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Walmart settles US government’s opioid lawsuit, which sought billions, for US$50 million

OpenAI to end agreement with SpaceX’s AI coding tool Cursor, deepening Musk-Altman clash

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12:07 PM
Property

China ramps up credit support in overhaul of property market

12:00 PM
Singapore

S$3b money laundering case: 15-carat diamond, Yayoi Kusama, Chanel items up for auction

Luxury watches, jewellery, bags: Highlights from the S$3 billion money laundering auction

Selling pieces from Singapore’s billion-dollar bust: How Hotlotz landed its biggest job yet

Warsh’s inflation warning sets up September showdown for the Fed

Yen passes 160 per dollar to hit weakest level in a month

Temasek supports SIA’s long-term strategy

SIA’s investment in Air India will support long-term growth

10:00 AM
Singapore

Singapore to sell luxury homes seized in record money laundering case

Honda, Nissan to reach deal on joint development of vehicle software: report

Trump says US is taking partial control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves

Oil settles lower on clues about Fed policy, rumours of Hormuz deal

European shares rise as French stocks rebound; markets digest Warsh speech

US stocks: Wall Street ends lower after Fed Chair Warsh reaffirms inflation fight

Why investing in identity early is as important as building a nest egg

Protein products are booming in Asia – here’s how businesses can seize the opportunity

07:00 AM
Lifestyle

Hongqi E-HS9 review: Time to trade in your S-Class?

YESTERDAY

Boards should ‘preset’ instead of reset: Keppel chairman Piyush Gupta

Warsh says inflation isn’t slowing, vows to hit Fed’s 2% target

Canada's Q2 GDP recovers sharply as domestic demand revives, exports grow

09:46 PM
Singapore

New AI-powered SMRT command centre aims to make bus services safer, more reliable and faster

Wall Street opens subdued ahead of Warsh's speech

09:00 PM
Property

China to reform home sales system to curb delivery risks

08:25 PM
Singapore

Income Insurance CEO Andrew Yeo resigns, company in process of identifying successor

Dollar heads for weekly gain as Warsh remarks awaited

China’s largest five banks report strongest first-half profit since height of property crash

Panama Canal congestion drives gas tankers to unusual routes

How Shein had to make peace with China to finally go public​

Japan spent record US$96.5 billion to support yen over past month, data shows

Radiant World and its founder sued in Singapore for US$34 million

Chinese nickel firms in Indonesia mull output cuts on low prices

07:00 PM
ESG Insights

Issue 209: Climate Impact X, Carbonplace to merge; Singapore’s future island faces conflicting needs

Petronas reports higher H1 profit and revenue

Adrian Chui steps down as CEO of ESR-Reit

Sunway MCL steps up Singapore residential game, on lookout for landbank 

06:45 PM
Singapore

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Aug 28)

Singapore shares rise ahead of key Fed conference; STI up 0.3%

Nepal’s only billionaire says rebuilding after flood to cost US$5 billion

Sembcorp’s India unit IPO could lift group value by up to 10%, say analysts

National Stock Exchange of Australia eyes South-east Asia for listings, Singapore for capital

05:00 PM
Food & Drink

Xava Skybar wants to bring ‘day-to-night’ appeal to National Gallery Singapore

Hong Leong, RHB and UOB Kay Hian upgrade IHH to ‘buy’ after earnings beat estimates

SoftBank seeks another US$10 billion loan for OpenAI stake funding

03:33 PM
Property

China Vanke posts US$2.2 billion loss as debt pressure mounts

Rooting out the scam scourge in South-east Asia

Boards need a reset, but governance fundamentals still hold: Indranee Rajah

Hong Kong exchange to launch Shein derivatives after trading debut next week

Gold slips as US Fed chair’s Jackson Hole speech looms

Asian shares rise, Treasuries steady before US Fed chair’s policy speech; Kospi down 1.3%

Oil on track for weekly loss even as Iran tensions simmer

02:29 PM
Property

Japan regulator steps up scrutiny of 50-year home loans

02:10 PM
Property

Top Sydney builder’s US$2.3 billion debt woes hit private credit

More than 15,000 sign up for national accounting body’s AI programme in two months

Retirement portfolios are getting eaten up by inflation. Here are some assets to consider

01:48 PM
Property

US mortgage rates rise slightly to 6.66%: Freddie Mac

Chinese carmakers grow market share in Europe with hybrid surge

Iran war diplomacy turns toward reopening Strait of Hormuz

SK Hynix starts work on US$4 billion Indiana AI memory hub, expects shortage through 2030

Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 469; fast-filling lakes raise threat of further floods

Hormuz oil flows rise as Gulf producers boost volumes, keeping prices in check

Singapore launches liquid cooling standard for data centres in tropical climate

Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows

‘Everybody should be on edge’: US Fed officials warn on inflation as Jackson Hole symposium opens

Why a pay rise won’t stop your best staff from leaving

11:24 AM
Property

China pullback leads drop in Thailand’s foreign condo demand

GuocoLand H2 net profit down 70% at S$9.8 million

Advent, Stripe abandon US$50 billion pursuit of PayPal: sources

What’s luck got to do with it? Everything, says Malaysian jewellery king Tomei’s chief

Anthropic wins court challenge to US supply chain risk label

Frencken shares end 7.5% lower after S$100 million placement

Singapore digital banks want more than just your deposits; credit cards are the next battleground

Canada’s fight with the US has far bigger stakes than trade

Aster marks third Singapore deal with Changi Airport fuel infrastructure stake

SK Hynix weighs closer ties with Japan’s memory industry

Anthropic weighed US$7 billion MatX purchase in push to reduce Nvidia reliance: sources

South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill

‘Price of liquidity’ too high: Some US private credit investors prefer to be trapped over 26% loss

Stocks to watch: Frencken, Seatrium

Trump renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ amid escalating trade war with Canada

Singapore’s hub success faces a new trust test

Vietnam pitches its real economy, not a Singapore replica, in two-city IFC push

Iran sets conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz, top official Rezaei says

US jobless claims dip, pointing to continued labour-market stability

US stocks: Nasdaq, S&P 500 lifted by Nvidia's forecast; investors eye speech by US Fed’s Warsh

Nvidia adds US$442 billion after robust forecast sparks second-biggest stock surge ever

European stocks drop as political worries weigh on French banks

Meta took aim at Anthropic. It’s also one of the AI firm’s largest customers

AUG 27

US weighs a new round of tariffs on semiconductors, Politico reports

China’s industrial profit growth cools as AI-linked sectors outpace others

Shein’s Hong Kong IPO pricing values company at US$26.5b, say sources

Frencken proposes S$100 million placement to fund expansion, potential M&A

ECB officials discussed need for ‘mildly restrictive’ policy

09:47 PM
Technology

Singapore-based Apex Logistics ‘fully cooperating’ in US probe into alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips

Nasdaq leads Wall St after Nvidia quells AI fears

US goods-trade deficit widens to largest since March 2025

Singapore cannot assume economic growth will create as many jobs amid AI shift: Gan Kim Yong

Dollar recoups some losses as focus shifts to Fed remarks at Jackson Hole

08:23 PM
Food & Drink

Casa Lola brings casual Spanish to the table

Kengo Kuma theatre and museum to open in Orchard Road in 2030

06:52 PM
Singapore

Singapore Recreation Club members get second chance to challenge vote to convert billiards room to co-working space

06:30 PM
Singapore

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Aug 27)

Singapore shares fall on Thursday; STI down 0.7%

Singapore plays premium data centre game as Johor, Batam take on scale

Seatrium, Petrobras eye potential natural gas collaboration to meet growing Asian demand

Malaysia’s CIMB completes US$342.7 million tokenised sukuk pilot

Gold drifts higher as investors weigh Fed rate path

India’s budget math brightens with asset sales target in sight

BOJ deputy chief calls for timely rate hikes, focus on inflation risk

Philippine central bank raises policy rate, as expected

Energy security cannot be the forgotten pillar of the energy transition

Maybank Q2 profit up 2.4% on lower impairment, higher non-interest income

Thai July exports rise 21.6% y/y, beating forecast

01:05 PM
Singapore

Car rental firm RentLah sues former director, dealer Skyway over alleged 95-vehicle fraud

SoftBank in talks to buy stake in humanoid developer 1X at US$6 billion valuation: report

HSBC mulls restructuring Singapore units to simplify operations

Malaysian ex-PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob charged in anti-graft agency probe

12:01 PM
Property

Hong Kong home prices dip, snap longest growth run since 2018

First look at Stamford Place: Boutique stays, elevated workspaces and F&B in the Civic District

11:15 AM
Singapore

Receipts and recollection: How STB’s multilateral partnerships boost spending and branding

Asian stocks rise as Nvidia earnings forecast beats estimates, South Korea’s Kospi gains

Bank of Korea delivers back-to-back rate hike to curb inflation risks

Oil prices extend losses on expectations talks will ease Middle East supply woes

Nvidia discussed buying AI startup Hugging Face: report

Singapore Airlines faces some bleak choices as it lies trapped in Air India’s money pit

Economists see RBA rate hike as early as September after hot CPI

UOB prices landmark US$1.2 billion dual-tranche euro covered bond offering

08:57 AM
Property

Inside Evergrande’s unfinished fairytale ‘castle’ and the long shadow of China’s property boom gone bust

Singapore police raid Radiant World office as probe widens

US Fed’s Cook denies wrongdoing as Trump renews bid to fire her

Stocks to watch: UOB, ST Engineering, Sembcorp, Thomson Medical

Trump moves to ban some foreign energy equipment from US grid, citing national security

US to spend billions to power army bases with nuclear reactors

Sembcorp’s Indian renewables unit files draft IPO papers

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Elon Musk's X challenging New York hate speech law

HP’s decline in PC shipments overshadows strong results; shares fall

Prudential posts 8% rise in first-half new business profit, expands share buyback

Qantas’ full-year profit falls 14%

Trump says he signed proclamation to address ‘unreasonably’ high beef prices

Singapore’s new data centres must use renewables. Can they overcome the hurdles?

Will the US-Canada tariff war irrevocably damage bilateral ties?

Why a great company can be a bad investment

Malaysia’s strongest card in multi-hub push could be Islamic finance

06:58 AM
Technology

OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks, investigations find

US diesel supplies hit record low as demand season looms

Japan Inc seeks new hedges for a long era of yen weakness

Iran, Oman agree to share Strait of Hormuz revenue

Nvidia forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates, shares rise

European shares muted as investors assess Iran-Oman talks, US inflation

US stocks: Wall Street stocks end tad lower after hot inflation data ahead of Nvidia earnings

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