Korean Air plans 103 Boeing plane purchases valued at $36.2 billion until 2039
SEOUL, March 26 : South Korean flag carrier Korean Air said on Thursday it plans to buy 103 Boeing planes between 2026 and 2039.That includes 20 B777-9s, 25 B787-10s, 50 B737-10s, and eight B777-8Fs, Korean Air said in a regulatory filing.The purchases are valued at $36.2 billion based on 2025 list ...
Hong Kong bourse plans micro futures on Hang Seng, tech index
Micro futures would offer a cheaper way to hedge or gain exposure to Hong Kong’s key benchmark indexes
Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric to begin power chip integration talks, Nikkei says
TOKYO, March 26 : Japan's Rohm, Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric will start talks to integrate their semiconductor businesses to form the world's second-biggest power chip group after Infineon, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday.The three Japanese chipmakers may announce the start of the ...
Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Elec to begin power chip integration talks, Nikkei says
TOKYO, March 26 : Japan's Rohm, Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric will start talks to integrate their power semiconductor businesses that can form the world's second-biggest power chip group after Infineon, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday.The three Japanese chipmakers may announce the ...
Tai Sin Electric is powering up ASEAN, benefiting from both construction and data centre boom
Teo Zheng Long - William Tng and Then Wan Lin of CGS International have initiated coverage on Tai Sin Electric (SGX: 500 ) with an “add” call and target price of 74 cents. Tai Sin Electric (Tai Sin) is one of Southeast Asia’s leading cable and wire manufacturers and Distributors. According to both analysts in ...
Google top India counsel quits in latest departure amid regulatory hurdles, sources say
NEW DELHI, March 26 : Google's top India counsel, Bijoya Roy, has resigned after 16 months in the role, two sources said, a high-profile exit in a key market where the U.S. tech giant is facing regulatory hurdles and also lacks a government relations head.India is crucial for Alphabet's Go ...
Fuel supply stable, but Govt keeping watch on need to intervene amid price hikes: Jeffrey Siow
Rising fuel prices impact transport; airlines raised ticket prices, operators offer subsidies
MIA Design Studio exemplifies Vietnam’s cultural identity and environmental sensitivity
City & Country - When MIA Design Studio was established in Ho Chi Minh in 2003, Vietnam’s architecture industry was still in an “early stage of integration” with the global design community, says founder and principal architect Nguyen Hoang Manh. “Most projects were strongly driven by rapid urbanisation and ...
China considers easing bank shareholding limits to boost capital: sources
Rising geopolitical tensions and turbulent global markets are intensifying the push to bolster domestic banks’ balance sheets
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne team up to launch Europe's first robotaxi service in Croatia
March 26 : Uber Technologies has partnered with Pony.ai and autonomous vehicle startup Verne to roll out the first commercial robotaxi service in Europe, with operations set to start in the Croatian capital Zagreb.Under the deal, Chinese robotaxi firm Pony.ai will supply the autonomous driving techn ...
China bars Singapore-based Manus co-founders from leaving country amid Meta deal review: Report
The firm's chief executive Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao were summoned to a meeting in Beijing with the National Development and Reform Commission earlier this month.
Safe-haven inflows lift deposits amid Middle East conflict, but risks remain: DBS
Renald Yeo - The bank is responding to queries ahead of its AGM on Mar 31
Mapletree Investments winds down fund as US$1.4 billion student dorm bet sours
Its net internal rate of return by the end of last year was just 1.1%
Cornering the market? Charter yacht operators fear potential price hikes following SUTL’s Keppel Bay acquisition
Derryn Wong - They say proposed purchase will leave them with no practical alternatives for berthing to serve popular charter route
Cornering the market? Charter yacht operators fear price hikes if SUTL acquires Marina at Keppel Bay
Derryn Wong - They say proposed purchase will leave them with no practical alternatives for berthing to serve popular charter route
Equalbase and Sunway's 55-hectare free commercial zone 103° opens in Sunway City Iskandar Puteri
The Edge Singapore - Equalbase and Sunway Group have officially opened 103°, a 55-hectare Free Commercial Zone (FCZ) in Sunway City Iskandar Puteri, Johor. Its first two warehouses, spanning 1.5 million sq ft, are completed and fully leased by international operators, such as DSV, which have already commenced operation ...
BOJ says core CPI excluding special factors up 2.2% in February
TOKYO, March 26 : The Bank of Japan said on Thursday the core consumer price index rose 2.2 per cent excluding special factors in February, releasing the new gauge for the first time in what analysts say is an effort to show underlying inflation on track for further rate hikes.The new index, which s ...
Indonesia may relax production quotas of nickel and coal if prices stay high, minister says
The country is the world’s top exporter of thermal coal and nickel products
South Korea to carry out bond buyback, raise fuel price cap to cushion blow from Iran conflict
SEOUL, March 26 : South Korea on Thursday said it will carry out a 5 trillion won ($3.32 billion) emergency bond buyback and expand fuel tax cuts starting Friday to protect the economy from a global market rout triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The bond buyback will be conducted in two tran ...
South Korea to raise fuel price cap but expand tax break to cushion blow from Iran conflict
SEOUL, March 26 : South Korea will raise a cap on fuel prices effective Friday at midnight and expand fuel tax breaks to ease the burden on consumers dealing with the fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the government said on Thursday.The operating rate for nuclear power plants will be raised ...
Fund flows from the Mideast into Singapore shophouses more complex than it seems
Gerine Tang Yi Qian - Transaction volumes in the city-state’s shophouse market have fallen from a peak of 253 deals in 2021 to just 89 in 2025. Could capital leaving the Middle East flow into shophouses here? For years, Dubai has been one of the world’s most powerful hubs for global wealth. More than 500 homes priced ...
Singapore accredited investors reassess private credit exposure after US funds trigger redemption gates
Jean Low - Wave of gating events in America exposes an education gap among this group
Singapore’s wealthy reassess private credit exposure after US funds trigger redemption curbs
Jean Low - Wave of gating events in America exposes an education gap among this group
Plastic bag shortages, WFH, pricier wine: The Iran conflict is rippling through the economy
Chloe Lim - The war is disrupting key trade and supply channels
Plastic bag shortages, WFH, pricier wine: Indirect, everyday hits from the Iran conflict
Chloe Lim - [SINGAPORE] The impact of the Middle East conflict can be immediately felt in the energy and travel sectors, with volatile oil and...
Gap plans to open 50 China stores, return to Hong Kong in 2026
New stores will open across tier-one to tier-three cities in the world’s second-largest economy
Soaring airfares are about to ruin a whole lot of vacations
Ticket prices on major routes connecting Asia and Europe have surged up to 560% this mont
Sunway shareholders grant 99.97% approval for IJM takeover as deadline nears
Tan Ai Leng - With near-total support, the focus shifts to remaining government-linked fund decisions
Middle East crisis deals fresh blow to Philippine growth outlook
Decades of reliance on oil imports has left the country’s economy vulnerable to global market shock
Singapore factory output sees shock 0.1% dip in February, dragged down by biomedical cluster
Paige Lim - Excluding the biomedical cluster, industrial production expanded 3.9 per cent year on year even as most clusters recorded declines
Economists warn that Singapore factory output could slow or contract further from Gulf conflict, following February’s 0.1% shock dip
Paige Lim - February’s performance is in stark contrast to private-sector economists’ estimates, who predict a median 14.1% expansion
Trump team examines what oil as high as US$200 a barrel would mean
Oil prices have jumped since the US and Israel attacked Iran on Feb 28
Japan shifts focus to oil in unorthodox scramble to talk up yen
TOKYO, March 26 : Japan is weighing a controversial plan to arrest the yen's slide: stepping into oil futures markets, sources say, as long-standing policy tools lose traction against stubborn inflation pressures.Details of the proposal remain scant, after Reuters reported on Monday that it was ...
Saudi oil sales to top Asia buyers to drop on Hormuz disruptions
The global oil market has been upended by the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran
