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OCBC has launched home and renovation loans that incentivise residential property owners to make their homes mores eco-friendly in exchange for lower interest rates - a first in Singapore.

SYDNEY :Asian stocks were on the backfoot on Wednesday while the safe-haven dollar held near a one-year high as Treasury yields resumed their upward march, hitting sentiment even as Chinese data underpinned signs of a solid global economic recovery.

Two advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether apps that Google's Play Store labels as "Teacher approved" are unlawfully collecting personal data without parental consent to target ads at children.

FINANCIAL institutions will have to cease the use of the Swap Offer Rate (SOR) in new derivatives contracts by end-September 2021, in a freshly announced timeline to further push the industry towards the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora) as the main interest rate benchmark.

The National Labor Relations Board's review of ballots from Amazon.com Inc's landmark union election in Alabama will continue on Wednesday, with momentum for future labor organizing at America's second-largest private employer hanging in the balance.

Four Republican U.S. lawmakers requested on Tuesday that Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google turn over any studies they have done on how their services affect children's mental health.

JPMORGAN Asset Management (JPMAM) has announced the Singapore retail registration of two new investment funds, JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income Sustainable Fund and JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity Fund.

LONDON: Britain will highlight how the poorest who have done the least to cause climate change are suffering the worst of its impacts, and urge rich countries to offer more support at an online ministerial summit on Wednesday (Mar 31). The virtual meeting will bring together governments ...

SINGAPORE'S bank lending rose for the fourth straight month in February on continued growth in housing and construction loans, data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed on Wednesday.

BEIJING: China's manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in three months in March as factories cranked up production after a brief lull during the Chinese New Year holidays, with improving global demand adding further momentum to a solid economic recovery. The official manufacturing ...