U.S. stocks are closing 2020 on a strong note, and many investors are betting the party will continue after a tumultuous year that marked both the end of the longest bull market and the shortest-lived bear market ever.
Brexit becomes a reality as Britain leaves Europe's customs union and single market, ending nearly half a century of often turbulent ties with its closest neighbours.
SINGAPORE: The free trade agreement between Singapore and the United Kingdom will take effect provisionally on Friday (Jan 1), providing "certainty and clarity in trading arrangements" between both countries, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Thursday. The EU-Singapore free trade ...
The unprecedented cyber attack on U.S. government agencies reported this month may have started earlier than last spring as previously believed, a U.S. senator involved in cybersecurity said on Wednesday.
LONDON: Despite the free trade deal signed by London and Brussels, suppliers of food and medicine fear the rapidly introduced changes will disrupt supplies and increase costs, undercutting government claims of a post-Brexit dividend. While Boris Johnson had promised an "oven-ready" deal a year ago ...
Asian shares are set to end a tumultuous 2020 by hovering near record highs on Thursday while riskier currencies cruised near 2-1/2-year peaks, buoyed by hopes that COVID-19 vaccine rollouts will help the world beat the pandemic.
SINGAPORE's bank lending ticked up 0.2 per cent in November to reverse an eight-month decline, according to preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday.
SINGAPORE: The relief period for event and tourism-related contracts has been extended further, from Thursday (Dec 31) to Jan 31, 2021. In a press release on Thursday, the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) said that the one-month extension will "enable both individuals and businesses to re-assess the COVID ...
LONDON: British lawmakers approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson's post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday (Dec 30), as both sides looked to begin a new chapter of relations just days before their divorce becomes a reality. Britain and the European Union signed the deal on ...
BEIJING: Activity in China's services sector expanded at a slower but still strong pace in December, official data showed on Thursday (Dec 31), supported by pent-up demand as the recovery from the coronavirus gathered pace. The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 55 ...
