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Oil steadies as mixed US economic and tariff news offset new Russia sanctions
Oil steadies as mixed US economic and tariff news offset new Russia sanctions
July 18, 2025
[NEW YORK] Crude oil futures were little changed on Friday on mixed US economic and tariff news and worries about oil supplies following the European Union’s latest sanctions against Russia for its war...
US: Wall Street opens higher as investors weigh data, earnings
US: Wall Street opens higher as investors weigh data, earnings
July 18, 2025
Published Fri, Jul 18, 2025 · 09:43 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street opened higher on Friday (Jul 18), with investors weighing a week of mixed economic signals and earnings reports,...
Lum Chang Creations’ public offer of 1 million shares 47.3 times oversubscribed
Lum Chang Creations’ public offer of 1 million shares 47.3 times oversubscribed
July 18, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Creations (LCC) has drawn strong investor interest for its initial public offering (IPO), with one million offer shares about 47.3 times oversubscribed by retail investors. By...
UOB awarded S.7m in civil suit against Lippo Marina Collection over inflated housing loans
UOB awarded S$17.7m in civil suit against Lippo Marina Collection over inflated housing loans
July 18, 2025
[SINGAPORE] UOB has been awarded S$17.7 million in claims against Indonesian developer Lippo Marina Collection (LMC) and two property agents, Goh Buck Lim and Ms Aurellia Ho, in a...
HSBC disbands team focused on managing geopolitical risks
HSBC disbands team focused on managing geopolitical risks
July 18, 2025
Published Fri, Jul 18, 2025 · 05:04 PM[LONDON] HSBC Holdings is disbanding a team of staffers that were focused on identifying and managing geopolitical risk even as the possibility...
ECB may wait until December to make final rate cut: survey
ECB may wait until December to make final rate cut: survey
July 18, 2025
[FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) can delay its final interest-rate cut until December without investors concluding in the meantime that easing is over, a Bloomberg survey of economists...
Trump’s U-turn on Nvidia spurs talk of grand bargain with China
Trump’s U-turn on Nvidia spurs talk of grand bargain with China
July 18, 2025
[BEIJING] Only a few years ago, the Biden administration declared export controls a “new strategic asset” to help the US maintain “as large a lead as possible” over China...
Asia: Markets on course to end week on a positive note
Asia: Markets on course to end week on a positive note
July 18, 2025
[HONG KONG] Asian markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note on Friday (Jul 18), as investors took up New York’s latest record highs sparked by healthy...
Japan, EU to explore joint rare earths procurement: Nikkei
Japan, EU to explore joint rare earths procurement: Nikkei
July 18, 2025
[BENGALURU] Japan and the European Union will consider joint public-private partnerships as they look to reduce their reliance on China in areas such as the procurement of rare earths,...
Gold heads for weekly dip as strong dollar, US data weighs
Gold heads for weekly dip as strong dollar, US data weighs
July 18, 2025
[BENGALURU] Gold was flat in early Asian trade on Friday (Jul 18), heading for a weekly fall, weighed down by an overall stronger US dollar and solid US economic...