BAIN Capital is nearing a deal to acquire Blackstone’s Singapore worker dormitory firm Avery Lodge after outbidding other ...

INDONESIA’S Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted at least three times early on Saturday (Nov 9), spewing an ash column 9 km high, ...

SINGAPORE’S biggest lender DBS is exploring expanding into Malaysia with potential acquisitions of stakes in banks in its ...

BOLIVIA’S central bank is easing its rules on national gold reserves, potentially allowing it to access more liquidity to pay ...

FEDERAL and state authorities are investigating a wave of bigoted text messages sent anonymously that have spread alarm among ...

CHINA’S consumer inflation rate slowed in October, official data showed Saturday (Nov 9), in a sign that demand remains ...

MICROSOFT-backed OpenAI popular chatbot ChatGPT was back up after an outage affected thousands of users, the company said on ...

MICROSOFT-backed OpenAI said on Friday (Nov 8) night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT ...

ELON Musk’s net worth has surpassed US$300 billion for the first time in almost three years, as shares of Tesla soar on bets ...

OIL prices settled more than 2 per cent lower on Friday (Nov 8) as traders grew less fearful of prolonged supply disruptions ...

CHICAGO plans to tap the muni market for US$1.5 billion early next month to refinance its debt as it looks to capitalise on ...

THE dollar rose on Friday (Nov 8) and was heading for a weekly gain as investors evaluated the likely impact on the American ...