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SGX RegCo, MAS proposals viewed as positive step forward but inadequate without deeper market reform
SGX RegCo, MAS proposals viewed as positive step forward but inadequate without deeper market reform
May 16, 2025
[SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market will need deeper structural reforms to address longstanding challenges, market watchers told The Business Times.While market participants were mostly positive about proposals unveiled by...
SGX RegCo, MAS proposals viewed as positive step forward but inadequate without deeper market reform
SGX RegCo, MAS proposals are a positive step forward, but inadequate without deeper market reform: market watchers
May 16, 2025
[SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market will need deeper structural reforms to address longstanding challenges, market watchers told The Business Times.While market participants were mostly positive about proposals unveiled by...
Australia’s richest woman doubles US stocks bet to US.5 billion
Australia’s richest woman doubles US stocks bet to US$2.5 billion
May 16, 2025
Most of Rinehart’s new investment goes into simple index trackers for the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial AveragePublished Fri, May 16, 2025 · 06:54 PM[SYDNEY] Billionaire...
San Francisco Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Pointed Fake Gun at Them
May 16, 2025
A man was shot dead by police after authorities said he ran away and then pointed a fake gun at them in South FranciscoAs reported by ABC7, the incident...
Pacific International Lines’ FY2024 net profit quadruples to US.3 billion
Pacific International Lines’ FY2024 net profit quadruples to US$1.3 billion
May 16, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Pacific International Lines (PIL) on Friday (May 16) posted a net profit of US$1.3 billion for the FY2024 ended Dec 31, 2024, more than quadrupling from US$306.9 million...
UnitedHealth Under Criminal Investigation for US Medicare Advantage Fraud
May 16, 2025
The American healthcare industry has been under intense scrutiny in recent months, for fears over how private insurers administer federal Medicare money. In early 2025, some of the biggest...
James Comey: Secret Service Probes Former FBI Chief after He Called for Assassination of Trump in Now-Deleted ‘8647’ Instagram Post
May 16, 2025
The Secret Service has launched an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey following allegations that implied President Trump "should be assassinated" in now-deleted Instagram post. Comey shared a...
No material impact from tariffs on bookings for now: SIA CEO
No material impact from tariffs on bookings for now: SIA CEO
May 16, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has not seen any significant impact of the US tariff turmoil on its bookings for now, chief executive Goh Choon Phong said at its financial...
Singtel sells 1.2% direct stake in India’s Bharti Airtel for S billion
Singtel sells 1.2% direct stake in India’s Bharti Airtel for S$2 billion
May 16, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Telecommunications service provider Singtel has sold around 1.2 per cent of its direct stake in regional associate Bharti Airtel for S$2 billion. This is part of its active...
Justin Bieber Finally Breaks His Silence and Says He Was Never a Victim of ‘Diddy’ as Music Mogul Faces Sex-Trafficking Trial
May 16, 2025
Justin Bieber has broken his silence and said that he was never a victim of accused sex abuser Sean "Diddy" Combs amid rumors connecting him to the disgraced music...