elections

Trump was aiming for a resounding victory in the caucuses to further his pivot to a potential general election rematch with Biden

Following the election, the government will need to find ways to revive the lackluster economy and tackle inflation

(Oct 23): Boris Johnson looked set to try for an election, after Parliament blocked his plan to rush the Brexit deal into law.

(Sept 4): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson began moves to trigger a snap general election after suffering a humiliating defeat for his Brexit strategy that left his ruling party in tatters.

SINGAPORE (Feb 18): Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will aim to strike a delicate balance in Monday’s budget: preaching fiscal prudence while doling out more social spending ahead of elections that could come as early as this year.

SYDNEY (Feb 4): Australian investors are set to receive a boost in dividend payouts this month as companies rush to avoid a looming overhaul of tax rules if there’s a change of government.

SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Facebook says it plans to set up two new regional operations centres, focused on election integrity, at its offices in Singapore and Dublin to allow its global teams to better work across regions in the run-up to global elections in 20

SINGAPORE (Jan 14): Singapore needs to clarify details of how HDB owners can retain the value of their properties under a proposed government scheme. If not, general elections, which has been rumoured to be called this year, has “no way” of happening.

SINGAPORE (Dec 26): Last year, economists predicted Southeast Asia would be blessed with a strong and vibrant 2018. For next year, they’re not quite so optimistic.

SINGAPORE (Sept 21): RHB Research is maintaining “buy” on Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) with an unchanged target price of 88 cents despite expectations of 4Q18 alcohol volumes to continue their decline due to the high base effect in 4Q17, which saw trade ag