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Heavy earnings week, jobs data to test US stocks after Microsoft swoon
Results are due from about one-quarter of S&P 500 companies including Alphabet, Amazon, LillyPublished Sun, Feb 1, 2026 · 10:31 PM[NEW YORK] Another huge batch of corporate earnings including...
Singapore bank lending hits fastest monthly growth since Dec 2024; full-year lending at multi-year high
For the whole of 2025, bank lending up 5.8% at S$10.26 trillion, MAS data indicates[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s bank lending in December 2025 charted the highest monthly increase since December 2024,...
Sell America is the new trade on Wall Street
Published Sun, Feb 1, 2026 · 06:01 PMA NEW investment thesis has spread through global markets at the start of 2026, as trading strategies long built on the primacy...
What is tokenised gold, and why is it taking off in Asia?
Market watchers note that Singapore’s banks have taken a more measured approach towards tokenised gold offerings for retail investors[SINGAPORE] Amid a year-long rally in gold prices that saw the...
Institutions turn net sellers as new share placements hit the market
Net institutional outflow of S$61.6 million has reduced the net inflow for January to S$211 million[SINGAPORE] For the five trading sessions spanning Jan 23 to 29, institutions were net...
Californian tech company to move headquarters to Florida
California quantum computing company D-Wave is moving its headquarters to Boca Raton, Fla., and opening a new research and development facility.In an announcement this week, the Palo Alto company...
ExxonMobil, Chevron clock best month since 2022 as crude surges
Published Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · 02:57 PMSHARES of US oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron notched their largest monthly gains in more than three years, boosted by rising energy...
After EVs, smart driving tech to power China’s auto exports
China exported a record 7.1 million cars in 2025, buoyed by growing demand for new-energy vehicles (NEVs) as the global shift toward electrification gathered pace, allowing the country to...
Peloton cuts 11% of jobs, with engineering teams getting hit
The fitness technology company joins a slew of other tech companies that have recently slashed their workforcesPublished Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · 11:32 AM[LONDON] Peloton Interactive, the long-struggling fitness...
Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit China
A former software engineer at Google has been convicted of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets for the benefit of China, the U.S. Department of Justice said.A federal jury on...
