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Price of office space falls 2.1% in 2025 but rents rise 0.3%: URA
Jovi Ho - Prices of office space decreased by 0.7% in 4Q2025, compared with the 0.2% decrease in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, rentals of office space increased by 0.4% in 4Q2025, compared with the 0.1% decrease in the previous quarter. For the whole of 2025, prices of office space decreased by 2.1%, compa ...
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SGX seeks public feedback on reduction of board lot sizes
Chloe Lim - If the market supports the changes, they will be implemented mid-2026
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SGX seeks public feedback on changes to board lot sizes
Chloe Lim - The move is to enhance accessibility and broaden participation
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Core Central Region and landed properties lead private residential price rise in 2025: URA
Jovi Ho - The overall private residential price index increased at a more modest pace of 0.6% in 4Q2025, compared to an increase of 0.9% in 3Q2025. For 2025 as a whole, the price index rose by 3.3%, moderating from the 3.9% increase in 2024, marking the smallest full-year increase since 2020. About 2,000 priv ...
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Co-living operator The Assembly Place opens 34.8% above IPO price in Catalist debut
Therese Soh - It rises 45.7% above its initial public offering price to S$0.335 in early trade
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The Assembly Place opens 34.8% above IPO price in Catalist debut
Therese Soh - It rises 45.7% above its initial public offering price to S$0.335 in early trade
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The Assembly Place opens 37% above IPO price in Catalist debut
Therese Soh - It opens at S$0.315 with some 3.7 million shares changing hands
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Some semiconductor stocks slump as investors short some names, but analysts give higher upside
Shikhar Gupta - Investors mull over a mix of factors, but analysts cite target prices that are mostly higher
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Tariff risks vs AI boom: S-E Asia’s semiconductor stocks diverge but upside’s ahead
Shikhar Gupta - Investors mull over a mix of factors, but analysts indicate target prices that are mostly higher
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Tariff risks vs AI boom: S-E Asia’s semiconductor stocks diverge but upside ahead
Shikhar Gupta - Investors mull over a mix of factors, but analysts indicate target prices that are mostly higher
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TikTok strikes deal for new US entity, ending long legal saga
The agreement resolves existential questions about the company’s future
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TikTok reaches deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban
WASHINGTON: TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, finalised a deal on Thursday (Jan 22) to set up a majority American-owned joint venture company to avoid a US ban on the popular social media app used
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The Assembly Place CEO: Scaling from 6 to 10,000 keys through community
Julian Wong - CEO Eugene Lim explains how a simple experiment in shared living grew into Singapore’s largest community-living operator according to an industry report by Knight Frank as set out in TAP’s offer document, revealing why community, cash flow discipline, and an asset-light model sit at the centre o ...
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Anatomy of a scam empire: The Chen Zhi network, centred in Cambodia
Goh Ruoxue - The Business Times unravels the brains, businesses and brass plates behind a sweeping fraud crackdown, using Handshakes data
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Anatomy of a scam empire: The brains, businesses and brass-plates behind the Chen Zhi network
Goh Ruoxue - BT unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities with Handshakes data
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Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia
Goh Ruoxue - The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data
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Private home prices rise 0.6% in Q4 for full-year gain of 3.3%; rents up 1.9% on year
Ry-Anne Lim - Annual price growth is at its slowest pace since 2020, even as new-home sales climb past 10,000 units
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Private home prices rise 0.6% in Q4 for full-year gain of 3.3%; rents up 1.9% from 2024
Ry-Anne Lim - Annual price growth is at its slowest pace since 2020, even as new-home sales climb past 10,000 units
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Private home prices up 0.6% in Q4 for full-year gain of 3.3%, lower than estimated
Ry-Anne Lim - The growth is led by landed properties
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HDB resale price growth eases to 2.9% in 2025; slowest since 2019
Chong Xin Wei - The housing board will launch about 19,600 BTO flats across three sales exercises in 2026
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HDB resale price growth slows to 2.9% in 2025, but million-dollar flats stay hot
Chong Xin Wei - A record 1,594 units were sold for at least S$1 million last year; incoming MOP flats may push numbers higher in 2026
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EU wants US trade deal back on track, but warns it would defend itself if threatened again
[BRUSSELS] EU leaders heaved a sigh of relief over Donald Trump’s U-turn on Greenland as they met for an emergency summit in...
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Malaysia’s strong ringgit squeezes export reliant glove makers
Strategists say the currency is poised to extend gains in 2026
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Singapore office rents rise, vacancies ease in Q4 as supply tightens
Kalpana Rashiwala - URA’s vacancy rate for Category 1 offices falls for third consecutive quarter to 9.3%
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Japan's factory activity returns to growth after seven months, PMI shows
TOKYO, Jan 23 : Japan's manufacturing activity expanded in January for the first time in seven months, buoyed by the biggest rise in new export orders in more than four years, a private-sector survey showed.The S&P Global flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) incre ...
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Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners ETF targets gold, metals, bitcoin as alternative to currencies
Jan 22 : As geopolitical tensions soar and government debt loads rise in many nations, digital assets investment firm Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners, a division of a Florida-based multi-family office, are rolling out an exchange-traded fund designed to invest in alternatives to the dollar an ...
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Stocks to watch: Prudential, Keppel, Suntec Reit, Aztech Global
Deon Loke - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Jan 22):
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Stocks to watch: Prudential, Keppel, Suntec Reit, Aztech Global, The Assembly Place
Deon Loke - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jan 23):
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Crocs bets US$150 clogs shaped like Lego bricks will generate buzz
The casual footwear maker needs a new hit as the rapid growth of recent years fades
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HSBC steps up Asia-for-Asia strategy with its corporate and institutional banking business in Singapore
Samantha Chiew - A longstanding part of Asia’s commercial fabric, HSBC is sharpening how it grows and supports businesses in the region through its corporate and institutional banking (CIB) business in Singapore. The city-state is a gateway to Southeast Asia, bridging capital, talent and trade, and its corporates ...
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Danantara shifts into deployment era with US$12 billion war chest
A global bond sale is also being targeted as Indonesian sovereign wealth fund scales up deployment
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Japan's core inflation slows in December but stays above BOJ goal
TOKYO, Jan 23 : Japan's core consumer inflation slowed in the year to December but stayed above the central bank's 2 per cent target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations of future interest rate rises.At a two-day meeting concluding later on Friday, the Bank of Japan is ...
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Japan Dec core CPI rises 2.4% yr/yr
TOKYO, Jan 23 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.4 per cent in December from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 2.4 per cent annual ga ...
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Roomba maker’s sale to Chinese manufacturer approved by US bankruptcy judge
Amazon.com tried to buy iRobot for US$1.4 billion in 2023 but the deal fell through
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