will bring the social network’s content to chatbot ChatGPT and other products, and allow Reddit to add new artificial intelligence (AI) features...
Europe: Shares snap nine-day winning streak as Siemens weighs
Europe: Shares snap nine-day winning streak as Siemens weighs
May 16, 2024
EUROPEAN shares snapped a nine-day winning streak on Thursday (May 16), weighed by Germany’s Siemens after a second-quarter industrial profit miss, while a number of automobile and energy stocks...
‘No better player’ than GIC to help revitalise fortunes of Singapore stock market: observers
‘No better player’ than GIC to help revitalise fortunes of Singapore stock market: observers
May 16, 2024
AS DEBATE over the need for a revitalisation of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) heats up, most market watchers that spoke to The Business Times believe it is time to...
Goldman strikes US billion investing deal for UPS pension funds
Goldman strikes US$43 billion investing deal for UPS pension funds
May 16, 2024
Goldman Sachs Group clinched a US$43 billion mandate to invest pension fund assets of parcel-delivery company UPS, in one of the largest deals of its kind.  The investment mandate...
Blackstone to buy Priority Software stake in biggest Israel deal
Blackstone to buy Priority Software stake in biggest Israel deal
May 16, 2024
Blackstone has agreed to buy a majority stake in Israeli enterprise software company Priority Software at an US$800 million valuation, marking the largest deal for the alternative asset manager...
J&J to acquire Proteologix for US0 million
J&J to acquire Proteologix for US$850 million
May 16, 2024
JOHNSON & Johnson said on Thursday (May 16) it would acquire Proteologix for US$850 million in cash, as it looks to gain access to the privately held company’s experimental...
US dollar rebounds after falling on weaker inflation, yen ticks up
US dollar rebounds after falling on weaker inflation, yen ticks up
May 16, 2024
THE US dollar found a footing on Thursday (May 16) after falling sharply on Wednesday on the back of data showing a slowdown in US inflation, while Japan’s yen...
Activists disrupt Lloyds Bank shareholder meeting
Activists disrupt Lloyds Bank shareholder meeting
May 16, 2024
Activists disrupted Lloyds Banking Group’s annual shareholder meeting in Glasgow on Thursday (May 16), protesting against its alleged provision of financial services to defence firms linked to violence in...