SINGAPORE] Alcon, a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specialising in eye care products, opened its ...

SINGAPORE] Local stocks tracked overnight Wall Street gains to end higher on Friday (Jun 27). Read more at The Business Times.

TOKYO] Masayoshi Son acknowledged the outlines of a succession plan, addressing what may be the single biggest concern among ...

SINGAPORE] Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is spinning off some of its data centres into a ...

SINGAPORE] Singapore boosted the share of renewables in its power generation mix to a record high in May, an analysis of the ...

LONDON] Unilever is paying US$1.5 billion to buy men’s personal care brand Dr Squatch from private-equity firm Summit Partners, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Jun 27), citing sources. Read ...

TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a six-month high on Friday (Jun 27), as technology stocks tracked Wall Street’s ...

I asked officials at the New York Federal Reserve if I could peek at their gold reserves. They refused point blank. Read more ...

SINGAPORE] Both job vacancies and unemployment rose in the first quarter of 2025, causing the ratio to stay unchanged, according to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) Labour Market Report on Friday (Jun ...

TOKYO] Japan’s private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a major headache for both consumers and policymakers. Read more at The ...

BANGKOK] Thailand’s central bank is ready to tackle excessive baht volatility by managing any moves “unhinged” from its fundamentals, a deputy governor said, amid calls from local businesses to temper ...

MUMBAI] HDB Financial Services’ US$1.5 billion initial public offering, one of India’s biggest this year, sold out amid ...