Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters reflects on leading the bank through one of its most challenging periods — and how he is positioning it for the future of finance across Asia and beyond. When Bill Winters took over Standard Chartered in 2015, the bank was facing mounting pressure from bad loans, regulatory scrutiny and declining investor confidence. …
Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s foreign affairs minister, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. The United Nations General Assembly, which opened Tuesday, brings more than 150 world leaders and their entourages into Midtown – a convergence that has been compared to hosting the Super Bowl every day…
File photo: The Japanese national flag flies in front of the container pier in the Tokyo port. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s exports rose for a seventh straight month, data showed on Wednesday, boosted by solid global demand and rising prices and for now defying any major impact from disruptions caused by the conflict…
US President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the…
A pedestrian looks at an electronic quotation board showing numbers of the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo on September 11, 2020. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened broadly lower Wednesday as concerns grew that the Middle East conflict could drag on, after President Donald Trump extended a U.S. ceasefire in Iran. “Based…
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the U.S. ceasefire with Iran, saying the extension was warranted due…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Bryan Ma of IDC says investors have “the best of both worlds” with incoming Apple CEO John Ternus’ technical and engineering background, as well as outgoing CEO Tim Cook remaining as the company’s executive chairman to smoothen negotiations with government officials and…
An expected trip by Vice President JD Vance trip to Pakistan for a second attempt at peace negotiations with Iran has been put on hold, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The delay came after Tehran failed to respond to the latest U.S. negotiating positions, the Times reported, citing a U.S. official with direct knowledge…
The timing of Tim Cook’s departure from Apple spells good things for the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report, set to be released on April 30, Wall Street analysts are buzzing. Apple announced Monday that Cook is stepping aside to become executive chairman and that Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus will take…
Oil prices could soar to $130 a barrel by the end of June if flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted, as Citi analysts outlined a number of possible scenarios facing oil markets. An oil market recovery hinges upon the full reopening of the strait, according to Citi analysts, ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for…
