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Wealth hubs go on charm offensive to lure UK super-rich
THE Jumeirah hotel in London’s Knightsbridge has rooms at more than £6,000 (S$10,185) a night, with marble bathrooms, private dining rooms and panoramic views. It showcases some of the...
BRC Asia H2 profit rises 11% to S$55 million on sale of associate
STEEL solutions provider BRC Asia posted an 11 per cent rise in net profit to S$55 million for its second half ended Sep 30, 2024, from S$49.5 million in...
US: Wall St opens higher after jobless claims data, Nvidia results
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Thursday (Nov 21) after data reflected a robust labour market, and AI-heavyweight Nvidia advanced after reporting upbeat quarterly results and forecast.The...
German auto supplier Bosch to reduce hours for 450 employees due to tough economy
GERMAN auto parts supplier Robert Bosch will reduce the hours, and consequently the pay, of 450 employees in Germany from next spring, citing the difficult economic situation, a company...
Alphabet’s Waymo opens autonomous ride-hailing service to all in Los Angeles
ALPHABET’S Waymo said on Tuesday (Nov 12) that its autonomous ride-hailing service, Waymo One, is now available to everyone in Los Angeles, a sign of rapid growth and adoption...
Europe: Shares log third week of declines on China, tariff jitters
EUROPE’S benchmark Stoxx 600 logged its third consecutive week of declines on Friday (Nov 8), hurt by underwhelming stimulus measures from China as well as concerns about tariffs under...
Oil settles down 2% on receding hurricane risk, lacklustre China stimulus
OIL prices settled more than 2 per cent lower on Friday (Nov 8) as traders grew less fearful of prolonged supply disruptions from a hurricane in the US Gulf...
Gold logs biggest weekly fall in over five months on dollar strength
GOLD prices dropped on Friday (Nov 9), logging their steepest weekly decline in over five months, pressured by a stronger dollar and as markets absorbed the implications of Donald...
Dollar on track for weekly gain after Trump election win
THE dollar rose on Friday (Nov 8) and was heading for a weekly gain as investors evaluated the likely impact on the American economy of Tuesday’s election of Republican...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT back up after brief outage
MICROSOFT-backed OpenAI popular chatbot ChatGPT was back up after an outage affected thousands of users, the company said on Friday (Nov 8).“Issues with ChatGPT have now been resolved,” OpenAI...
