Sony reports estimate beating profit growth, hikes forecast
TOKYO, Feb 5 : Sony on Thursday reported a 22 per cent rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating analyst estimates, and hiked its full-year forecast.Profit reached 515 billion yen ($3.28 billion) for October-December. That compared with the 469 billion yen average of 10 analyst estimates compi ...
Sony third-quarter profit rises 22%, beats analyst estimates
TOKYO, Feb 5 : Sony on Thursday reported a 22 per cent rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating analyst estimates.Profit reached 515 billion yen ($3.28 billion) for October-December. That compared with the 469 billion yen average of 10 analyst estimates compiled by LSEG. ($1 = 156.8400 yen)
Qualcomm, Arm bear brunt of memory shortage as smartphone chip sales disappoint
Feb 4 : Memory shortages will constrain sales of cell phones for some time, hurting demand for chip industry companies like supplier Qualcomm and chip architecture designer Arm Holdings, executives and analysts said on Wednesday as both companies reported results that disappointed investors. Among t ...
Baidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend
The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returns
Property agency ERA hit with S$731,212 lawsuit over alleged negligent misrepresentation
Deon Loke - The board stated its intention to vigorously defend the suit
Watch: CNA Summit 2026 in Indonesia on smart growth in a new era
Today’s leaders face shifting geopolitics, faster AI adoption and rising expectations for inclusive growth. Tune into the CNA Summit 2026 as senior decision-makers discuss how to turn capital into delivery confidence, scale innovation across diverse markets, and build resilient partnerships.
Singtel plans Brazil entry to better serve MNCs' digital needs
Nurdianah Md Nur - Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) is planning to establish operations in Brazil to help multinational corporations (MNCs) accelerate digital transformation. The move will bring Singtel’s capabilities in software-defined wide area networking, orchestration and secure, cloud-first architectures ...
Qualcomm, Arm hit by concern that memory shortage is spreading
The historic build-out of AI infrastructure is driving the shortage of memory chips
Piyush Gupta to take over as Keppel chairman from Apr 17
Current chairman Danny Teoh will retire after Keppel's annual general meeting.
Indonesia's Pertamina merges refinery and logistic units
JAKARTA: Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina is merging its downstream companies to integrate its refinery business with its logistic units to improve its operations.Effective Feb 1, Pertamina's refinery unit PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional and PT Pertamina International Shipping have been ...
Asia shares extend global tech rout, silver tumbles again
SYDNEY, Feb 5 : Asian stocks slumped on Thursday as concerns about the exploding costs of AI investment encouraged a rotation out of tech, while a renewed slide in silver squeezed leveraged positions that were already under water.Google parent Alphabet reported solid results on Wednesday, but it was ...
Asia shares slump as global tech selloff spooks investors, silver tumbles again
SYDNEY, Feb 5 : Asian stocks slumped on Thursday as concerns about the exploding costs of AI investment encouraged a rotation out of tech, while a renewed slide in silver squeezed leveraged positions that were already under water.Google parent Alphabet reported solid results on Wednesday, but it was ...
Asia shares falter as global tech selloff spooks investors
SYDNEY, Feb 5 : Asian stocks faltered as concerns about the exploding costs of AI investment hounded the tech sector, though Wall Street futures were trying to make a comeback as chip providers gained.Google parent Alphabet reported solid results after the bell, but it was targeting capital expendit ...
‘We want to be a dominant player’: DBS targets S$100 billion in cross-border flows by 2030
Renald Yeo - The lender plans to roll out same-day outbound remittances from China by the second half of 2026
Instagram recovers after brief outage disrupts US users
Feb 4 : Meta Platforms' Instagram rebounded after a brief outage affected more than 10,000 users in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. There were 10,108 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform, as of 8.30 p.m. ET, accor ...
Instagram down for more than 10,000 US users
Meta Platforms' Instagram was down for more than 10,000 users in the US on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.There were 10,108 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform as of 8.30pm ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by c ...
Gold rises over 1% as geopolitical, economic tensions lift precious metals
Investors expect at least two Fed interest rate cuts in 2026
Indonesia’s moment of truth creates space for India-style rally
The core issues, chronically low free float and thin liquidity, have long weighed on the market’s appeal
Keppel closes up 6.1% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
Therese Soh - Earnings for the full year are up 39% at S$1.1 billion
Keppel up 5.9% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
Therese Soh - Earnings for the full year are up 39% at S$1.1 billion
Keppel up 5% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
Therese Soh - Earnings for the full year are up 39% at S$1.1 billion
Keppel up 4.5% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
Therese Soh - Earnings for the full year are up 39% at S$1.1 billion
Keppel rises 3.2% amid higher H2 net profit, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
Therese Soh - For the full year, its net profit grows 39% to S$1.1 billion
Hong Kong dollar slips as loose liquidity revs up carry trades
The one-month rate in the interbank market has dropped to the lowest since November
Choppy markets threaten ECB’s ‘good place’ but rates still firmly on hold
The euro zone’s central bank has been on hold since ending a year-long run of rate cuts in June
TSMC plans US$17 billion investment in three-nanometre chip production in Japan: report
Securing access to chips has become a priority for governments around the world
Stocks to watch: Keppel, SGX, CLCT, Aims Apac Reit, Digital Core Reit
Therese Soh - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Feb 5):
Stocks to watch: Keppel, SGX, CapitaLand China Trust, Aims Apac Reit, Digital Core Reit
Therese Soh - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Feb 5):
Nvidia’s AI chip sale to ByteDance hinges on conditions set by Trump administration
The same arrangement applies to similar chips from firms such as Advanced Micro Devices and Intel
Keppel H2 profit from continuing operations rises 27.2% to S$645.4 million; proposes special dividend
Navene Elangovan - Special dividend proposed given its strong progress in monetisation, says company
Keppel H2 profit from continuing operations rises 27.2% to S$645.4 million; proposes special dividend of S$0.13 per share
Navene Elangovan - Special dividend proposed given its strong progress in monetisation, says company
Keppel H2 profit rises 27.2% to S$645.4 million; proposes special dividend of S$0.13 per share
Navene Elangovan - Special dividend proposed given its strong progress in monetisation, says company
Boeing to cut around 300 defence division supply chain jobs
The workforce reduction comes at a time when companies are paring jobs and closely monitoring headcount
UOBKH names ‘alpha’ stocks with cheap valuations, strong catalysts in STI-beating portfolio
Therese Soh - New entrants include China Aviation Oil and PropNex
