HOUSTON] Oil prices US$2 a barrel on Friday (Aug 1) because of jitters about a possible increase in production by Opec and its allies, while a weaker-than-expected US jobs report fed worries about ...

BENGALURU] European stocks logged their biggest one-day drop in over three months on Friday (Aug 1), at the end of a busy ...

NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks finished sharply lower Friday (Aug 1) following a weak July jobs report that raised concerns about US economic health. Read more at The Business Times.

Lee Shi Ruh has been appointed president and chief operating officer (COO), filling a position that had been vacant for three years. Read more at The Business Times.

NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes declined sharply on Friday as new US tariffs on dozens of trading partners and Amazon’s ...

SINGAPORE] Sovereign wealth fund GIC has emerged as the leading bidder for a significant minority stake in a fibre-optic ...

HONG KONG] Chinese chipmaker InnoScience Suzhou Technology Holding closed up 31 per cent in Hong Kong on Friday (Aug 1) after ...

WASHINGTON] US job growth slowed more than expected in July while the prior month’s data was revised sharply lower, pointing ...

SINGAPORE] The Republic’s manufacturing sector slipped back into contraction in July, even as the key electronics segment ...

NEW YORK] ExxonMobil reported a drop in second-quarter profits on Friday (Aug 1) as the hit from lower crude prices more than offset a boost from higher oil and gas production. Read more at The ...

HONG KONG] Hong Kong eased some of its rules to list in the city, potentially bolstering what’s already been one of the ...

SINGAPORE] The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Google will collaborate to set up a joint research and innovation ...