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Wall Street opens lower as yields rise after GDP data
[NEW YORK] US stock indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Dec 23) after stronger-than-expected economic data drove Treasury yields higher, weighing on heavyweight technology stocks.At 09.30 am ET, the Dow...
China’s renminbi climbs to 15-month high, overcoming weak PBOC fixing
On Dec 23, onshore yuan ends at 7.0287 per US dollar, while its offshore counterpart fetches 7.0181 at 4.30pm SGT[SHANGHAI] China’s renminbi climbed to a 15-month high against a...
Chip turmoil will worsen on Nexperia spat: Wingtech chair warns
Ruby Yang adds that as the dispute continues, the damage to global industrial chain, investment confidence and shareholders deepens[BEIJING/FRANKFURT] Wingtech Technology chairwoman Ruby Yang warned that global chip supplies...
Mitsui OSK inks financing deal for Singapore LNG terminal with banks including DBS, OCBC
The deal is for a newbuild floating storage and regasification unit that will be operated by Singapore LNG Corporation [SINGAPORE] Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a project finance...
Gold sets 50th daily record this year on rate-cut bets and geopolitical risk
Gold has risen 70% this year, driven by strong central-bank buying and inflows into bullion-backed ETFs[LONDON] Gold rose to an all-time high on Tuesday (Dec 23) – the 50th...
End-buyer of Seatrium-Maersk vessel caught in Trump’s stop-work order
Singapore company expects vessel to be delivered as agreed in recent settlement with Danish shipping giant[SINGAPORE] Seatrium said it is “closely monitoring” the Trump administration stop-work order issued to...
Huawei’s Maextro S800 becomes China’s top-selling US$100,000 car
[BEIJING] Huawei Technologies’ ultra-luxury Maextro S800 sedan is so popular in China nowadays, it is outselling Porsche’s Panamera, Mercedes-Benz Group’s S-Class and all other vehicles with sticker prices of...
Fu Yu’s largest shareholder Victor Lim reinstated as director of strategy, makes new bid for board membership
Reinstatement is in view of his ‘ability to contribute to the group’, says company [SINGAPORE] Components manufacturer Fu Yu has since Nov 1 reinstated its largest shareholder Victor Lim...
Straits Trading launches senior living pilot in Singapore, Malaysia
It aims to build an integrated independent value-chain in the senior living business [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed The Straits Trading Company on Tuesday (Dec 23) unveiled a new pilot programme for...
Australia central bank saw risk of rate rise in 2026 to contain inflation
Core inflation rose to 3.3 per cent in October, taking it further above the RBA’s target band of 2 per cent to 3 per cent [SYDNEY] Australia’s central bank...
