12 hours ago
Singapore real estate pay gains beat US, Europe with 14% jump: report
Shikhar Gupta - Switching employers nets a 32% pay hike in Singapore, compared with 7% for those who stay put
Business Headlines & Market News
Business Headlines and Stock Market News by Singapore Financial News Publishers
13 hours ago
DBS flags Singtel as top Asian telco pick on ROIC upside and possible Optus divestment
Nurdianah Md Nur - DBS Group Research is keeping Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) as one of its top telco picks, maintaining its “buy” call with a target price of $5.71 as the industry shifts focus toward return on invested capital (ROIC) improvement across Asia. The analysts say Singtel’s share price in 2 ...
13 hours ago
Private-hire drivers hit by Autobahn repossessions may lose rental deposits
Low Youjin - Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling says this is because the drivers are unsecured creditors
13 hours ago
Maybank sees 20% upside to Soon Hock’s share price; starts counter at ‘buy’
Felicia Tan - Maybank Securities analyst Toh Xuan Hao has initiated coverage on Mainboard-listed Soon Hock Enterprise (SGX: SHE ) with a “buy” call as he sees several upsides to the counter. “Soon Hock is positioned as a top-five strata industrial developer in Singapore with over c.900 industrial and commer ...
13 hours ago
Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan’s S$18.9 million debt dispute sent to trial
Tessa Oh - Earlier High Court decision set aside as judges find insufficient evidence to establish breach of fiduciary duty
13 hours ago
Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan’s $18.9 million debt dispute sent to trial
Tessa Oh - Judges find evidence insufficient to establish breach of fiduciary duty
13 hours ago
S$18.9m in claims against Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan’s bankruptcy estate sent to trial
Tessa Oh - Judges find evidence insufficient to establish breach of fiduciary duty
13 hours ago
South Korean finance minister vows swift response to FX volatility
SEOUL, Jan 14 : South Korea will take steps to rein in increasing volatility in the foreign exchange market and find ways to resolve an imbalance in dollar demand and supply, the finance minister said on Wednesday. The won cut early losses to trade up 0.3 per cent at 1,475.0 versus the dollar, set t ...
13 hours ago
South Korea finance minister vows swift response to FX volatility
SEOUL, Jan 14 : South Korea will implement measures to address increasing volatility in the foreign exchange market and find ways to resolve an imbalance in dollar demand and supply, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday. "Recently, despite record-high current account surpluses, ...
13 hours ago
YZJ Maritime invests in 16 new vessels amid maritime asset portfolio expansion push
Chloe Lim - The orders are placed with three Chinese shipyards
14 hours ago
Property players call for lower ABSD on foreign buyers, review of EC income and loan caps
Ry-Anne Lim - Other proposals floated include further tweaks to developers’ sales deadlines, reduced charges for redevelopment, lower consent threshold for en bloc sales
14 hours ago
Maybank initiates ‘buy’ coverage on Soon Hock with S$0.75 target
Young Zhan Heng - Lender sees profit of real estate player surging from its project pipeline
15 hours ago
China’s 2025 rare earth exports hit highest since at least 2014 despite restrictions
[BEIJING] China’s rare earth exports in 2025 hit the highest level since at least 2014, even as Beijing began restricting shipments of...
15 hours ago
Trump-led US delegation to be largest ever at WEF, as Davos grapples with shaken global order
These business and political elites head to Davos next week with its vision of a rules-based global economic order being tested to...
15 hours ago
What’s at stake in the US Supreme Court’s tariff ruling today?
Evan See - Tariffs are likely to be ruled unconstitutional, but Trump could still impose tariffs through other routes, say analysts
15 hours ago
Asian markets mixed, Tokyo up on election speculation
HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday (Jan 14), with Japan election speculation pushing Tokyo shares to a record high, while oil steadied after a surge fuelled by instability in Iran.It came after Wall Street stocks retreated from records as markets weighed muted US inflation data, mixed ...
15 hours ago
Gold near record-highs as softer US inflation fuels Fed rate-cut bets
GOLD rose on Wednesday, holding near record highs set in the previous session, while silver set another all-time high, nearing the US$90 mark,...
15 hours ago
What’s keeping CEOs up at night? WEF poll points to insider threats, payment fraud and other cybersecurity issues
Deon Loke - AI-related vulnerabilities fastest-growing risk category in 2025, with data leaks the top generative AI concern of one-third of CEOs
15 hours ago
Olam advances 32.4% stake sale of port operator following key lender approvals
Benicia Tan - The company intends to divest its stake in Arise P&L for US$175 million
15 hours ago
Hong Kong activist investor David Webb dies of cancer
HONG Kong activist investor and prominent commentator David Webb has died of metastatic prostate cancer, according to his social media accounts.
16 hours ago
Senior loan bankers depart Mizuho, SMBC after Asia volumes slump
SEVERAL senior loan bankers at Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. have left their roles in Asia, amid a slump...
16 hours ago
Indonesia struggles to reignite loan growth despite deep monetary easing
Elisa Valenta - Corporate sentiment remains cautious across sectors, particularly among capital-intensive industries
16 hours ago
UOB Kay Hian maintains ‘buy’ call and $3 TP for Food Empire on Ukraine war resolution and share buybacks
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - UOB Kay Hian analysts maintain their “buy call” and $3 target price for global food and beverage company Food Empire Holdings (FEH) (SGX: F03 ) . In their note on Jan 14, analysts John Cheong and Heidi Mo say their assessment is based on a possible resolution to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war an ...
16 hours ago
CDL to begin preview of Newport Residences, prices to start from $1.298 mil
The Edge Singapore - City Developments (CDL) will begin preview of the highly anticipated Newport Residences on Friday, Jan 16 and sales bookings will start from Jan 31. Located at the former Fuji Xerox Towers site on Anson Road, the ultra-luxury Newport Residences is part of the 45-storey Newport Plaza, which also hous ...
16 hours ago
CDL to begin preview of Newport Residences, prices to start from $1.298 million
The Edge Singapore - City Developments (CDL) will begin preview of the highly anticipated Newport Residences on Friday, Jan 16 and sales bookings will start from Jan 31. Located at the former Fuji Xerox Towers site on Anson Road, the ultra-luxury Newport Residences is part of the 45-storey Newport Plaza, which also hous ...
16 hours ago
Malaysia eyes bigger role in rare earths, but industry players warn ambitions may outpace reality
More than 16 million tonnes of rare earth deposits are believed to lie beneath forest reserves and mountain ranges across Peninsular Malaysia.
16 hours ago
Indonesian central bank to continue intervening to defend depreciating rupiah
JAKARTA, Jan 14 : Indonesia's central bank will keep intervening in the foreign exchange markets to ensure moves in the rupiah exchange rate reflect the currency's fundamentals, it said on Wednesday, as the rupiah trades near a historic low.The rupiah has depreciated steadily this year to ...
16 hours ago
Indonesia central bank to continue intervening to defend depreciating rupiah
JAKARTA, Jan 14 : Indonesia's central bank will continue intervening in the foreign exchange markets to ensure moves in the rupiah exchange rate reflects the currency's fundamentals, it said on Wednesday, as the currency trades near a historic low.The rupiah has been steadily depreciating ...
17 hours ago
‘Are you dead?’ Chinese app for single living goes viral
The app is a lightweight safety tool created for solo dwellers
17 hours ago
Australian, New Zealand dollars seesaw on greenback, extend gains on yen
[SYDNEY] The Australian and New Zealand dollars steadied on Wednesday after their US peer enjoyed a broad bounce overnight, while both currencies...
17 hours ago
Oil climbs on concerns over potential Iranian supply disruption
LONDON, Jan 14 : Oil prices rose on Wednesday for a fifth straight session on fears of Iranian supply disruptions due to a potential U.S. attack on Iran and possible retaliation against U.S. regional interests.Brent futures were up 76 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at $66.23 a barrel at 1411 GMT. U.S. West ...
17 hours ago
Oil climbs on concerns over potential Iranian supply disruption amid threats
LONDON, Jan 14 : Oil prices rose on Wednesday for a fifth straight session on fears of Iranian supply disruptions due to a potential U.S. attack on Iran and possible retaliation against U.S. regional interests.Brent futures were up 85 cents, or 1.3 per cent, at $66.32 a barrel at 1302 GMT. U.S. West ...
17 hours ago
Oil climbs on concerns over potential supply disruption in Iran amid threats
LONDON, Jan 14 : Oil prices rose on Wednesday for a fifth straight session on fears of Iranian supply disruptions due to deadly civil unrest and as the U.S. and Iran traded threats. Brent futures were up 42 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $65.89 a barrel at 1033 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude wa ...
17 hours ago
Oil steady as Venezuela shipments resume, but Iran concerns loom
LONDON, Jan 14 : Oil prices held steady on Wednesday after four days of gains as Venezuela resumed exports and U.S. crude and product inventories rose, though fears of Iranian supply disruptions due to deadly civil unrest loomed over the market. Brent futures were down 11 cents, or 0.2 per cent, at ...