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THE retail tranche of the latest issuance of private equity bonds, Astrea VI, was launched on Tuesday with a fixed interest rate of 3 per cent per annum.

REUTERS: Shares of GameStop jumped for the fifth day running on Tuesday, as news on the video retailer's e-commerce strategy and speculation that small investors will pour stimulus checks into markets showed signs of reheating January's "meme" stocks boom. GameStop shares were up 15.1per cent ...

Last month, during a live game show on audio-chat app Clubhouse, tech entrepreneur and investor Noah Lichtenstein and his co-hosts handed out US$3,200 in prizes funded by Square Inc-owned payment company Cash App, which sponsored the event.

Last month, during a live game show on audio-chat app Clubhouse, tech entrepreneur and investor Noah Lichtenstein and his co-hosts handed out US$3,200 in prizes funded by Square Inc-owned payment company Cash App, which sponsored the event.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has recalled Wilton Rainbow Chip Crunch Sprinkles because the packaging does not declare that the product contains an allergen - milk. In a media release on Tuesday (Mar 9), the SFA said that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued...

Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday.

MARKETS are pricing in a strong recovery on the back of vaccine optimism and stimulus, with expectations showing up in bond yields and break-even inflation rates, which have caused concerns on overheating, said Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC's top executive on Tuesday.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday on expectations of a recovery in the global economy after U.S. Senate approval of a US$1.9 trillion stimulus bill and on a likely drawdown in crude oil inventory in the United States.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Top Glove Corp posted a record profit for the fourth consecutive quarter in the December to February period as continued demand for gloves globally boosted sales, the company said on Tuesday (Mar 9). Net profit soared 2,380 per cent to RM2.87 billion (US$695.93 million) in ...

As NASA's rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey.