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(Aug 2): DBS Group Holdings Ltd. shares fell after second-quarter results suffered from what Chief Executive Officer Piyush Gupta described as the worst performance in its treasury and markets operation since he took the top job almost a decade ago.

SINGAPORE (July 30): When is a trade war not a trade war? When it’s a trade battle. Or a trade spat. Some have even called it a trade tiff, which makes it sound no more serious than a domestic disagreement, like a couple arguing over whose turn it is to

SINGAPORE (July 26): Singapore’s industrial production grew faster than expected in June, helped by a sharp turnaround of the marine and offshore sector, data showed on Thursday, but analysts say trade tensions cloud the outlook.

(July 17): Temasek Holdings is developing an American accent. The Singaporean state investor, whose $308 billion portfolio includes stakes in companies such as Alibaba Group Holding, is still betting on the US, even as it grows more circumspect in deployi

WASHINGTON (July 12): High-level trade talks between the US and China have ground to a halt as the Trump administration threatens to escalate a trade war that shows little sign of abating, according to five people familiar with the matter.

SINGAPORE (July 9): US President Donald Trump will travel to Brussels on July 11 and 12 for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit. The members of NATO include six of the seven countries that comprise the G7. The last time he met with his European al

PARIS (June 29): Contrary to popular opinion, Janet L. Yellen does not see an impending financial crisis from the escalating trade tensions between the US and China, higher current asset valuations and volatility from diverging monetary policies.

SINGAPORE (June 28): OCBC is maintaining its “buy” call on Sheng Siong Group with an unchanged fair value estimate of $1.12, highlighting it as a defensive business in times of volatility given ongoing trade tensions between US and China as well as Eu

SINGAPORE (June 25): In the first six months of the year, expectations of synchronised global growth did not quite materialise. Though economic activity has picked up in the US, the same cannot be said for Europe and certain emerging markets (EM).

(June 20): While economic fundamentals and earnings results remain strong, the MSCI AC Asia Pacific index has underperformed the MSCI AC World Index year to date. What has happened?