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Europe: Stocks slide as French election, rate nerves persist
EUROPEAN stocks fell to two-week lows on Tuesday as the relief rally in French shares following the first round of parliamentary elections faded, while data pointed to elevated services...
LSEG announces multi-year news and data partnership with Dow Jones
THE London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced a multi-year news and data partnership with Dow Jones that will include content from the Wall Street Journal, the companies said on...
Hyundai India eyes record US$3.5 billion IPO
An IPO of that size would break the record set by Life Insurance Corp of India, which raised US$2.5 billion in 2022Hyundai Motor could raise as much as US$3.5...
Singapore banks lead uptick; STI up 0.9%
Global markets are looking ahead to the major elections, including those in France and the UKSINGAPORE stocks continued on their uptick on Tuesday (Jul 2), following gains by the...
Major Japanese insurers to offload 500 billion yen of Honda shares: sources
FOUR of Japan’s top property and casualty insurers and other financial firms plan to sell around 500 billion yen (S$4.2 billion) of shares in Honda Motor, three people said,...
US to fight labour shortage with new Chips Act worker programme
THE Biden administration is kicking off a programme to cultivate the US computer-chip workforce, aiming to stave off a labour shortage that threatens to undermine domestic semiconductor production.The programme,...
China’s plastics boom is set to create another trade headache
A SURGE of Chinese plastic supply is threatening to overflow in the face of weak domestic demand, morphing into a fresh trade challenge for the rest of the world.Parts...
US dollar dips as Fed’s Powell’s dovish comments offset upbeat jobs data