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Apac commercial real estate investment hits US$40.3 billion in Q4, capping strongest year since 2021: JLL
The increase pushed full-year investment 12% higher year on year to US$147.6 billion[SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific’s commercial real estate market ended 2025 on a high note, with investments in the fourth...
Singapore bank lending hits fastest monthly growth since Dec 2024; full-year lending at multi-year high
For the whole of 2025, bank lending up 5.8% at S$10.26 trillion, MAS data indicates[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s bank lending in December 2025 charted the highest monthly increase since December 2024,...
Luke Littler hits out at ‘idiot’ heckler in crowd at World Darts Masters
Luke Littler surged into the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters with a dominant 4-1 win over Ross Smith, but both players were left frustrated by a heckler near...
Waymo vehicle hits child near Santa Monica elementary school
A Waymo self-driving taxi struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during drop-off hours, triggering an investigation into the incident by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The...
UOB soars over 3% to hit record as OCBC also hits a high; STI jumps 1%
[SINGAPORE] Shares of OCBC Bank and UOB hit record highs on Friday (Jan 23), driving the Straits Times Index (STI) to an all-new peak.UOB shares rose 3.1 per cent...
CEO revenue confidence hits five-year low: PwC survey
There was a sharp divide between those already seeing benefits from AI adoption and those who did not[DAVOS, Switzerland] Only three in 10 chief executives are confident in their...
China’s electricity use hits record in 2025, surpasses 10 trillion kWh
[SHANGHAI] China’s electricity consumption climbed 5 per cent to a record high last year, surpassing 10 trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time, the National Energy Administration said on Saturday.The...
Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month
[SYDNEY] Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under-16s took effect, the country’s Internet...
