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SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange's profit jumped 38 per cent to a 13-year high in the January-March quarter as extreme market volatility amid the coronavirus outbreak boosted equities and derivatives trading volumes. "With uncertainty around the eventual economic and financial impact of COVID-19 and ...

U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc raised prices for two China-made model 3 variants after authorities cut subsidies in the world's biggest auto market.

Intel Corp on Thursday forecast second-quarter earnings below Wall Street views as it cited the cost of readying a new PC chip and said it could not make a forecast for the full year because of economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

SINGAPORE: Fewer Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats were sold in the resale market in the first quarter of this year amid the COVID-19 outbreak, official figures released on Friday (Apr 24) showed. A total of 5,893 flats were sold in the January to March period, a decline of 7...

SINGAPORE: Sales of new private homes in Singapore plunged in the first quarter of the year along with a dip in prices, amid disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed on Friday (Apr 24).  Expectations are that the private property market will deteriorate even further, as the impact of...

While coronavirus has brought Hollywood to a halt, Netflix has enjoyed record success. But will the streaming giant's well-stocked slate of future shows be enough to maintain that growth?

When all nine men in his dormitory caught coronavirus, 27-year-old Nurudhin was bused to a remote quarantine camp -- becoming one of many migrant workers Gulf states are struggling to accomodate adequately.

Oil prices rose on Friday, gaining further ground as some producers like Kuwait said they would move to cut output swiftly to try to counter the evaporation in global demand for fuels caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd owes AUS$6.9 billion (US$4.39 billion) to more than 10,000 creditors based on an initial review, according to an affidavit from one of the company's administrators.

L Brands Inc filed a legal complaint against Sycamore Partners on Thursday, after the buyout firm walked away from a US$525 million deal to acquire a majority stake in the company's Victoria's Secret lingerie brand.