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US details new China limits for clean energy tax credits
The restrictions follow an executive order in July signalling stricter limits for the tax credits
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9 hours ago
Toku’s CEO Laboulle: Who says the next enterprise giant can’t come from Singapore?
Julian Wong - Imagine you run a food delivery platform across Southeast Asia. Then a customer in Vietnam complains about a missing order. It sounds simple enough — except Vietnamese regulations require that the conversation data stay within the country’s borders. The platform’s customers in Singapore, Indon ...
9 hours ago
Software Armageddon as AI threat looms
Assif Shameen - If you are befuddled by the recent mayhem on Wall Street, here is a simple explanation: Investors now believe that AI agents like those being developed by start-ups such as Anthropic and OpenAI are ready to supersede and replace enterprise software made by the likes of behemoth Microsoft and its pee ...
10 hours ago
Liquidity trumps fundamentals as Singapore market delivers the best returns in a decade
Lee Ooi Keong - Singapore’s equity market had its best year in more than a decade. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 22.7% in 2025, delivering a 28.6% total return including dividends, its strongest annual performance in at least a decade, according to FTSE Russell. The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index (NTR) broadl ...
10 hours ago
Investing in the Year of the Fire Horse
Andrew Sheng - On Feb 16, we will say goodbye to the Year of the Wood Snake and hello to the Year of the Fire Horse. The Wood Snake has been a year of ups and downs, beginning with US President Donald Trump’s tariff shock in April. But since then, overall investments worldwide have been good for most investors. ...
10 hours ago
Singapore’s economy is on a roll, but for how long?
Manu Bhaskaran - Last year, Singapore’s economic growth of 5% blew past virtually every single forecaster’s expectations, and that was after a very strong 5.3% expansion in 2024. The government has now upgraded its forecast for this year to a 2%-4% range, up by one full percentage point. It believes that key dri ...
10 hours ago
Days of Being Wild: Will Hong Kong get its mojo back?
Chew Sutat - For the third year in a row since Covid, I made an early-in-the-year trip to Hong Kong to feel its pulse, meet old friends and eat too much. This time round, in between shopping in Mong Kok and Ap Lei Chau, I managed to also attend a concert rehearsal by the Hong Kong Philharmonic featuring renowned ...
10 hours ago
Apac retailers' AI push stumbles on gaps in inventory data
Nurdianah Md Nur - Nearly half of shoppers in Asia Pacific (Apac) now leave stores without buying everything they intended, with 63% blaming out-of-stock items, according to Zebra Technologies’ 18th Annual Global Shopper Study. The problem often begins far from the shelves. In many warehouses, receiving processes re ...
10 hours ago
Waldorf Astoria's Chinese owners plan to sell iconic NYC hotel, WSJ reports
The Chinese owners of the iconic Waldorf Astoria in New York City are preparing to put the luxury hotel up for sale, months after it reopened following a multibillion-dollar overhaul, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Feb 11).The Park Avenue landmark, reopened in November after an 8-
10 hours ago
Gold and silver rise from near one-week lows on bargain-hunting
Investors now await inflation data due later in the day for more cues on the Fed’s monetary policy path
11 hours ago
Navigating the currents of Indonesia
Chin Meng Tee, Andrew Wong, Frances Cheung & Christopher Wong - On Jan 28, MSCI raised concerns about “investability issues” and data transparency in the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI). The index provider stated that if insufficient progress on transparency is achieved by May, it will reassess Indonesia’s market accessibility, sparking fears of a possible d ...
11 hours ago
Oil set for weekly drop as Iran risks recede, oversupply concerns
BEIJING, Feb 13 : Oil prices were little changed on Friday after falling in the previous session, and are set for their second weekly decline, on receding concerns of an Iranian conflict that could affect supply and on forecasts supply will exceed demand this year.Brent crude oil futures were up 3 c ...
11 hours ago
Oil set for second straight weekly drop as Iran risks recede
Feb 13 : Oil prices slipped on Friday and were on track for a second weekly decline on receding concerns of a U.S.-Iran conflict that could affect supply.Brent crude oil futures were down 6 cents, or 0.1 per cent, at $67.46 a barrel at 0448 GMT after falling 2.7 per cent in the previous session. U.S ...
11 hours ago
Oil prices set for another weekly decline as Iran risks recede
LONDON, Feb 13 : Oil prices edged higher on Friday but were on track for a second weekly decline as concerns receded over the risks of a U.S.-Iran conflict that could affect supply.Brent crude futures gained 29 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $67.81 a barrel by 0958 GMT after falling 2.7 per cent in the ...
11 hours ago
Global shares retreat from record ahead of US inflation data, tech worries simmer
SYDNEY/LONDON, Feb 13 : Global shares retreated from record highs on Friday ahead of key U.S. inflation data, while worries about shrinking margins for major tech companies and AI disruption fears simmered beneath the surface after a week of selling. The MSCI all-country index slipped 0.2 per cent, ...
11 hours ago
Asian shares step back from record as tech jitters return, bonds rally
SYDNEY, Feb 13 : Asian shares retreated from record highs on Friday as worries about shrinking margins in the tech sector hit the likes of Apple, driving investors into safe-haven bonds ahead of key U.S. inflation data. Overnight on Wall Street, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2 per ce ...
11 hours ago
From Sheng Siong to Keppel DC Reit, here are some potential winners from Budget 2026
Therese Soh - Sectors from essentials to manufacturing, defence, property and energy could be impacted
11 hours ago
From Sheng Siong to Seatrium, here are some potential winners and losers from Budget 2026
Therese Soh - Sectors from essentials to manufacturing, defence, property and energy could be affected
11 hours ago
Taiwan’s AI wealth is spilling across Asia and Singapore is positioning itself as the hub
Samantha Chiew - Taiwan’s role in AI has evolved into a wealth story, reshaping capital flows across Asia, says James Wey, head of international wealth management at KGI. “Taiwan has benefited tremendously from the global technology sector growth, especially in AI and its associated supply chain,” Wey says, ad ...
11 hours ago
JP Morgan and CLSA pick beneficiaries of Budget 2026
The Edge Singapore - The message from the Singapore Budget 2026 is that the government will maintain a strong fiscal buffer, while continuing to reinvest and transform the economy. JP Morgan says this should fuel growth in the private sector. “We believe these tailwinds, together with an extension of financial market ...
11 hours ago
Is the Chinese stock market an undervalued giant?
Martin W Hennecke - Which country is the global leader in robotics? Just a year or two ago, the first answer that would have sprung to mind is the US, with Tesla robotaxis and Amazon’s army of warehouse robots. While these American names are undoubtedly making great strides and have been commanding the most media att ...
11 hours ago
Alpha Integrated REIT declares FY2025 distribution of 3.53 cents per unit
Teo Zheng Long - Alpha Integrated REIT (SGX: M1GU ) (AIR), which just completed its internalisation process, has reported a 20.4% y-o-y rise in distribution per unit (DPU) to 1.83 cents for 2HFY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025. On a full year basis (FY2025), AIR’s DPU up 23.4% y-o-y to 3.53 cents. Gross revenue for FY2025 ...
11 hours ago
CBS News considering new round of layoffs, could cut at least 15% of staff, Variety says
[WASHINGTON] CBS News is considering a new round of layoffs that could see cuts totaling at least 15 per cent of the...
11 hours ago
Making the case for Singapore’s SMID sector
Felicia Tan - Despite the run-up in Singapore’s small- and mid-cap (SMID) sector, John Cheong, head of SMIDs at UOB Kay Hian, believes there is way more to go. Valuations have risen, but the sector remains inexpensive relative to regional or global peers. After all, the SMID sector had been “very, very underv ...
11 hours ago
Japan Foods’ lead independent director investigated by CAD on ‘personal matter’
Navene Elangovan - Tan Cher Ting has not been charged with any offence, but will step down from the role
11 hours ago
Maybank's Seet raises target price for ISOTeam to 12 cents on brighter outlook
The Edge Singapore - Jarick Seet of Maybank Securities has kept his "buy" call on ISOTeam after its 1HFY2026 earnings jumped by 70% to $3.3 million. The company's topline was lower because of project revenue recognition but its bottomline benefited from cost savings in workers' accommodation and also ...
11 hours ago
Maybank, CGSI, RHB raise respective target prices for ISOTeam
The Edge Singapore - Jarick Seet of Maybank Securities has kept his "buy" call on ISOTeam after its 1HFY2026 earnings jumped by 70% to $3.3 million. The company's topline was lower because of project revenue recognition but its bottomline benefited from cost savings in workers' accommodation and also ...
11 hours ago
Banks drag STI below 5,000 post-Budget, but analysts see ample ‘fiscal dry powder’
Shikhar Gupta - The scaled-back handouts leave room for future support; the new measures could enable the continued recovery of the capital market
11 hours ago
STI drops below 5,000 after Budget 2026, but analysts see ample ‘fiscal dry powder’
Shikhar Gupta - The scaled-back handouts leave room for future support; the new measures could enable the continued recovery of the capital market
11 hours ago
Singapore stocks dip back below 5,000 after Budget 2026, but analysts see ample ‘fiscal dry powder’
Shikhar Gupta - Scaled-back handouts leave room for future support; new measures could continue capital market recovery
11 hours ago
Stress test: Analysts weigh in on Tan Su Shan’s first year as DBS group CEO
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan and Felicia Tan - For most Singaporean bankers, taking over the reins of the city-state’s largest bank would have been the feather in the cap of a sterling career in finance. That wasn’t really the case for Tan Su Shan, who had big shoes to fill as DBS Group Holding’s seventh CEO. Tan became CEO in April 2025 a ...
11 hours ago
Alpha Integrated Reit H2 DPU rises 20.4% to S$0.0183 on higher rent, occupancy
Shikhar Gupta - The Reit’s growth in net property income is mainly from positive rental reversions and an overall increase in occupancy rate
11 hours ago
Malaysia’s solar leader to ramp up output as battery prices drop
Solarvest currently has around 1.2 GW of capacity in the South-east Asian country
11 hours ago
Elliott reiterates call against Toyota Industries tender offer, shares hit record
TOKYO, Feb 13 : Elliott Investment Management on Friday said it will not tender its Toyota Industries shares into an extended tender offer at current terms and strongly encouraged other shareholders to follow suit. Elliott also urged other shareholders to withdraw any shares that have already been t ...