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US plans to ease capital rule limiting banks’ Treasury trades
[WASHINGTON] The top US bank regulators plan to reduce a key capital buffer by up to 1.5 percentage points for the biggest lenders after concerns that it constrained their...
Ultra rich turn Vietnam into a new hot spot for luxury yachts
[BRISBANE] After making a fortune in coal mining and thermal power with his Dong Hai, Pham Van Toan wanted to try something different and shifted his investments towards luxury...
Amazon’s corporate workforce may shrink as AI takes over routine tasks
The company is using GenAI across internal operations to enhance efficiency and customer experience, Andy Jassy saysPublished Wed, Jun 18, 2025 · 07:47 AM[BENGALURU] Rollout of generative artificial intelligence...
US: Stocks drop on growing worries over Middle East
The Fed is expected to keep interest rates steady as it eschews interest rate cuts for now while monitoring the effects of Trump’s tariffs on inflationPublished Wed, Jun 18,...
Airbus strikes deal for up to 150 planes with VietJet
[PARIS] Airbus struck a deal on Tuesday (Jun 17) to sell up to 150 single-aisle aircraft to Vietnamese budget airline VietJet, as the European planemaker continues to rack up...
Singapore shares rise even as exports in May fall; STI up 0.6%
[SINGAPORE] Shares on the local bourse ended higher on Tuesday (Jun 17), even as Singapore’s key exports declined 3.5 per cent year on year in May, reversing sharply from...
Thai baht, Taiwan dollar, Korea won most at risk from oil price, Barclays says
Sovereign bonds from Singapore and South Korea would be among the most affected in the event of another 20% spike in oil pricesPublished Tue, Jun 17, 2025 · 05:36...
Record central banks expect gold reserves to rise amid de-dollarisation: survey
[SINGAPORE] A record high number of central banks are expecting a gold buying spree among the reserve managers in the next 12 months, based on data released by World...
