6 hours ago
Oil glut bets back in play as crude sinks after US-Iran deal
But the market could turn around and rally again if the agreement were to fall apart
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6 hours ago
Soaring profits in emerging markets build the case for a raging bull market
Asian tech firms are driving the results, but profits are also improving in other sectors
8 hours ago
Ray-Ban heir escalates fight for control of family fortune
LEONARDO Maria Del Vecchio, an heir to the Ray-Ban empire built by his late father, publicly challenged his family’s holding company to...
8 hours ago
Aluminium’s war shock blunted by dark transits and Chinese supply
Smelters in Indonesia have also been instrumental in keeping the global market in check
9 hours ago
Yoghurt wars: Danone-Chobani clash underscores wider protein battle
LONDON: Danone's lawsuit against Chobani over protein claims makes it clear the French dairy company sees its US rival as a threat in one of the few food groups seeing a boost from weight-loss drug users both during and after they get their GLP-1 fix - yoghurt. Danone, which has struggled to me ...
11 hours ago
PE owners tap a hot loan market to pay themselves
Dividend recapitalisations are gaining traction as investors seek any kind of debt offering a floating rate
11 hours ago
Private equity owners tap a hot loan market to pay themselves
Dividend recapitalisations are gaining traction as investors seek any kind of debt offering a floating rate
11 hours ago
After the fracture: How Britain’s financial industry recovered from Brexit
Rising interest rates and deregulation have boosted bank and insurance profits
12 hours ago
Yen teeters on cusp of 40-year low; pound firms
[LONDON/SINGAPORE] The greenback held firm against most peers on Friday (Jun 19) as a peace deal between the US and Iran hung...
13 hours ago
Indonesia’s MSCI moment of truth looms over global index standing
Elisa Valenta - The decision will determine whether it remains an emerging market or gets downgraded to a frontier market
13 hours ago
Singapore investors see SpaceX investment as long-term bet on the future of the space economy
Meera Pathmanathan - The Republic’s push into space as a promising economic arena also gives local dimension to the investment theme
14 hours ago
Singapore cements position as Asia-Pacific wealth hub as region’s AUM set to hit US$34.5 trillion by 2030: PwC
Jean Low - The city-state aims to capture opportunities in cross-border wealth, tokenisation and sovereign capital
16 hours ago
Stock trader’s guide to navigating rare ‘Super El Nino’: 5 sectors to watch as risks build
Impact already being felt across various regions, from a delayed start to the Indian monsoon to a temporary halt to Peru’s fishing...
16 hours ago
AI capex cycle drives institutional inflows and gains for Singapore’s listed tech manufacturers
[SINGAPORE] The artificial intelligence boom has seen massive capital expenditure among tech giants with strong demand for chips globally – and Singapore’s...
18 hours ago
Wellness zone on a plane? Qantas tests new ways to beat jet lag on world’s longest nonstop flight
Airbus has modified the A350-1000 so it can fly the approximate 17,000 km between Sydney and London
1 day ago
First US-Iran talks in Switzerland overshadowed by Hormuz closure
While the strait is said to be closed, the United States says commercial vessels continue operating there
1 day ago
US’ Vance arrives in Switzerland for Iran peace talks with Hormuz in spotlight
The IRGC on Jun 20 declared Hormuz shut, though the US military said commercial vessels had continued operating in the waterway
1 day ago
US disputes Iran’s claims about closing Hormuz; talks set to open as Vance arrives in Switzerland
The US military said commercial vessels had continued operating in the waterway.
1 day ago
US-Iran talks in Switzerland overshadowed by Hormuz closure
Teheran says it shut the vital waterway because Washington had failed to halt fighting in Lebanon
1 day ago
Trump threatens Iran with fresh strikes as Vance attends talks in Switzerland
Teheran says it shut the Strait of Hormuz because Washington has failed to halt fighting in Lebanon
1 day ago
US disputes Iran’s claims about closing Hormuz; talks set to open with Vance due at Swiss venue
The US military said commercial vessels had continued operating in the waterway.
1 day ago
Top-level US-Iran peace talks to begin at Swiss resort with Hormuz in spotlight
While the strait is said to be closed, the United States says commercial vessels continue operating there
2 days ago
China’s rare earths curbs extend pressure on supply to Japan
The export curbs have disrupted the availability of some magnets
2 days ago
China tightens indium export checks as AI demand increases
The restrictions have become enough of a hurdle for next-generation data centres
2 days ago
Abu Dhabi’s MGX weighs multibillion-dollar deal for Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne: sources
The firm has invested in some of the largest AI companies globally
2 days ago
Abu Dhabi’s MGX weighs multi-billion deal for Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne: sources
The firm has invested in some of the largest AI companies globally
2 days ago
Starbucks cuts London, Hong Kong office jobs in restructuring effort
The company has said that it wants to double its international store count to about 40,000
2 days ago
Asia’s AI hardware bet has a financing problem
The region can build AI data centres, but the tougher question is how to pay for the GPUs inside them
2 days ago
The builders and the beneficiaries: from Global Crossing to AI
Tong Kooi Ong + Asia Analytica - When recalling the dotcom boom, people tend to think of the era’s speculative excesses: day traders flipping hot internet stocks; and smart (but ever-so-reckless) money bankrolling anything with a “.com” suffix — from toy stores to pet retailers. But there was another kind of excess, too — ...
2 days ago
The great misreading of China: Why exports are a consequence, not a strategy
Tong Kooi Ong + Asia Analytica - In our two earlier pieces titled “Two reports, two interpretations of China” and “The political economy of modern capitalism” (The Edge, June 1, 2026), we argued that many observers are looking at the same China but arriving at fundamentally different conclusions. The first article examined ...
2 days ago
European stocks tick lower as mining losses weigh
Equities in Europe have been under pressure since the war began due to the inflationary impact of surging oil prices
2 days ago
Exclusive-Canadian lender TD tells some employees it will use software to monitor their work
TORONTO, June 19 : Toronto-Dominion Bank told some employees working in its financial crimes and risk management team that it would run software to track their work, prompting questions around consent and privacy in the workplace as the Canadian lender tries to increase productivity, according to a ...
2 days ago
US scientist John Jumper to leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
June 19 : Senior research scientist John Jumper said on Friday he would leave Google DeepMind to join AI startup Anthropic, the latest high-profile departure at the Big Tech giant's AI research and development division. Jumper, who won a Nobel prize alongside Google's Demis Hassabis in 202 ...
2 days ago
Trump tells Axios he no longer views Anthropic as national security threat
June 19 : U.S. President Donald Trump said he might have viewed artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a national security threat last week, but he no longer does, according to an interview with "The Axios Show" published on Friday.Senior Anthropic technical staff were scheduled to m ...