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In S-E Asia, can quick commerce become a key growth driver for food delivery platforms?
This approach improves rider utilisation rates and could catalyse subscription services[SINGAPORE] Quick commerce is evolving in Singapore as food delivery platforms seek to improve unit economics, with customers moving...
BOJ summary suggests emerging urgency around timely rate hikes
Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 03:45 PMA SUMMARY of opinions from the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ’s) January policy meeting indicated a growing awareness of the need to raise...
Temasek, LIC plan share sales in NSE’s India IPO: source
All shareholders of NSE will be given the option to participate in the secondary sale as part of the IPOPublished Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 02:50 PM[MUMBAI] Temasek Holdings...
India to spend 100 billion rupees to make biopharma production hub
The funding will be directed towards the research and production of biologics and biosimilar medicinesPublished Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 12:17 PM[MUMBAI] India will invest 100 billion rupees (S$1.4...
Metals traders lose at least one billion yuan as ‘Hat’ flees China
Chinese metals markets have seen more than their fair share of scandal in recent years[SINGAPORE] Chinese metals traders have racked up losses totalling at least one billion yuan (S$183...
Positive takeaways for Singapore Reits from Keppel Reit’s dpu dilutive MBFC Tower 3 deal
With demand for office trusts focused in the Republic despite lower yields, more capital should be allocated domestically[SINGAPORE] Investors buy real estate investment trusts (Reits) to earn recurrent income...
‘Shop in China’ travel boom risks complicating PBOC’s yuan math
Foreign visitors to the capital city of Beijing spent an unprecedented 50.6 billion yuan in 2025Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 10:29 AMA SURGE in foreign travellers strolling in...
Oil prices fall by 3% on US-Iran de-escalation
Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 09:58 AM[TOKYO] Oil prices fell 3 per cent on Monday as US President Donald Trump said over the weekend Iran was “seriously talking” with...
Oracle plans to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026
Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 08:39 AMORACLE expects to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026 to build additional capacity for its cloud infrastructure, the software company...
GIC, Mubadala said to be set to join KKR in US$10 billion STT Deal
Data centres are attracting a lot of investor interest, not least because of their role in the artificial intelligence boomPublished Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 07:34 AM[ABU DHABI] GIC...
