Stocks rallied while bonds retreated in Asia on Monday as a thaw in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute tempered risks to the global economy, leading investors to pare back wagers on aggressive policy easing by the major central banks.
SINGAPORE: Private home prices in Singapore rose 1.3 per cent in the second quarter, reversing two straight quarters of decline, according to flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday (Jul 1). The private residential property index increased 1.9 points from 148 ...
HONG KONG: Some foreign wealth managers are scrapping plans to open offices in Hong Kong in favour of Singapore, as the rich begin to move funds from the Chinese territory where a new extradition Bill has stoked public unrest, people familiar with the matter said. A mid-sized European private ......
SINGAPORE: Prices of resale flats for the second quarter of this year fell 0.2 per cent from the first quarter, according to flash estimates released by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Monday (Jul 1). The resale price index - which provides information on the general price movements in ...
CALIFORNIA: Facebook will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 US presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday (Jun 30). Facebook pledged to put its new "don't vote" policy prohibition into effect in the fall, before the 2019 ...
Defensive equity strategies focused on high payouts and steady earnings have gained in popularity this year as investors flock to safety, worried the biggest stock market rally in decades is about to come crashing down.
Stocks rallied while bonds retreated in Asia on Monday as a thaw in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute tempered risks to the global economy, leading investors to pare back wagers on aggressive policy easing by the major central banks.
Rio Tinto named Barbara Levi as its new general counsel and group executive on Monday, replacing Philip Richards.
U.S. stock futures jumped more than one percent when trading resumed on Sunday, after the United States and China agreed on Saturday to restart stalled trade talks.
Size is only part of the problem, says Queensland University of Technology media studies professor Amanda Lotz.
