• Temasek CEO Dilhan Pillay to chair Vertex as FY2025 profit tops US$100 million

    Temasek is preparing to ‘derive greater synergy with its other funding platforms’, Vertex says[SINGAPORE] Dilhan Pillay, executive director and CEO of Temasek, will succeed Teo Ming Kian as the chairman of Vertex Venture Holdings from Apr 15, the venture capital firm said in a media release on Friday (Apr 10).Meanwhile, Vertex’s deputy chairman, Lee Kheng Nam, will also retire after being with the company since its inception in 1988.Pillay, who previously served on the Vertex board from 2015 to 2018, takes over as Temasek “prepares to derive greater synergy with its other funding platforms”.“Pillay has had a longstanding association with…

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  • Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

    It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 66 pounds of sugar they consume a year ARE there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to…

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  • BYD posts first annual profit decline in four years

    Published Fri, Mar 27, 2026 · 10:25 PM [BEIJING] BYD, China’s biggest electric vehicle maker by sales, on Friday (Mar 27) posted its first annual profit drop in four years, hit by weak sales in its home market. Net profit slid 19 per cent to 32.6 billion yuan (S$6.1 billion),…

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  • JPMorgan strategists cut S&P 500 target on Iran war uncertainty

    Published Sat, Mar 21, 2026 · 04:03 PM [NEW YORK] JPMorgan strategists cut their price target on the S&P 500 Index, saying the upside potential for risk assets is “more constrained” by a war in the Middle East.  Strategists led by Fabio Bassi slashed their year-end estimate to 7,200 points…

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  • Upset Taylor Swift says she was told Ticketmaster could handle demand

    POP superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticketmaster could handle large demand. The New York Times reported that the US Justice Department was investigating whether Ticketmaster parent…

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