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China kicks off 800 billion yuan funding schemes to support stock market
CHINA’S central bank kicked off two funding schemes on Friday (Oct 18) that will initially pump 800 billion yuan (S$147.6 billion) into the stock market through newly-created monetary policy...
China rolls out 800 billion yuan funding schemes to bolster stock market
CHINA’S central bank kicked off two funding schemes on Friday (Oct 18), that will initially pump as much as 800 billion yuan (S$147.6 billion) into the stock market through...
Asia: Markets swing as China economic growth slows
ASIAN markets fluctuated on Friday (Oct 18) after China posted its weakest economic growth in a year and a half, as gold prices hit a record high and following...
Star Entertainment reverses course a day after Sydney casino relief
AUSTRALIAN troubled casino operator Star Entertainment reversed its course to drop on Friday (Oct 18) as trading resumed a day after New South Wales gaming regulator said the embattled...
Singapore shares open higher on Friday; STI up 0.1%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territory on Friday (Oct 18), mirroring overnight gains in the Europe market. As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) opened 0.1...
Sam Altman’s rebranded Worldcoin ramps up iris-scanning crypto project
WORLDCOIN, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said on Thursday (Oct 17) it was rebranding to World Network and was ramping up efforts to scan every...
Netflix beats earnings targets with five million new customers
NETFLIX picked up 5.1 million streaming subscribers in the third quarter, topping Wall Street estimates by more than one million users, and said it expected higher customer growth around...
Huawei suppliers face US lawmaker effort to block chip gear
KEY US lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to block Huawei Technologies suppliers from buying American chipmaking gear, escalating efforts to prevent the sanctioned Chinese telecom giant from making...