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Singapore stocks fall as Trump tariffs resume for now; STI retreats 0.6%
Singapore stocks fall as Trump tariffs resume for now; STI retreats 0.6%
[SINGAPORE] Local equities ended Friday (May 30) lower, after an appeals court in the United States paused a ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The benchmark Straits...
EMA grants conditional licence to RGE, TotalEnergies’ Indonesian solar project to import electricity to Singapore
EMA grants conditional licence to RGE, TotalEnergies’ Indonesian solar project to import electricity to Singapore
[SINGAPORE] The Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Friday (May 30) granted a conditional licence to Singa Renewables, a joint venture (JV) between RGE and TotalEnergies, to import 1 gigawatt...
Energy Market Authority chairman Richard Lim to step down; ex-perm sec Tan Ching Yee to assume role
Energy Market Authority chairman Richard Lim to step down; ex-perm sec Tan Ching Yee to assume role
[SINGAPORE] Energy Market Authority (EMA) chairman Richard Lim, 71, will step down in September after leading the board for five years.Lim will relinquish his appointment on Sep 30, the...
IHH Healthcare revenue could soften on medical inflation measures
IHH Healthcare revenue could soften on medical inflation measures
[SINGAPORE] IHH Healthcare will likely face “some softening of (patient admissions) and revenue” from measures the group has implemented to combat medical inflation in Malaysia, but the situation has...
Asia: Markets reverse as appeals court gives Trump tariffs reprieve
Asia: Markets reverse as appeals court gives Trump tariffs reprieve
[HONG KONG] Asian shares fell on Friday after a US appeal court gave Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs a temporary reprieve, fanning uncertainty a day after judges had ruled the...
Jardine Matheson Holdings names Lincoln Pan as CEO-designate ahead of group managing director John Witt’s retirement
Jardine Matheson Holdings names Lincoln Pan as CEO-designate ahead of group managing director John Witt’s retirement
[SINGAPORE] Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings on Thursday (May 29) announced the appointment of Lincoln Pan as chief executive-designate, as group managing director John Witt will retire from...
US asks judge to dismiss criminal charge over Boeing 737 Max crashes
US asks judge to dismiss criminal charge over Boeing 737 Max crashes
Published Fri, May 30, 2025 · 08:40 AMTHE US Justice Department asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss its criminal case against Boeing over two fatal crashes of its 737...
US: Stocks rise as market weighs tariff ruling
US: Stocks rise as market weighs tariff ruling
Published Fri, May 30, 2025 · 06:22 AM[NEW YORK]  Wall Street stocks finished modestly higher on Thursday following strong earnings from Nvidia as a judicial ruling added to uncertainty about President...
The Myth of the Young Entrepreneur: Why Experience Matters
We’ve all heard the romanticized tales of teenage dropouts who build tech empires from their garages and become billionaires before they’re old enough to rent a car. This narrative...
Independent financial adviser appointed for partial offer for Cordlife
Independent financial adviser appointed for partial offer for Cordlife
[SINGAPORE] Cordlife has appointed Novus Corporate Finance as the independent financial adviser for a voluntary conditional cash partial offer it has received from a Thai company, said the private...