Business
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Vietnam to Scrap Business Licence Fees for Enterprises, Households from 2026
Taxpayers in Vietnam will no longer be required to declare or pay business license fees from January 1, 2026, following a new directive aimed at easing costs and supporting the…
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Endangered Pig-Nosed Turtle Found Stranded on Singapore’s Changi Beach
What began as a routine beach clean-up turned into an unexpected wildlife discovery when a group of children found a turtle on the shores of Changi Beach on January 22.…
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Singapore: Three Motorcyclists Rushed to Hospital After Multi-Vehicle Crash on BKE
Three motorcyclists were taken to hospital following an accident involving a car and three motorcycles on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) on Saturday, January 24. The police and the Singapore…
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Air Quality in Eastern Singapore Briefly Reaches Unhealthy Levels, Says NEA
The air quality in the eastern part of Singapore briefly entered the unhealthy range on Saturday, January 24, with fine particulate matter levels rising in the late afternoon, according to…
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Singapore: 35-Year-Old Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Collision with Car Along KPE
A 35-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital following an accident involving a car along the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) towards the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) on Saturday, January 24. The…
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Man, 33, Arrested for Disorderly Behaviour After Harassing Staff at Singapore’s River Valley High School
A man was arrested on January 23 for disorderly behaviour after he allegedly harassed staff at River Valley High School. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the police said…
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Vitol and Trafigura – traders at the heart of Trump’s Venezuela oil grab
The companies’ special licences to ship still-sanctioned barrels have given them a head start in a potentially lucrative trade US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has portrayed his takeover of Venezuela’s oil…
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Airbus CEO warns of new risks after ‘significant’ trade damage
‘The industrial landscape in which we operate is sown with difficulties,’ says Guillaume Faury Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 08:16 PM [PARIS] The head of Airbus has warned staff…
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Market on high alert for yen intervention after Takaichi warning
Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 07:53 PM TRADERS will start the week on heightened alert of Japan government intervention to halt the yen’s recent slide – possibly with rare…
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Market on high alert for yen intervention after Takaichi warning
Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 07:53 PM TRADERS will start the week on heightened alert of Japan government intervention to halt the yen’s recent slide – possibly with rare…
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Floating rates are back on the radar, but fixed mortgages still rule Singapore’s home loans
After several years of rate volatility, many borrowers are placing greater emphasis on certainty [SINGAPORE] Interest in floating-rate home loans is picking up in Singapore as borrowing costs fall and…
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Speculative frenzy catapults silver above US$100/oz
Analysts say rapid nature of precious metal’s gains position it for a major correction Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 06:00 PM [LONDON] Silver prices vaulted above US$100 an ounce…
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Fear comes to India’s property developers
How much further will the current bout of pessimism run? The answer depends on how the industry boosts its efficiency WITH markets from Tokyo to New York on edge this…
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Mining stocks on cusp of supercycle as AI boom stokes metals
With a nearly 90% gain since the start of 2025, MSCI’s Metals and Mining Index has beaten semiconductors, banks and the Magnificent Seven cohort by a wide margin Published Sun,…
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Wall Street grapples with new risk: A European buyers’ strike
Money managers from London to Berlin to Madrid have been increasingly fielding inquiries from clients about ways to at least lighten up on US assets US COMMERCE Secretary Howard Lutnick…
