Slowdown
Industrial Reits maintain resilience despite sector’s slowdown
IN JTC’s latest market report for the second quarter of 2024, it noted that industrial rents rose 1 per cent quarter on quarter, recording the slowest rate of increase...
Baidu reports flat Q2 revenue as China’s economic slowdown hits ad spending
SeaRCH engine giant Baidu reported flat quarterly revenue on Thursday, as a sluggish economy weighed on advertiser spending.
Revenue in the second quarter was 33.93 billion yuan (S$6.2 billion), compared...
Businesses, rights defenders decry Pakistan Internet slowdown
Pakistan’s government is throttling the Internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, said activists and business leaders, putting the country’s economic recovery at risk.Since...
Europe: Shares led higher by tech, banks as US slowdown fears ease
TECHNOLOGY and bank shares led Europe’s benchmark stock index more than 1 per cent higher on Thursday (Aug 15), with risk appetite boosted by strong US retail sales data...
US: Wall Street opens higher as jobs data eases slowdown fears
WALL Street’s main indices opened higher on Thursday (Aug 8), bolstered by better-than-expected labour market data that eased worries of a slowdown in the world’s largest economy.The Dow Jones...
EV fund outflows hit US$1.6 billion as Trump fears add to slowdown
INVESTORS are rushing out of electric vehicle (EV) focused funds as growth forecasts cool and with a potential reelection of Donald Trump seen posing a further challenge to profits.EV...
Japan’s Nikkei sinks nearly 6% on US slowdown fears
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell nearly 6 per cent on Friday (Aug 2) to post its worst session in more than four years, as fears of a US slowdown...
Cocoa declines as Lindt warns of global chocolate slowdown
COCOA fell in New York, paring some of Monday’s (Jul 22) big gain, as chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli warned that the global chocolate market is facing pressure from...
