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Ley Choon surges 15% as investors positive on construction upturn – The Business Times
Ley Choon surges 15% as investors positive on construction upturn – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
SHARES of construction and engineering company Ley Choon jumped on Thursday (Jan 23) morning, after The Business Times reported that the stock is worth watching as the company is...
Gold holds near record high amid Trump policy risks – The Business Times
Gold holds near record high amid Trump policy risks – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
GOLD held steady near its record high on Thursday (Jan 23) as investors awaited further direction from the new Trump administration regarding potential tax cuts and trade policies.Spot gold...
Bain matches CC Capital’s offer for Australia’s Insignia Financial at A.07 billion – The Business Times
Bain matches CC Capital’s offer for Australia’s Insignia Financial at A$3.07 billion – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
INSIGNIA Financial’s shares hit a three-year high on Thursday (Jan 23), driven by a revised takeover offer of A$3.07 billion (S$2.6 billion) from US-based Bain Capital, matching the bid...
Singapore stocks close higher on Thursday as inflation eases; STI up 0.7% – The Business Times
Singapore stocks close higher on Thursday as inflation eases; STI up 0.7% – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
SINGAPORE stocks ended higher on Thursday (Jan 23), after the Republic reported that full-year inflation in 2024 came in at 2.4 per cent. This figure, closely aligned with the...
Ascott bags 16 new signings under Oakwood portfolio to tap growing ‘bleisure’ market – The Business Times
Ascott bags 16 new signings under Oakwood portfolio to tap growing ‘bleisure’ market – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
ASCOTT, the wholly owned lodging business unit of CapitaLand Investment, has secured 16 new signings under the Oakwood brand in 2024, up 30 per cent from the previous year....
SK Hynix posts record quarterly profit surpassing Samsung on AI boom – The Business Times
SK Hynix posts record quarterly profit surpassing Samsung on AI boom – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
SOUTH Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday posted a record quarterly profit as the Nvidia supplier saw strong sales of advanced chips such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in generative...
Asia hedge funds post biggest annual returns since the pandemic – The Business Times
Asia hedge funds post biggest annual returns since the pandemic – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
ASIA hedge funds rebounded in 2024, with many posting double-digit gains as China stocks recovered, Japan’s equity rally hit new heights and some managers reached further afield for profitable...
Stocks to watch: CapitaLand Investment, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Frasers Centrepoint Trust – The Business Times
Stocks to watch: CapitaLand Investment, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Frasers Centrepoint Trust – The Business Times
January 23, 2025
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Jan 23).   CapitaLand Investment: Its wholly owned lodging business unit Ascott signed 16...
Microsoft poised to benefit from Stargate joint venture with zero money – The Business Times
Microsoft poised to benefit from Stargate joint venture with zero money – The Business Times
January 22, 2025
WHEN President Donald Trump joined tech executives on Tuesday (Jan 21) to tout a multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) project led in part by OpenAI, one question sprang to mind:...
Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs; Ottawa unhappy – The Business Times
Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs; Ottawa unhappy – The Business Times
January 22, 2025
E-COMMERCE giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, the company said on Wednesday, prompting Ottawa to...