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Deutsche Bank hires trio for Asia Pacific credit trading, sales
[HONG KONG] Deutsche Bank hired three for its Asia Pacific credit trading and sales desk, underscoring high demand for staff, as finance professionals shift among banks in the region.The...
Rivian lays off hundreds of employees ahead of the end of EV tax credits
Rivian has laid off about 200 employees as the electric vehicle maker prepares for a U.S. economy with fewer incentives to go green. The electric truck and sport-utility vehicle...
Alibaba is No 1 for China traders ploughing HK$13.5 billion in stock
Published Mon, Sep 8, 2025 · 04:07 PM[SHANGHAI] Renewed optimism over Alibaba Group Holding’s potential in artificial intelligence has turned the stock into Chinese investors’ favourite investment.They bought a...
Indonesia bonds set to extend edge over India on rate-cut bets
[JAKARTA] Investors are favouring Indonesian sovereign debt over Indian bonds in the contest between Asia’s two traditional high-yield markets. Analysts say the trend has room to run.The yield gap...
Opec+ set to raise oil output further from October: sources
[LONDON/MOSCOW] Opec+ is set to agree to further raise oil output on Sunday (Sep 7) while probably slowing the pace of increases from October compared with recent months because...
Don’t be fooled by gold’s recent gleam
Will gold keep running? It is outshining most liquid assets in 2025. Up 20 per cent through Aug 22 and 56 per cent since the end of 2023, its...
Meta’s backstop is linchpin for US$26 billion AI data-centre deal
[NEW YORK] When Meta Platforms turned to lenders to secure US$26 billion in debt funding for the construction of a sprawling new data centre, one key detail made all...
Top Trump crypto backer Justin Sun says his World Liberty tokens ‘unreasonably’ frozen
[PARIS/BOSTON] Justin Sun, one of the biggest known backers of US President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture, said on Friday (Sep 5) that his tokens connected to...
US SEC launches task force on securities fraud by foreign companies
[WASHINGTON] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is setting up a new unit to focus on securities fraud by foreign companies, one of the first signals of the...
Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement signals new era for AI and artists
Chatbot builder Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to authors in a landmark copyright settlement that could redefine how artificial intelligence companies compensate creators.The San Francisco-based startup is ready...
Oil prices settle down more than 2% after weak US jobs report
[HOUSTON] Oil prices fell on Friday (Sep 5) as a weak US jobs report dimmed the outlook for energy demand, while swelling supplies may grow further after Opec and...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high after weak jobs data
Published Fri, Sep 5, 2025 · 09:51 PM[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday (Sep 5) after weaker-than-expected August jobs data bolstered expectations...