Entrepreneurship

Oil futures surge 3% a barrel as winter storm slams US output
Published Wed, Jan 28, 2026 · 05:59 AM[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled 3 per cent higher on Tuesday as producers reeled from a winter storm that hobbled crude production and drove...
US stocks: S&P 500 marks closing record as corporate earnings roll in; Medicare rates hit insurers
Published Wed, Jan 28, 2026 · 05:49 AMTHE S&P 500 notched a record closing high and its fifth straight day of gains on Tuesday with a mixed reception to...
S&P, Nasdaq opens higher as earnings roll in
Published Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 10:48 PM[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Tuesday (Jan 27) as investors parsed a fresh round of mega-cap...
SoftBank-backed analytics firm Patsnap weighs dual listing in Hong Kong and Singapore
Published Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 09:42 PM[SINGAPORE] Patsnap, an intellectual-property data provider, is mulling a dual listing in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to people familiar with the...
Sasseur Reit rejects Xi’an mall offer from sponsor, targets South-east Asia for growth
Manager notes proposed acquisition will result in material dilution of DPU and NAV per unit, based on reasonable funding costs assumption[SINGAPORE] Sasseur Real Estate Investment Trust (Sasseur Reit) has...
Canada, India pledge to grow oil, petroleum trade in energy reset
The expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline has opened a direct path for crude shipments to the Asian giantPublished Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 01:16 PM[OTTAWA] Canada and India...
Micron invests US$24 billion to expand Singapore manufacturing complex; 1,600 jobs to be created
This brings the company’s total investments in Singapore to around US$60 billion[SINGAPORE] Semiconductor giant Micron Technology broke ground on Tuesday (Jan 27) morning on an advanced wafer fabrication facility...
Chandra Asri gets US$250 million loan to fund equity in Esso deal
The financing underscores how private credit funds and traditional lenders increasingly operate side-by-side in mergers and acquisitions in Asia-PacificPublished Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 11:11 AM[SINGAPORE] Indonesian energy and...
Indonesia’s captive power plants putting energy transition at risk, researchers say
Published Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 10:37 AM[JAKARTA] Efforts to decarbonise Indonesia’s power sector have been put at risk by a faster than expected increase in the number of...
UOBKH forecasts STI to hit 5,400 by end-2026; bets on EQDP boost, banking giants
[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) may reach 5,400 points by the end of 2026, driven by policy tailwinds and resilient corporate earnings, said UOB Kay Hian (UOBKH).The STI...
Apollo took loss on zeroed out asset-backed loan deemed safe
The fallout from the e-commerce aggregator boom is still rippling through credit markets[LOS ANGELES] Apollo Global Management took a loss on a portion of a US$170 million asset-backed financing...
UOL up 8% at highest price in two decades after JPMorgan target price upgrade
[SINGAPORE] Shares of UOL Group climbed to their highest price in around two decades on Tuesday (Jan 27) morning, after JPMorgan raised its target price for the property developer...