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These Singapore winners can benefit from AI boom, power crunch: Morgan Stanley
[SINGAPORE] The US “shale revolution” is about to export a windfall to Singapore, helping defray the cost of powering the artificial intelligence boom. A “glut” of new LNG supply...
Zurich Insurance offers US$10 billion to buy UK insurer Beazley
[LONDON] Swiss insurance company Zurich Insurance Group has raised its offer to buy rival speciality insurer Beazley to 1,280 pence (S$22.016) per share in cash, it said on Monday...
Gold, silver hit fresh highs as Trump’s Greenland tariffs rattle European markets
[SINGAPORE] Gold and silver scaled new all-time highs on Monday (Jan 19), as investors continued to pour money into safe-haven assets following the Trump administration’s latest tariff salvo –...
Hassett says Trump may be right to keep him out as Fed chair
[WASHINGTON] White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said that US President Donald Trump may well keep him in his current job, which would eliminate him from contention for the...
Micron to buy Taiwan chip fabrication site for US$1.8 billion
The investment is part of Micron’s global expansion as it seeks to meet continued demand for memory chips[NEW YORK] Micron Technology has signed a letter of intent to buy...
JPMorgan confirms Trump assertion that bank CEO Dimon was not offered Fed chair job
Trump plans to sue JPMorgan sometime in the next two weeks for allegedly ‘debanking’ him [WASHINGTON] JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on Saturday (Jan 17) confirmed he was not asked...
Net institutional inflow continues; QAF, XMH, JEP directors raise their stakes
[SINGAPORE] For the five trading sessions spanning Jan 9 to 15, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$208 million. This extended the S$63...
Stop Worshiping ROAS, Start Building Brands
I’m Erik Huberman, and I have a simple opinion that ruffles feathers: our industry’s obsession with ROAS is hurting marketing. ROAS looks clean on a dashboard. It makes us...
China’s electricity use hits record in 2025, surpasses 10 trillion kWh
[SHANGHAI] China’s electricity consumption climbed 5 per cent to a record high last year, surpassing 10 trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time, the National Energy Administration said on Saturday.The...
Nvidia H200 chip parts suppliers halt output after China blocks shipments, FT reports
SUPPLIERS of parts for Nvidia’s H200 have paused production after Chinese customs officials blocked shipments of the newly approved artificial intelligence processors from entering China, the Financial Times reported...
