RIYADH (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Saudi Aramco has posted the biggest quarterly adjusted profit of any listed company globally, driven by high crude prices and production. Aramco…
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – With a tantalising array of satay chicken, wok-fried mud crab and chilled tiger prawns, the dinner buffet at Singapore’s Grand Hyatt hotel…
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Property and hospitality group UOL Group on Friday (Aug 12) posted earnings of $371 million for the first half-year ended…
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Casino and resort operator Genting Singapore reported a 4.3 per cent fall in net profit for the first half of…
With rising inflation today reducing the real rate of return of bank savings, growing your retirement nest egg is a challenge, but there are still…
Financial advisers recommend that CPF Life form the base for anyone embarking on retirement planning as payouts are for life. Building on that, relatively safer…
SINGAPORE – A few years ago, a friend shot me a dirty look when I went to get a plastic straw for my ice lemon…
With inflation hitting record highs, coupled with ballooning expenses and sluggish income growth, consumers are caught in a bind, but all is not lost. We…
When it comes to putting your pot of gold to work, financial services executive Pearlyn Phau believes it is vital to direct some funds into…
(NYTIMES) – The young kings of Silicon Valley are dismounting their unicorns. They are writing sentimental blog posts that outline their legacies. They are expressing…
Singapore’s core inflation reached 4.4 per cent in June – the highest it’s been since the global financial crisis in 2008. Core inflation excludes accommodation…
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks concluded a positive week on a winning note, rising on Friday (Aug 12) on improving investor sentiment following…
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Five Chinese state-owned companies, including oil giant Sinopec and China Life Insurance, said on Friday (Aug 12) they would delist from…
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia’s economy contracted by 4 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, the national statistics agency said on Friday (Aug 12), as…
SINGAPORE – The muted response from retail investors to Singapore’s inaugural sovereign green bond was expected given the product’s 50-year tenor, analysts said. The lengthy…
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Huobi Group founder Leon Li is in talks with a clutch of investors to sell his majority stake in the crypto…
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain’s economy contracted by less than feared in June, when public holidays had been expected to exert a big drag, although sectors…
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – Apple has asked suppliers to build at least as many of its next-generation iPhones this year as in 2021, counting on an…
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia’s economy grew at its fastest annual pace in a year in the second quarter, boosted by expansion in domestic demand and…
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) warned that clients in sectors such as smartphones were freezing orders, underscoring how a downturn in consumer…