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US STOCKS rose for the eighth straight week as optimism about a grand bargain between the US and China and consistently low Treasury yields offset surprisingly weak economic data.

SHARES in Creative Technology fell by more than 10 per cent on Friday, after the company on Thursday night announced that it had sunk deeper into the red for its second quarter.

SHARES in Creative Technology fell by more than 10 per cent on Friday, after the company on Thursday night announced that it had sunk deeper into the red for its second quarter.

FRIDAY was a day of bad news for markets, amid weak data from the two largest economies and reports that their negotiators were struggling to compromise on key issues in Beijing.

SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Straits Times Index down 0.41 per cent or 13.42 points to 3,239.74.

SINGAPORE stocks fell on Friday afternoon's trading resumption, with the Straits Times Index losing 0.41 per cent or 13.48 points on the day to 3,239.68 as at 1.03pm.

OCBC Investment Research has downgraded its rating on StarHub from "hold" to "sell", on the back of a deep dividend cut and an earnings slip.

SINGAPORE shares open lower on Friday, with the Straits Times Index losing 5.2 points, or 0.16 per cent to 3,247.96 as at 9.04am.

THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their shares on Friday:

SINGAPORE stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Straits Times Index up 0.26 per cent or 8.39 points to 3,253.16.

The German carmaker asks new UK customers to agree a possible 10% price rise for post-Brexit deliveries.

Travellers tell the BBC they cannot get home after the UK regional airline went into administration.

The potential impact on workers with auto-enrolled pensions is "quite substantial", says an expert.

Ronny Gottschlich, the former boss of Lidl, explains how the German discounter grew in the UK.

When Quadriga's founder died he left behind a mystery: what happened to millions in cryptocurrency?

It comes amid reports a speech by the UK's defence secretary has caused upset in China.

The illegal car seats have appeared for sale online, although sites say listings have been deleted.

Amazon's plans for a campus in Long Island City bitterly divided a community grappling with rapid change.

Employees at mining giant Vale are arrested amid a criminal probe into the dam break that killed 166.

Unions say they had warned about the "disastrous privatisation programme" four years ago.

The baht is looking to repeat its performance as one of Asia’s best currencies last year. Monday’s growth data will shed light on a key pillar of its recent strength and may help it stay in pole position at least through the first quarter.

BEIJING - US and Chinese officials wrapped up days of trade talks in Beijing on Friday with plans to resume negotiations in Washington this week as the world's top two economies try to smooth out their thorny trade dispute.

PARIS: Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco have formed partnerships with their scientific research subsidiaries and Formula 1 teams Ferrari and McLaren more than a decade after cigarette advertising was banned from the sport.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was briefed at his Florida resort by negotiators working to reach a trade deal with Beijing after their return from "very productive" meetings with Chinese officials.

LONDON - British regional airline flybmi announced on Saturday it had ceased operations and was filing for administration, blaming spikes in fuel and carbon costs and uncertainty over Brexit.

The Sri Lankan Tourism Promotion Bureau has introduced a "Buddhist Tourism Trail", a Sri Lankan promotional website aiming to attract Thai and other travellers from Theravada Buddhism countries.

As a transit country, Thailand should play a significant role in helping the neighbouring landlocked country of Laos improve their economic growth to achieve the goals of the 10-year-Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024, according to the programme's chief.

Voice TV is back on air after the Central Administrative Court issued an injunction against the broadcasting regulator's 15-day blackout order pending a trial.

The Gold Traders Association this morning announced the buying prices at 19,101.60 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments, and 19,450 baht per baht-weight for gold bars.

Consumer groups have vowed to ramp up their campaign to force the national committee on hazardous substances to ban three hazardous farm chemicals immediately, not in another two years.

SINGAPORE O&G (SOG), a specialist healthcare provider for women and children, recorded a dip in net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31 to S$23,200 from S$2 million a year ago.

A PORTFOLIO of 23 hotels, mostly under the Fragrance brand, is up for sale by Global Premium Hotels (GPH) at an indicative price of S$1.4 billion.

WHILE construction and marine services provider AusGroup is often associated with the woes of its clients in the oil and gas sector, the group has been working hard of late to shake off this perception.

THE desperate bid to save Hyflux from liquidation has taken many twists and turns, the latest being Hyflux boss Olivia Lum and her board of directors' offer to forfeit their shares in Hyflux as well as what little entitlements they have from the debt securities they own, in favour of small investors.

WITH the earnings season in full swing and a fair share of companies reporting full year earnings, director transactions, in addition to filed substantial shareholder transactions have declined over the past two weeks.

BEST World International shares have soared 171 per cent over the past 12 months, driven by strong growth in China, where the group derives 66 per cent of total revenue from sales of the DR's Secret line of premium skincare products.

THE Singapore Exchange's surveillance team has queried Best World nine times since April 2016 for unusual trading activity, most recently on Feb 7, when the shares surged 8.57 per cent in one day on no obvious news flow.

US STOCKS rose for the eighth straight week as optimism about a grand bargain between the US and China and consistently low Treasury yields offset surprisingly weak economic data.

THE USD/SGD currency pair hit a six-month low of 1.3442 on Jan 31, 2019 with the US Federal Reserve taking a more dovish stance on its monetary policies.

THE coming week will give investors plenty to think about, with new developments expected on both the local and international fronts.

DESPITE expanding its global presence over the years, Standard Chartered Bank has "always remained committed" to serving the Singapore market, said its chief executive officer in Singapore Patrick Lee.

FRIDAY was a day of bad news for markets, amid weak data from the two largest economies and reports that their negotiators were struggling to compromise on key issues in Beijing.

CISCO on Friday launched its first South-east Asian co-innovation centre in Singapore, focused on cybersecurity and the Internet of Things, alongside a new cybersecurity centre of excellence here.

I'VE been working in Singapore's commercial real estate market for more than two decades, and while the cityscape has changed over the years, one thing remains consistent: Singapore's constant innovation and reinvention. As the hub for transport and trade in the region, its pro-business environment and infrastructure continues to attract international business relocations - and […]

CROMWELL European Reit (E-Reit) has acquired a logistics property located in France for 6.9 million euros (S$10.58 million) and three office assets in Poland for 69.38 million euros.

Candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were quick to praise New Yorkers who rebelled at the idea of giving tax breaks to a huge corporation.

An incorrect tax return led to a huge check for a 29-year-old resident of Tampa, Fla., according to a forfeiture complaint filed by the federal government.

The results of a consumer genetic test identified the mother of the man whose donated sperm was used to conceive Danielle Teuscher’s daughter. Legal warnings soon followed.

Four Academy Awards were going to be handed out during commercial breaks and aired later in a shorter form, but an uproar forced the latest retreat by the organization behind the show.

The sell-off is the latest evidence of how quickly investors soured on Big Tech late last year.

The president spoke less glowingly of his onetime supporter Ann Coulter and revived his “fake news” mantra in a reply to Jim Acosta of CNN.

American, Delta and United are among the carriers planning to allow passengers to choose something other than ‘male’ or ‘female’ when buying their tickets.

By enabling investors to postpone paying the tax man, new funds may draw money into distressed communities. But succeeding at both may be challenging.

The company, long accustomed to deferential treatment from localities, badly misjudged how it would be received in the city, according to dozens of interviews.

Collectors offer advice on how to buy fine art, and when to sell it.

The City of London’s “charm offensive in the race for renminbi” has paid off, with London daily trading in renminbi now exceeding that in euro, the Financial Times reported. But this is only half the story, which is also about life after Brexit for Britain, and about the nation’s role in China’s “Belt and Road […]

There is growing resentment with the way the United States uses the privileged status of its currency within the international financial system as an instrument of its national policies. The latest expression of this came on February 1, when Germany, France and Britain launched an EU-backed payments system to help businesses circumvent unilateral US sanctions […]

As concerns rise about the reach of big technology companies and China’s growing political and economic influence around the globe, cross-border mergers and acquisitions are increasingly becoming politicised, deal lawyers said.Global merger and acquisition activity hit record levels last year, but the rate of deals falling apart was at its highest since the global financial […]

The global tech war over Huawei Technologies saw the European Union come under pressure from both the US and China as they fought over whether the company’s equipment should be banned from future 5G networks.“Chinese law requires them to provide Beijing’s vast security apparatus with access to any data that touches their networks or equipment,” […]

Clambering along Clear Water Bay’s mountain trails yesterday, sweltering in an unseasonably hot 26 degrees Celsius, I was reminded afresh of the harm inflicted by Typhoon Mangkhut five months ago. Not just the shattered trees, but the silence, and the paucity of butterflies.I cheered myself by recalling the astonishing capacity of nature to recover from […]

Mainland China is slowly embracing the global responsible investment trend, tripling in the past year the number of investment firms agreeing to systematically include companies’ environmental, social and governance performance in their investment decisions.But a lack of asset owners – such as sovereign fund China Investment Corp (CIC), pension administrator National Council for Social Security […]

T-Plus, the residential project in Tuen Mun made up of micro homes smaller than a car parking space, said on Friday it will suspend sales with immediate effect, without providing a reason for the halt.The project, co-developed by mainland developer Jiayuan International Group and local developer Stan Group, announced the freeze after having sold just […]

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has frozen an unknown number of client accounts managed by three brokerages which were related to the suspected disclosure of false or misleading financial information by a listed company.The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued restriction notices that prohibit Changjiang Securities Brokerage, Haitong International Securities Company and Kingston Securities from […]

As concerns are increasing about rising delinquency rates among car buyers in the United States, GM Financial, the car loans arm of US carmaker General Motors, is increasingly looking to mainland China for potential growth.Not only is China the world’s biggest market for car purchases, but Chinese buyers make larger down payments and pay off […]

Chinese consumers, whose penchant for frequent upgrades created the world’s largest automobile market in a generation, are discovering of late that new is not everything.They are switching gears to buy second-hand cars, eschewing first-hand models, as economic growth in mainland China weakens to its slowest pace in decades and an ongoing trade war with the […]

The owner of one of the world's most famous diamond mines could be about a decade away from clearing its multi-million-dollar debts, in a sign of the struggles facing an industry assailed by synthetic rivals and uncertain demand.

An Alabama jury awarded $151.8 million to a young man paralyzed in 2015 rollover accident involving a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, Ford and lawyers in the case said on Sunday.

Russian lender Gazprombank has decided to freeze the accounts of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and halted transactions with the firm to reduce the risk of the bank falling under U.S. sanctions, a Gazprombank source told Reuters on Sunday.

Qatar wants to attract more sports companies to the Gulf state, aiming to develop a $20 billion sports sector ahead of the 2022 World Cup, a senior official said on Sunday.

Airbus said on Sunday it would have to make "difficult decisions" about future investment if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, adding it had already spent tens of millions of euros in preparations.

Qatar's Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in 2012 amid a Gulf-wide real estate boom, but today about half of its 46 floors are empty.

A Nissan Motor governance committee will recommend the appointment of an external director as board chairman, a role distinct from company chairman, in a move to decentralize power at the top level, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday she had made clear in a meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Munich Security Conference the importance of the U.S. lifting tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada.

A Russian court on Saturday ordered Michael Calvey, the U.S. founder of one of Russia's biggest private equity firms accused of fraud, to be kept in custody until April 13.

A Moscow court has ordered Baring Vostok's founder Michael Calvey to be kept in custody until April 13.

Coca-Cola is a "safety stock," says Jim Cramer. "That's what's worth owning."

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military funding to build a border wall. He also speaks on the U.S. economy and the impact it has on China.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to divert military funding to build a border wall. He also speaks on the U.S. economy and the impact it has on China.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military funding to build a border wall. He also speaks on the U.S. economy and the impact it has on China.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military funding to build a border wall. He also speaks on the U.S. economy and the impact it has on China.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military funding to build a border wall.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military funding to build a border wall.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the progress of trade agreements with the U.K., summit with Syria and the summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam. He also discusses the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military […]

Canopy Growth Corp surged after reporting revenues increased by 282 percent in third quarter earnings. Canopy Growth co-CEO Bruce Linton joins CNBC's Aditi Roy on 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the company's earnings and the opportunities it's looking into with hemp.

President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden on the progress of U.S.-China trade talks. He also discusses the bill that would avoid a government shutdown and his plan to declare a national emergency in order to allocate military funding to build a border wall.

CNBC's Rick Santelli reports on the preliminary February read of the Consumer Sentiment Index.

CNBC's Dom Chu looks ahead at the day's market action.

Ringing today's opening bells are Pimco with portfolio managers John Devir and Greg Sharenow at the NYSE and Women in Toys with Pam Kaufman, president of Nickelodeon Viacom consumer products, at the Nasdaq.