Stocks gain, oil prices fall on guarded hope for possible Iran war ceasefire
NEW YORK/LONDON, March 25 : Global equity markets rose while oil prices fell on Wednesday, as markets welcomed news of discussions to de-escalate the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.The U.S. sent a 15-point ceasefire proposal to Iran, reportedly delivered via Pakistan, that was originally brushe ...
Stocks gain, oil prices ease on guarded hope for possible Iran war ceasefire
NEW YORK/LONDON, March 25 : Global equity markets rose while oil prices fell on Wednesday, as traders welcomed news of discussions to de-escalate the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.The U.S. sent a 15-point ceasefire proposal to Iran reportedly delivered via Pakistan that was originally brushed ...
Stocks gain with oil prices easing on optimism from possible ceasefire talks
NEW YORK/LONDON, March 25 : Global equity markets, including from the U.S., Europe and Asia, rose while oil prices fell on Wednesday, as traders cheered news of ceasefire proposals to de-escalate the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.Markets are weighing reports that the U.S. has sent a 15-point c ...
European stocks rise, oil prices fall on hopes for US-Iran talks
LONDON, March 25 : European stock indexes rose and oil prices fell on Wednesday, after markets got a boost from reports that the U.S. is seeking a month-long ceasefire with Iran, even though Iran rejected the idea of negotiations.U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the U.S. wa ...
European stocks rise, oil falls, markets cheered by Trump talk of Iran negotiation
LONDON, March 25 : European stock indexes rose and oil prices were down on the day on Wednesday, after markets got a boost from reports that the U.S. is seeking a month-long ceasefire with Iran, even though Iran rejected the idea of negotiations.U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday ...
Pek Chuan Building back on the market at same guide price of S$80 million
Ry-Anne Lim - This is owners’ second attempt to sell the four-storey commercial building
DBS, Genting Singapore and CapitaLand lead retail buys on SGX in March
Koh Kim Xuan - The total value of stock buys that month lifts Q1 FY2026’s total retail net buying in local stocks to S$675 million
Temu-owner PDD misses revenue estimates
March 25 : Discount e-commerce player PDD Holdings missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as subdued consumer spending weighed on its Chinese platform, Pinduoduo, overshadowing robust growth at its overseas marketplace Temu.The company reported revenue of 123.9 billion yuan ($17 ...
Global self-reliance drive will strain capital, push burden to markets: BlackRock’s Larry Fink
Jean Low - Staying on the sidelines is a growing risk as global economies increase reliance on capital markets, he adds
Singapore stocks extend rally, tracking regional gains; STI up 0.9%
Benjamin Cher - The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index, meanwhile, is up 0.7%
Arm jumps as new AI chip to drive billions in annual revenue
March 25 - U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings jumped nearly 12 per cent in premarket trading on Wednesday after the chip firm projected billions of dollars in annual revenue from its own new artificial intelligence data-center chip.The new chip marks a pivot for Arm, which has traditionally relied o ...
Arm shares rally as new AI chip to drive billions in annual revenue
March 25 - Arm sparked a rally in shares of companies that make central processors on Wednesday with a prediction that its new data-center chip would bring in billions of dollars in annual revenue.Shares of the SoftBank Group-controlled company soared 20 per cent to their highest since November, whi ...
UPS opens $100 million Taiwan logistics hub to meet tech boom demand
TAOYUAN, Taiwan, March 25 : United Parcel Service opened a new $100 million logistics centre in Taiwan on Wednesday, its largest in the Asia Pacific, riding a wave of demand from tech companies.Taiwan is home to TSMC, the world's top contract chip-maker and dominant supplier of the advanced sem ...
Escalating Middle East tensions shift S-REITs’ focus to balance sheet resilience and earnings visibility: HSBC
Gerine Tang Yi Qian - Singapore’s REITs (S-REITs) are entering a more cautious phase, as macro uncertainties prompt a shift in investor focus from growth to resilience, according to a March 11 report by HSBC Global Research. Analysts led by Asean property and Asean equity research head Joy Wang caution that disruptions ...
Standard Chartered to sell and lease back two Changi Business Park properties for S$183 million
Chong Xin Wei - Lender says move is part of strategy to drive further growth in Singapore, its second-largest market
Sony-Honda JV scraps Afeela EV plans after Honda strategy overhaul
TOKYO, March 25 : Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between Japanese electronics giant Sony and automaker Honda, on Wednesday said it would stop developing its Afeela electric vehicles, citing Honda's strategy reassessment for EVs.The move follows Honda's move to overhaul its EV busin ...
Sony Honda Mobility cancels EV development, to refund early buyers
TOKYO, March 25 : Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between Japanese electronics giant Sony and carmaker Honda, said on Wednesday it would discontinue the development of the Afeela electric vehicles.Given Honda's overhaul of its EV business announced earlier this month, Sony Honda "do ...
Tiger Beer, brewed in Vietnam – but still Singaporean?
Renald Yeo - [SINGAPORE] There are few – if any – consumer exports that wear the “Made in Singapore” label with as much pride and...
India delays coal flexibility plan as solar power curbs rise
Regulators are working out how to compensate for the higher costs of retrofitting entailed
Banyan Group debuts in US with Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach
Samantha Chiew - Banyan Group, in collaboration with Mast Capital and Curated JCZM Development, has announced the launch of sales for Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach, marking the group’s entry into the US with the debut of its flagship Banyan Tree brand and its first residential offering in the market. Bany ...
KGI and CGS International remain positive on Q&M Dental following recent FY2025 results and M&A updates
Teo Zheng Long - Both KGI Securities and CGS International are keeping their respective “outperform” and “add” calls on Q&M Dental Group (Q&M) (SGX: QC7 ) following its recent FY2025 results and updates on their M&A progress. In a March 20 report, Chong Ting Shuo of KGI Securities says that the r ...
Japan PM Takaichi asks IEA chief for further oil stockpile release
TOKYO, March 25 : Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol for an additional coordinated release of oil stockpiles when they met on Wednesday, as Tokyo seeks to hedge against a prolonged Middle East conflict. After agreeing to release a record amount ...
Newly completed freehold food factory at 25 Genting Road for sale at $38 mil
Gerine Tang Yi Qian - A newly completed freehold food factory in the Kallang city fringe industrial precinct has been put up for sale with an asking price of $38 million. Marketing agency CBRE calls the property a “rare opportunity within Singapore’s tightly held food industrial property market”. Located at 25 Gent ...
IEA chief says 'ready' to release more oil reserves if needed
TOKYO: The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday (Mar 25) that he was "ready" to approve the release of more oil reserves if needed to cushion the impact of the Middle East war on glo
Asia looks to Covid-era playbook to tackle fuel crisis
No country in the region has enforced work-from-home measures yet, but some have said they are on the table
OUE REIT to convert over 2,100 sqm of chiller system space at OUE Bayfront into office space
Jovi Ho - OUE Bayfront has obtained planning approval to convert a chiller system area on level 17 into prime office space. The conversion, expected to be completed by 1H2027, will free up over 2,100 sqm of gross floor area that can be converted into prime office space, says the manager of OUE REIT on March 2 ...
Mitsubishi Materials to end partial operations at its Onahama smelter by end-March 2027
(Corrects to "partial operations", not "operations", in headline and to "associated smelting facilities", not "smelting facilities", in first paragraph)TOKYO, March 25 : Mitsubishi Materials said on Wednesday that it has decided to cease processing copper conc ...
Mitsubishi Materials to end operations at its Onahama smelter by end-March 2027
TOKYO, March 25 : Mitsubishi Materials said on Wednesday that it has decided to cease processing copper concentrate and operating the smelting facilities at its Onahama Smelter and Refinery by the end of March 2027.The company expects to book an impairment loss of 21 billion yen ($132 million) in th ...
Toyota to recall over 144,000 US vehicles over rear view camera issue, NHTSA says
New partnerships, facilities by JTC to bolster startups at LaunchPad @ one-north
Benjamin Cher - This includes a new co-working and event space for networking, investor meetings and community events
The importance of tenant mix in real estate success
Joey Wong - Over my 30 years as an architect designing mixed-use projects in urban settings — residential, hotels, offices and retail — success always hinges on how spaces are weaved into the urban fabric and everyday life. Retail and hospitality form the public-facing heart. They require careful planning p ...
JTC refreshes LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships and spaces
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - Singapore’s national industrial real estate developer JTC says it is refreshing its entrepreneurship-focused property development LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships, policies and infrastructure. "The startup world is evolving very quickly as you all know and of course in a very volat ...
JTC revamps LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships and innovation hubs
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - JTC, Singapore’s national industrial real estate developer, is refreshing its entrepreneurship-focused LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships, policies and infrastructure. “The start-up world is evolving quickly, and LaunchPad must evolve with it. In a very volatile world, we need to press ...
Tourism-reliant Thailand at risk of losing 3 million visitors if Middle East war persists
The government had set a 2026 target of 35 million foreign visitors
