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Singapore market unlikely to repeat 2024’s high; moderate returns expected for 2025
IT HAS been “a year of two halves” for the Singapore market in 2024.
While the local market remained relatively stable in the first half of this year, it...
Digital assets expected to charge on in 2025 amid bullish sentiment, say industry players
IF THE last six weeks are anything to go by, the bullish sentiment on digital assets will likely charge on into the new year and last for a while,...
Barclays annual bonuses expected to increase as much as 20%
BARCLAYS is set to increase annual bonuses by as much as 20 per cent in its investment bank after an improved year for traders and advisory teams.Staff in Barclays’...
Tight supply expected to provide support for cocoa, coffee prices in 2025
The agri-commodities have been drastically impacted by this year’s El Nino phenomenon, the most severe in nearly a decadePRICES of agricultural commodities cocoa and coffee are expected to ease...
TikTok loses court bid to stop U.S. ban. Supreme Court appeal is expected
TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains in jeopardy after the popular social video app on Friday lost a major court battle as it tries to prevent its banishment.TikTok had...
A vintage year for US stock markets that few people expected
A YEAR ago, equity investors and strategists braced for a potentially turbulent 2024, worrying about the risk of a hard landing for the US economy and interest-rate cuts that...
Unilever nearly halves expected European job cuts
This is done through savings projects from 2022 to 2024 and not hiring externallyUnilever is cutting about 1,500 fewer jobs in Europe than initially anticipated and hiring about 1,000...
China’s October new lending tumbles more than expected despite policy support
NEW bank lending in China tumbled more than expected to a three-month low in October, as a ramp-up of policy stimulus to buttress a wavering economy failed to boost...
