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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be surging in the polls ahead of Super Tuesday, but some on Wall Street have made their own conclusions on what November will bring: four more years of President Donald Trump.

SINGAPORE: Singapore stocks spiralled downwards on Friday (Feb 28) to a 15-month low, as global markets sold off on the rising possibility that the coronavirus outbreak would become a pandemic. The benchmark Straits Times Index tumbled 3.2 per cent to close at 3,011.08, after touching a 15-month ...

Three former Barclays executives were acquitted in London on Friday of charges they helped funnel 322 million pounds (US$418 million) in secret fees to Qatar in return for rescue financing during the credit crisis.

World No. 1 oil producer Saudi Aramco has gained unconditional EU antitrust approval for its US$69 billion bid for a 70per cent stake in petrochemicals group Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), according to an EU filing.

SINGAPORE: With COVID-19 having a "significant impact" on air travel, Singapore Airlines has announced a pay cut for management and a voluntary no-pay leave scheme for staff below senior management level on Friday (Feb 28). The actions will help reduce the company's manpower costs amid the ...

Volkswagen and a major German consumer group have reached an agreement in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's rigging of diesel emissions tests, a court in the northern city of Brunswick said on Friday.

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to take whatever policy steps are needed to prevent the new coronavirus from dealing a severe blow to an economy already teetering on the brink of recession. With investors fearful of a worldwide downturn, global shares on Friday (Feb 28) were ...

British budget airline easyJet warned on Friday it had seen a significant softening of demand and load factors into and out of its northern Italian bases and slower demand in other European markets due to coronavirus.

SINGAPORE: The median gross monthly salary of 2019 graduates who have found full-time work has gone up, according a joint graduate employment survey published on Friday (Feb 28). The survey polled 11,400 fresh graduates from full-time programmes at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National ...

Hyundai's hydrogen-powered 18-tonne trucks are set to hit the roads in Switzerland next month as the South Korean automaker looks to establish a case for its zero-emissions technology in a low carbon world.