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SpaceX investors at US retail brokers got at least one IPO share

SpaceX ended up allocating about 20 per cent of its IPO to retail investors globally.
SpaceX ended up allocating about 20 per cent of its IPO to retail investors globally.

BlackRock cuts another 200 jobs globally

The world’s largest asset manager has trimmed headcount three times over the past 18 months.
The world’s largest asset manager has trimmed headcount three times over the past 18 months.

Indonesian economy comes up for air but struggles to win back investors

The rupiah has plummeted, hitting successive record lows and dropping below 18,100 rupiah to the US dollar this week.
The rupiah has plummeted, hitting successive record lows and dropping below 18,100 rupiah to the US dollar this week.

Investors looking for former SEA Games ice hockey player over $9m loan

James Nicholas Kodrowski, an ice hockey player who represented Singapore at the SEA Games in Bangkok in 2025, was placed on bankruptcy order list in September 2025.
James Nicholas Kodrowski, an ice hockey player who represented Singapore at the SEA Games in Bangkok in 2025, was placed on bankruptcy order list in September 2025.

Retail investors build big dreams on small slices of SpaceX

SpaceX signage at the Nasdaq MarketSite after the company's initial public offering in New York on June 12, 2026.
SpaceX signage at the Nasdaq MarketSite after the company's initial public offering in New York on June 12, 2026.

Defence resignation exposes spending bind for Starmer - and any challengers

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey meet with BAE system apprentices during a joint visit in Barrow-in-Furness, Britain, on March 20, 2025.     OLI SCARFF/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey meet with BAE system apprentices during a joint visit in Barrow-in-Furness, Britain, on March 20, 2025.     OLI SCARFF/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Locked out of IPO, Asia investors find new ways to bet on SpaceX

Many are piling into companies along the supply chain, in hopes of eventually capturing some of the gains that many expect once SpaceX shares hit the market.
Many are piling into companies along the supply chain, in hopes of eventually capturing some of the gains that many expect once SpaceX shares hit the market.

Venezuela deploys troops against illegal miners in key gold belt

Indonesia to scale back commodity export centralisation, tighten monitoring: Sources

(FILES) A farmer harvests oil palm fruit at a plantation in Kuta Makmur, Aceh province on May 23, 2022. Indonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry executive told AFP. (Photo by AZWAR IPANK / AFP)
(FILES) A farmer harvests oil palm fruit at a plantation in Kuta Makmur, Aceh province on May 23, 2022. Indonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry executive told AFP. (Photo by AZWAR IPANK / AFP)

Bombardier to expand private jet service hub in Singapore and hire over 200 new staff

Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth touring the current Bombardier's Singapore Service Centre in Singapore, on Jun 9, 2026.
Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth touring the current Bombardier's Singapore Service Centre in Singapore, on Jun 9, 2026.

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