Entrepreneurship

Trump backs Venezuela staying in Opec
[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he believes it would be better for Venezuela to remain in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or Opec, but added he...
Wells Fargo misses profit estimates on severance costs, shares fall
WELLS Fargo missed analysts’ profit estimates in the fourth quarter on Wednesday, after it booked US$612 million in severance expenses as part of CEO Charlie Scharf’s effort to streamline...
Oil prices sink more than 2% as Trump remarks calm concern about Iran
[TOKYO] Oil prices slid more than 2 per cent in early Asian trade on Thursday after US President Donald Trump said killings in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests were...
UOB prices S$850 million perpetual securities at 3%
[SINGAPORE] UOB has priced S$850 million in perpetual capital securities at 3 per cent under its US$30 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme, the bank announced on Wednesday (Jan...
Stocks to watch: UOB, Sembcorp, CICT, First Sponsor, Advanced Systems Automation, Moneymax
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Jan 15): UOB : UOB has priced S$850 million in perpetual capital securities...
Private equity turns to continuation funds, secondary buyouts as alternative to traditional exits: Morrison Foerster
This trend will likely continue in South-east Asia and globally as liquidity engineering goes mainstream[SINGAPORE] Private equity (PE) in South-east Asia is expected to increasingly turn to continuation funds...
Germany cautions flights over Iran as Lufthansa rejigs Middle East operations
GERMANY issued a new directive cautioning the country’s airlines from entering Iranian airspace, Flightradar24 said on Wednesday, shortly after Lufthansa rejigged its flight operations across the Middle East amid...
Why the SGX-Nasdaq dual listing bridge suits Temasek and GIC portfolio companies
The bridge allows firms to access both investor bases in parallel, cutting cost and complexity relative to separate listings [SINGAPORE] As more details emerge over the proposed dual listing...
SK Hynix speeds up new chip fab opening to meet memory demand, executive says
[SEOUL] SK Hynix plans to accelerate the opening of a new factory by three months and will also begin operating another new plant in February, a senior executive said,...
Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some AI chips
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25 per cent tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD...
Europe’s Stoxx 600 ends at record high, lifted by healthcare, chemical stocks 
EUROPEAN shares closed at a record high on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in chemicals and healthcare stocks, while investors also monitored the repercussions of simmering geopolitical tensions globally.The pan-European Stoxx 600...
Stop Chasing Funding, Start Chasing Customers
There’s a lie many founders hear on day one: you need outside money to build a real business. You don’t. The first step isn’t a pitch deck. It’s a...