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Property
Condo leasing market continues decline in February, HDB rents hit new all-time high: SRX, 99.co
Companies & Markets
Manulife US Reit manager names new CEO, CFO amid leadership exodus
Startups & Tech
ShopBack cuts 195 employees in push for sustainability
Singapore
WP chief Pritam Singh charged with lying to Parliament over Raeesah Khan’s case, pleads not guilty
Companies & Markets
SingPost completes strategic review; to reorganise business units and adopt new payout scheme
Companies & Markets
Brokers’ take: RHB cuts Delfi target on narrowing margin amid cocoa price hikes
ASEAN Business
Indonesia’s giant nickel miners double down on output even as prices slump
Global Enterprise
Pressure builds for charge on global shipping sector’s CO2 emissions
Companies & Markets
Brokers’ take: CGS upgrades ISDN to ‘hold’ on demand rebound expectations
Podcasts
Market Focus Daily: Monday, March 18, 2024 (Ep 24)
BREAKING NEWS
International
Japan sees record 2.79 million visitors in February due to Chinese New Year boost
Startups & Tech
ShopBack cuts 195 employees in push for sustainability
Consumer & Healthcare
AstraZeneca bets on new cancer treatments with US$2 billion Fusion Pharma purchase
Lifestyle
In Paris, the Olympics clean up their act
Transport & Logistics
Qantas under pressure from big business to find more clean fuel
ASEAN Business
Indonesia’s giant nickel miners double down on output even as prices slump
Companies & Markets
Brokers’ take: Lim & Tan initiates Dyna-Mac with ‘buy’, S$0.45 target price
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Financial Results
SGX listcos eke out 0.4% higher quarterly profits in Q4; analysts generally positive for 2024
Malaysia’s Petronas Q4 profit falls, flags market uncertainty in 2024
Adobe drops on weak forecast fuelled by AI competition fears
Inflation
Australia’s central bank holds rates as expected, waters down tightening bias
Bank of Japan expected to end negative rates
Japan CEOs see higher prices, wages with BOJ move ‘just a matter of time’
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin retreats as Grayscale ETF posts biggest daily outflow
Binance tasks prime brokers with checks to root out US investors
Binance CEO Teng sees Bitcoin topping US$80,000 on ETF inflows
Covid-19
Covid-19 lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: study
Travel refund-related complaints in Singapore spiked last year amid pandemic, says Case
Japan's record US$940b budget set for parliament approval in March
Interest Rates
Top Japan banks weigh first rate-hikes on ordinary deposits in 17 years
Australia’s central bank holds rates as expected, waters down tightening bias
BOJ ends massive easing programme with first rate hike since 2007
Electric Vehicles
Nvidia expands ties with Chinese EV makers as auto AI race heats up
Audi unveils long-delayed Q6 e-tron just as electric-vehicle growth cools
EV startup Fisker to raise up to US$150 million, pauses production
Canada
Canadian home sales dip; prices snap 5-month streak of declines
China to invest in Canada mining despite crackdown, envoy says
Investors are gobbling up homes in Canada's hot housing market
Climate Change
Mitsubishi, 7 others to form coalition to promote electric natural gas
Australia to miss 2030 climate goal by couple years, Oxford says
Nato chief says climate change undermines global security
Currencies
US dollar dips, yen steadies as BOJ policy shift beckons
US dollar poised for biggest weekly gain since mid-January
Dollar holds steady after US inflation, Fed rate cut still in sight
Semiconductors
Nvidia supplier SK Hynix begins mass production of next generation memory chip
Brokers’ take: CGS upgrades ISDN to ‘hold’ on demand rebound expectations
Nvidia unveils flagship AI chip, the B200, aiming to extend dominance
Housing
US homebuilder confidence rises to highest level since July: NAHB
US homebuilder sentiment increases to an eight-month high
Canadian home sales dip; prices snap 5-month streak of declines
M&A
AstraZeneca bets on new cancer treatments with US$2 billion Fusion Pharma purchase
Nippon Steel pledges to move US HQ to US Steel’s Pittsburgh
Cisco closes US$28 billion Splunk deal without antitrust drama
Bonds
Malaysian bonds beat emerging Asia peers as ringgit bounces back
Foreign investors raise China bond holdings despite low yields
Saudi Arabia banks embark on record bond binge for mega-projects
Sustainability
BT BUDGET ROUNDTABLE 2024
SMEs can seek government help to embark on AI, sustainability journey: panellists
Singapore’s healthcare industry moving to measure carbon emissions
Transition finance critical for South-east Asia to achieve net-zero goals: panel
Oil Prices
Oil prices climb 2% to 4-month high on lower Iraq, Saudi exports
Oil prices climb as revised IEA outlook signals tighter market
Oil prices up 3% to 4-month high on US crude stock drop, Russian refinery attacks
US Federal Reserve