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Maersk explores more ethanol use for green fuel to cut reliance on China
Danish shipping company Maersk is looking at increasing its use of ethanol as a fuel, which could reduce its dependence on China and boost…
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Bob Weir Dead: Founding Member and Guitarist of Grateful Dead Dies Aged 78 after Battle with Cancer
Bob Weir, the longtime guitarist of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 years old. In a message shared on the band founder's Instagram…
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Five S-Reits that saw strong growth in trading activity in H2 2025
Trading activity in the Singapore real estate investment trust (S-Reit) sector rose overall in the second half of 2025 compared with the…
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Shareholder value-focused XMH and JB Foods directors up stakes
For the first five trading sessions of 2026, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$63…
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‘Buy the dip’ might be the worst advice you’ve ever heard
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Global AI race shows Asia leading as stocks start 2026 with bang
Strong fundamentals and higher earnings growth potential are reinforcing the move ASIA’S technology stocks began 2026 on a tear, with…
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Six banks seen reaping US$157 billion on Trump’s return
The six giants of US banking are expected to post their second-highest annual profit ever – a US$157 billion haul – after riding out US…
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Walmart to join Nasdaq 100 on Jan 20 as AstraZeneca exits
Walmart will join the Nasdaq 100 Index, replacing AstraZeneca, Nasdaq Global Indexes said on Friday (Jan 9). The changes will take effect…
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Amazon has big hopes for wearable AI – starting with this US$50 gadget
Several months after Amazon.com bought artificial intelligence (AI) hardware startup Bee, the company said that it’s working to make its…
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Rio-Glencore deal closer than ever with premium and CEO in focus
The idea of a combination of the two companies has been discussed several times over more than a decade Glencore boss Gary Nagle has…
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OpenAI, SoftBank invest US$1 billion in SB Energy as Stargate buildout expands
The data centre construction boom has also prompted major players, including Meta Platforms OpenAI and SoftBank Group will invest US$500…
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Apple shares on pace to match longest losing streak since 1991
The company and other computer and device makers have been under pressure from rising prices for components such as memory chips Apple…
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China buys at least 10 cargoes of US soybeans for April-May shipment, traders say
China’s state stockpiler Sinograin purchased at least 10 cargoes of US soybeans on Friday (Jan 9), or at least 600,000 tonnes, for…
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Europe stocks close at record as Glencore jumps on Rio Tinto interest
Technology stocks led the advance in the Stoxx 600 on the day and logged their best week in nearly two years European shares ended on…
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S&P 500 notches record high close driven by Broadcom, other chipmakers
The S&P 500 is trading at about 22 times expected earnings, down from 23 in November The S&P 500 rallied to a record high close on Friday…
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Bay Area semiconductor testing company to lay off more than 200 workers
Semiconductor testing equipment company FormFactor is laying off more than 200 workers and closing manufacturing facilities as it seeks to…
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Western Demand Continues to Boost Boot Barn Sales as Preliminary Q3 Results Exceed Expectations
Boot Barn disclosed late on Friday that its preliminary third quarter results exceeded expectations. Released ahead of its appearance at…
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Iran Used $2 Billion in Crypto to Run Its Militant Proxies in 2025
crypto scam, india scam. Photo by BeInCrypto Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) transacted more than $2 billion in…
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Wall Street opens higher after jobs data; tariff ruling awaited
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Friday (Jan 9), as investors digested weaker-than-expected jobs data, while awaiting…
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Meta signs multi-gigawatt nuclear deals for AI data centres
The agreements could end up totalling more than six gigawatts, enough to power a city of about five million homes Meta Platforms agreed to…
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China probes competition among food delivery platforms to curb price war
Despite a government campaign to rein in overcapacity and stabilise prices, its consumer prices ended 2025 the same as 2024 China will…
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China’s GigaDevice Semiconductor locks top-end pricing in HK$4.68 billion Hong Kong listing
China’s GigaDevice Semiconductor has set an offer price of HK$162 per H share in its Hong Kong listing, raising HK$4.68 billion (S$772.5…
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Philippines central bank sees inflation rising toward target
The Philippines’ central bank will keep weighing a feeble growth outlook against gradually rising inflation to set monetary policy in a…
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Shares in Primark Parent ABF Begin Slow Recovery After Shock Profit Warning
LONDON – Shares in Primark’s parent Associated British Foods began a slow recovery following Thursday’s shock profit warning due to…