Markets

HSBC Singapore and Marketnode, the joint venture between the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Temasek, have completed a digital bond issuance on Marketnode's digital asset issuance, depository and servicing platform.

HOUSTON, Texas: ExxonMobil on Monday (Apr 20) floated a proposal for a public-private carbon storage project that would collect planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from US petrochemical plants and bury them in deep under the Gulf of Mexico. The plan would require "US$100 billion or more" from ...

SINGAPORE: Transport operator SMRT is targeting to change its entire taxi fleet to electric vehicles within five years, with the first batch of 300 to arrive in Singapore progressively from July. The fleet could include models such as sedans, station wagons and multi-purpose vehicles to “meet the ...

SINGAPORE: Citi plans to hire up to 1,500 more employees in Singapore, as it looks to ramp up its consumer wealth management businesses amid a significant revamp. The new hires will support its plans to triple its assets under management and increase wealth clients by two and a half...

Proposal for breakaway group fails to grasp that clubs are more than for-profit businesses, says the Financial Times' Simon Kuper.

The overriding risk is that central banks will still do too little, rather than too much, about climate change, says Isabelle Mateos y Lago.

While the economy’s growth momentum looks strong at the moment, there are signs that China may risk tightening fiscal and monetary policy too soon, says Yu Yongding.

SINGAPORE: When Suzianna Mohd Sofiee tied up with homegrown multi-label retailer Naiise at the start of last year, sales went up more than when she partnered with other smaller retailers.  The platform’s strong presence gave her brand, Fen Perfumes, good exposure. It also provided a physical ...

Toyota, which pioneered hybrid cars, unveiled Monday plans for its first global line-up of battery electric vehicles as other carmakers have pulled ahead in electrification.

The United States said on Monday (Apr 19) it was reimposing sanctions on nine state-owned companies in Belarus after strongman Alexander Lukashenko ignored warnings to release political prisoners rounded up from democracy protests.