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Why high yields on government bonds are causing alarm
Rising fiscal deficits and stubborn inflation are driving a flight from long-dated sovereign debt[LONDON] Government borrowing costs have been surging around the world as investors demand more compensation to entice...
Volkswagen expects 2026 sales of 8.5 million vehicles, plans asset divestments
Published Tue, Sep 1, 2026 · 11:27 PM[BERLIN] The Volkswagen Group is expected to sell only 8.5 million cars worldwide in the current year, German business outlet WirtschaftsWoche reported on...
US stock indexes open lower as high yields, oil prices dent sentiment
Published Tue, Sep 1, 2026 · 09:44 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Sep 1), extending a weak run as elevated bond yields and higher oil...
Nio delivers 35,836 vehicles in August, up 14.5% year on year
[SINGAPORE] Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) giant Nio reported a 14.5 per cent year-on-year increase in August vehicle deliveries, hours before it was set to report its second-quarter results.The 35,836 total deliveries...
Reining In Big Tech: How California lawmakers plan to regulate AI and social media
SACRAMENTO — Long the epicenter of the global tech industry, California is taking more action to shield its children, communities and workers from the threats posed by the very industry that’s become...
Mapletree Industrial Trust says ‘no certainty’ of any deal, after report on potential US data centre divestment
The trust was reported to have put 22 US data centres in 15 US states on the market[SINGAPORE] There is “no certainty or assurance” that any transaction will arise as...
Hollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools
Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to the major studios as it tries to find ways to entice Hollywood to use its artificial intelligence technology.Google executives have approached...
Radiant World’s senior China trader quits as pressure builds
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 01:31 PMA LEADING executive at Radiant World’s China office has quit, according to sources familiar with the matter, as the iron ore trader comes...
ROEs of SGX mid-caps are a mixed bag, small-caps lag
Uneven ability to keep up with AI and interest-rate pressures are seen as two factors driving the divide[SINGAPORE] A study has found that the average small-cap company on the Singapore...
SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump’s ‘Lake America.’ Also, still exists
Within days of President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google Maps quietly fell in line. Searches for the international boundary water in Google Maps now...
Defensive consumer stocks deliver robust performance amid strong institutional inflows
Top 10 consumer staple stocks have averaged a 26.7% total return for the year to date[SINGAPORE] While artificial intelligence continues to dominate global headlines, Singapore’s non-cyclical consumer sector has quietly...
