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More bonds teetering on the brink of junk
About US$55 billion of US corporate bonds migrated from investment-grade to junk status in 2025
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Maersk explores more ethanol use for green fuel to cut reliance on China
This will boost the shipping industry’s decarbonisation efforts
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Phillip Nova keeps ahead with a constant journey of learning and innovating
The Edge Singapore - One reason why Phillip Futures was renamed Phillip Nova in 2022, was to reflect how the brokerage has expanded its offerings from trading futures, as it has done so for decades, to also trading of securities in Singapore too. The rebranding was also another marker of how the firm, under CEO Teyu Che ...
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Shareholder value-focused XMH and JB Foods directors up stakes
[SINGAPORE] For the first five trading sessions of 2026, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$63...
5 hours ago
Five S-Reits that saw strong growth in trading activity in H2 2025
[SINGAPORE] Trading activity in the Singapore real estate investment trust (S-Reit) sector rose overall in the second half of 2025 compared with the first...
6 hours ago
‘Buy the dip’ might be the worst advice you’ve ever heard
In both bull and bear markets, this tactic might be hazardous to investors
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Global AI race shows asia leading as stocks start 2026 with bang
Strong fundamentals and higher earnings growth potential are reinforcing the move
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Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days
Jan 10 : Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days."This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand ...
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Six banks seen reaping US$157 billion on Trump’s return
Some banks have already telegraphed the boost from deal flow
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Walmart to join Nasdaq 100 on Jan 20 as AstraZeneca exits
The retailer has recently increased its use of AI across internal operations
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Amazon has big hopes for wearable AI – starting with this US$50 gadget
Bee’s device can be worn on the wrist or clipped to a shirt
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Stellantis scraps US plug-in hybrid sales, citing weak demand
The automaker’s pullback comes as Detroit carmakers reassess electric-vehicle spending amid policy changes under US President Donald Trump
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Rio-Glencore deal closer than ever with premium and CEO in focus
The idea of a combination of the two companies has been discussed several times over more than a decade
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OpenAI, SoftBank invest US$1 billion in SB Energy as Stargate buildout expands
The data centre construction boom has also prompted major players, including Meta Platforms
1 day ago
Trump calls for one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%
Lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican Parties have raised concerns about high rates and have called for those to be addressed
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Apple shares on pace to match longest losing streak since 1991
The company and other computer and device makers have been under pressure from rising prices for components such as memory chips
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Chevron could see US$700 million-a-year boost from Venezuelan oil
The country is an attractive long-term opportunity for Big Oil
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ExxonMobil calls Venezuela ‘uninvestable’ as Trump pushes oil plan
Low prices are viewed warily within the oil industry, which the US president is counting on to keep pumping crude
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China buys at least 10 cargoes of US soybeans for April-May shipment, traders say
Farmers are beginning to gather what is expected to be their largest harvest ever, and despite a domestic supply glut
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Trafigura readies first Venezuelan oil ship as part of mega sale
Traders have been notifying US refiners to gauge interest for the oil, with sales expected to kick off on Monday
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Indonesian startups chasing growth test waters in the Gulf
Startup funding in Indonesia has been on a decline since 2021
1 day ago
Pax Silica: The global tech divide formalised
Tong Kooi Ong + Asia Analytica - Much ink has been spilled on the deepening technological rivalry between the US and China. In this column, we have explored this issue from multiple angles, including the speculative question of what it might look like if the two superpowers were to collude rather than compete. Reality, however, usu ...
1 day ago
A ‘sure bet’ to make big money
Tong Kooi Ong + Asia Analytica - A “sure bet” is a wager against uncertainty — and the irony is that uncertainty is the only thing that is truly certain. So, almost always, the phrase is used less about probability and more about psychology, a desire for reassurance or a shortcut around uncertainty. In fact, the phrase is oft ...
2 days ago
Oil gains as market weighs Iran, Russia supply risks; dealmaking for Venezuela in focus
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 28.4 million barrels per day last month
2 days ago
Europe stocks close at record as Glencore jumps on Rio Tinto interest
Technology stocks led the advance in the Stoxx 600 on the day and logged their best week in nearly two years
2 days ago
S&P 500 notches record high close driven by Broadcom, other chipmakers
The S&P 500 is trading at about 22 times expected earnings, down from 23 in November
2 days ago
FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 : The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX's request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide.The FCC said Elon Musk's SpaceX can now operate an additional 7,500 Gen ...
2 days ago
Musk's X sues music publishers over alleged licensing conspiracy
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 : Elon Musk's X Corp sued 18 major music publishers and a leading U.S. music industry trade association on Friday, alleging they conspired to block competition and force the social media platform to purchase licenses for musical works at inflated rates.The lawsuit, filed in ...
2 days ago
OpenAI, SoftBank invest $1 billion in SB Energy as Stargate buildout expands
Jan 9 : OpenAI and SoftBank Group will invest $500 million each in SB Energy to expand data center and power infrastructure for their Stargate initiative, SB Energy said on Friday.SB Energy, a SoftBank-owned company, will build and operate OpenAI's previously announced 1.2-gigawatt data cent ...
2 days ago
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 : Three Democratic U.S. senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from their app stores, citing the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platform.In a letter published on Fr ...
2 days ago
Wall Street opens higher after jobs data; tariff ruling awaited
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Friday (Jan 9), as investors digested weaker-than-expected jobs data, while awaiting a...
2 days ago
Meta signs multi-gigawatt nuclear deals for AI data centres
The agreements could end up totalling more than six gigawatts, enough to power a city of about five million homes
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China probes competition among food delivery platforms to curb price war
Despite a government campaign to rein in overcapacity and stabilise prices, its consumer prices ended 2025 the same as 2024
2 days ago
Stocks rally, dollar higher in wake of US jobs numbers
NEW YORK, Jan 9 : Major stock indexes jumped to record highs and the dollar was also up on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy created fewer jobs than expected in December, which did little to change rate cut expectations from the Federal Reserve this year.The S&P 500, Dow and the STOXX ...