BEIJING] China’s sovereign wealth fund has pulled its planned sale of US$1 billion in US fund stakes tied to some of the biggest names in private equity. Read more at The Business Times.

HONG KONG] Ping An Insurance Group, as well as other Chinese insurers, have ramped up investments in the nation’s biggest ...

TOKYO] Daiwa Securities Group plans to launch a real estate fund with two partners, tapping investor demand for a piece of ...

MEXICO CITY] Canada’s BlackBerry raised its annual revenue forecast on Tuesday (Jun 24), anticipating steady demand for its cybersecurity services amid growing online crimes, sending the company’s ...

SINGAPORE] When even Goldman Sachs is tracking crypto-based prediction platform Polymarket to get a read on the risks facing ...

SOFTBANK Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son is nothing if not willing to make the kind of bold bets that other investors might ...

SINGAPORE] Scientists have discovered 20 previously unknown viruses in bats from China’s Yunnan province, including two ...

LOS ANGELES] FedEx signalled caution ahead with a forecast for the current quarter that was short of the target set by analysts, and shares of the delivery giant dived more than 5 per cent after the ...

NEW YORK] Oil prices fell 6 per cent on Tuesday (Jun 24) to settle at a two-week low, on expectations the ceasefire between Israel and Iran will reduce the risk of oil supply disruptions in the Middle ...

NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks jumped on Tuesday (Jun 24) as an Iran-Israel ceasefire appeared to hold through its first day ...

BENGALURU] European stocks soared on Tuesday (Jun 24), buoyed by a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, while a slump in oil prices dragged energy stocks lower. Read more at The Business Times.

LABUBU dolls are hard to come by. Even at the giant flagship store of their maker, Pop Mart, in Shanghai, throngs of customers are told they need to wait a week or longer. The grimacing elvish ...