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SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Singapore’s services businesses closed off 2019 with another jump in their takings, helped by a

HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Standard Chartered on Thursday (Feb 27) said its key profit target would take longer to meet

TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – Foreign investors are cutting their exposure to Asian markets at the fastest rate in years, as the

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Goldman Sachs boosted its gold forecast to US$1,800 an ounce as the coronavirus, depressed real rates,

SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – The Bank of Korea downgraded its growth forecast for the year on Thursday (Feb 27) amid mounting

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Real estate agency PropNex on Thursday (Feb 27) posted a net profit of $8.2 million

SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Stocks in Asia retreated along with US equity futures after US health authorities said they found the

As Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday, Christian leaders and ministers from various theological streams are commenting on its

LONDON • Britain will issue blue passports next month for the first time in almost three decades, following its departure

WASHINGTON • Russia has been trying to intervene in the Democratic primaries to aid Senator Bernie Sanders, according to people

NEW YORK • Billionaire investor Warren Buffett kicked his stock buyback programme into high gear, spending US$2.2 billion (S$3 billion)

LAS VEGAS • Democratic White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg has mocked President Donald Trump with a giant billboard on the

RIYADH • Leading world economies must unite to deal with aggressive “tax optimisation” by global digital giants like Google, Amazon

COLUMBUS • Mr Michael Bloomberg has said he is now willing to release women from three non-disclosure agreements (NDA) related

DUBAI • Candidates affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority yesterday, reportedly leading the

A plan by the Selangor state government – which is controlled by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition – to turn

Malaysian opposition party Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has threatened to organise a big rally if the government retains Attorney-General Tommy

KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the country’s largest pension fund, has announced a 5.45 per cent dividend

JAKARTA • A joint search and rescue team reported yesterday that eight students had died during a flash flood that

KABUL • A week-long partial truce took hold across Afghanistan yes-terday, with jubilant civilians dancing in the streets as the

Frasers Property yesterday announced that Frasers Property Retail has entered into an agreement to acquire property manager AsiaMalls Management for

Singapore will have to develop new competitive advantages as it aspires to be a global node and add value to

Britain takes US concerns about its use of Huawei equipment seriously but is confident a trade deal with the United