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Westpac reports 20% drop in mortgage applications after Australia scraps tax breaks
CEO says housing undersupply and population growth to partly offset rate, policy headwindsPublished Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 07:08 AM[SYDNEY] Australia’s second-largest lender Westpac Banking Corp reported a 20...
HKEX offers deeper capital pools to primary, secondary listings from S-E Asia
Bourse positioning HK as complementary fundraising venue, says head of global issuer services Johnson Chui[SINGAPORE] When Indonesian miner Merdeka Gold Resources secured a secondary listing in Hong Kong in...
Nasdaq-100 consolidates as key support holds
SINCE early August 2026, the Nasdaq-100 has entered a period of consolidation after posting a remarkable rally during the first half of the year. Following its record high in...
Air India captain’s initial drug test prompts further probe after sudden altitude loss
Published Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 06:27 AM[NEW DELHI] The captain of an Air India flight from Phuket to New Delhi that encountered a sudden loss of altitude last...
UK’s Burnham vows crackdown on misleading discounts and subscription traps
Published Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 06:09 AM[LONDON] Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Sunday (Aug 9) he would crack down on misleading product discounts and subscription...
Apple tests China’s CXMT memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks, WSJ reports
Published Sun, Aug 9, 2026 · 08:41 PM[BEIJING] Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across product lines including iPhones and MacBooks, to mitigate a component shortage...
DBS, OCBC surge on strong H1 results but don’t overlook the potential of underdog UOB
[SINGAPORE] There was a lot riding on DBS, OCBC and UOB’s financial results last week – with some analysts calculating that the three stocks had accounted for nearly 89...
Executive remuneration in Singapore: Paying for what, exactly?
[SINGAPORE] In a review of remuneration practices across listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the Centre for Investor Protection at National University of Singapore Business School in March...
MetaOptics defers US dual listing on geopolitical uncertainty, market volatility
The semiconductor optics firm may revisit an international dual listing when market conditions are supportive[SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed MetaOptics is withdrawing its application to list on Nasdaq and deferring its plans...
Aspial Lifestyle ups interim dividend by 125% to S$0.009 as H1 profit, revenue surge
Parent company Aspial Corporation posts 117% rise in H1 net profit to S$17.2 million[SINGAPORE] Aspial Lifestyle more than doubled its interim dividend after its profit and revenue surged for...
