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Facebook opening new regional ops centres in Dublin & Singapore to 'protect elections'
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
January 29, 2019
Currencies
Brace yourselves. A full-blown trade war may be on the way
(Mar 7): In foreign exchange markets, investors aren’t waiting to find out if all the tariff threats being thrown around lead to a full-blown trade war.
March 07, 2018
UOB's 1Q18 global outlook
Brexit overhang to continue weighing on GBP/USD in 2018, says UOB
SINGAPORE (Dec 11): The next year will be a critical one for Brexit negotiations, with its outcomes to largely determine whether the United Kingdom can successfully complete its departure from the European Union by its April 2019 deadline.
December 11, 2017
Investing strategies
Prepare European markets for tapering in 2018, says Bank of Singapore
SINGAPORE (June 1): Europe is now threatening to be an outlier in the “as good as it gets” investment theme as its cyclical improvement continues to gather speed, according to Bank of Singapore (BoS).
June 01, 2017
Global Economy
Xi opens China’s globalisation forum with US$78 billion pledge
BEIJING (May 15): President Xi Jinping laid the framework for Chinese-style globalization and his ambition to lead it during a speech inaugurating his cornerstone diplomatic trade initiative for a new Silk Road.
May 15, 2017
UK spies knew London terrorist’s record of crime and extremism
LONDON (March 24): The terrorist behind the worst attack on London in more than a decade had a string of convictions for violence and was once investigated by British intelligence over concerns he was turning to extremism.
March 24, 2017
Brexit
Goldman, Morgan Stanley signal London job moves ahead of Brexit
LONDON/NEW YORK (March 22): Senior Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley executives said they’re preparing to shift staff and operations from London to elsewhere in the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May sets up the UK’s exit from
March 22, 2017
Global Economy
These economies are seen improving dramatically this year
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON(MARCH 21): Expect more good news than bad when it comes to global growth this year, led by recoveries in several of Latin America’s largest economies, a pickup in the US, and continued robustness from China and India.
March 21, 2017
Brexit
Half of employers see UK's allure fading with Brexit: CBI survey
LONDON (Dec 19): Half of British employers think the country's attractiveness as a place to invest and hire will diminish over the next five years as it leaves the European Union, an annual business survey showed on Monday.
December 19, 2016