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Singapore investors lead Asean peers with 22% surge in purchase of gold bars, coins in 2024
SINGAPORE investors did not shy away from physical gold despite its soaring prices in 2024, leading the demand growth in Asean region with 6.5 tonnes of gold bars and...
SoftBank in talks to lead OpenAI funding round at US$300 billion valuation, sources say
SOFTBANK is in talks to lead a funding round of up to US$40 billion in OpenAI at a post-money valuation of US$300 billion, sources told Reuters, in what could...
TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning – The Business Times
TIKTOK owner ByteDance on Wednesday (Jan 22) released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model products, as a global race intensified...
Who Is Sean Curran? The Trusted Secret Service Agent Appointed to Lead After Heroic Actions at Trump’s Campaign Rally
Donald Trump, the US President-elect, has appointed Sean Curran as the new director of the US Secret Service. Curran played a pivotal role in protecting Trump during a gunman's...
Industrial stocks lead the way in 2024; analysts upbeat on banking, tech sectors this year
The benchmark STI has risen 16.9% in 2024, marking its best year since 2017, though market watchers believe there is more room to growINDUSTRIAL stocks listed on the Singapore...
STI ends up 1.5%; banks, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding lead gains
SINGAPORE shares ended higher on Wednesday (Jan 8), led by gains in the local banks and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The Straits Times Index (STI) expanded 1.5 per cent or 58.81...
Who Is Sister Simona Brambilla? Pope Francis Names First Woman to Lead Major Vatican Office
Pope Francis on Monday has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman to head a major Vatican office. This historic move advances the Pope's mission to include more...
Telco consolidation may not necessarily lead to recovery in mobile revenues
COMPETITION for mobile revenues among Singapore’s telcos has been intense, and it appears that prices for mobile phone plans have yet to find a bottom. Prices have been tumbling...
