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Masayoshi Son pitches US trillion US AI hub to TSMC, Trump team
Masayoshi Son pitches US$1 trillion US AI hub to TSMC, Trump team
[TOKYO] SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to team up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to realise what could be his biggest bet yet – a trillion-dollar industrial complex...
Shipping firm Maersk temporarily pauses Haifa port calls
Shipping firm Maersk temporarily pauses Haifa port calls
Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 06:06 PM[COPENHAGEN] Container shipping company Maersk said on Friday (Jun 20) it had temporarily paused vessel calls at Israel’s Haifa port, amid the...
China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected in June
China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected in June
Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 09:35 AM[SHANGHAI] China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected on Friday, after Beijing rolled out sweeping monetary easing measures a month earlier...
Replace Fear with Focus: How Meditation Changed My Leadership
Fear is a natural human emotion, but I’ve learned not to let it control my life. While we can’t stop ourselves from feeling scared, we can choose how we...
MOF says SRS withdrawal process ‘can be improved’; to work with banks
MOF says SRS withdrawal process ‘can be improved’; to work with banks
[SINGAPORE] The government will work with Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) bank operators to improve the process of withdrawing funds from their account.The response comes shortly after The Straits Times...
MOF says SRS withdrawal process ‘can be improved’; to work with banks
Finance ministry says SRS withdrawal process ‘can be improved’, will work with banks on this
[SINGAPORE] The government will work with Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) bank operators to smoothen account holders’ process of withdrawing funds from their account. The response comes shortly after The...
Oil prices up nearly 3% as Israel-Iran conflict escalates, US response remains uncertain
Oil prices up nearly 3% as Israel-Iran conflict escalates, US response remains uncertain
[CALGARY] Oil prices jumped almost 3 per cent on Thursday as a week-old air war between Israel and Iran escalated and uncertainty about potential US involvement kept investors on edge.Brent crude...
Trump says he signed executive order extending deadline for TikTok closing
Trump says he signed executive order extending deadline for TikTok closing
Published Thu, Jun 19, 2025 · 11:54 PM[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Jun 19) that he has signed an executive order extending the June 19 deadline...
Korea’s Cuckoo set for Malaysia debut after scaling down IPO
Korea’s Cuckoo set for Malaysia debut after scaling down IPO
(Bloomberg) – A subsidiary of South Korean home-appliance maker Cuckoo Holdings is set to go public in Malaysia after a scaled-down offering that’s expected to raise RM395 million (S$119.4...
Japan to cut super-long bond sales by 10% to calm markets
Japan to cut super-long bond sales by 10% to calm markets
[TOKYO] Japan’s government plans to cut sales of super-long bonds by about 10 per cent from its original plan in a rare revision to its bond programme for the...