Singapore Bank OCBC Posts Record Q1 Profit, Beat Expectations

Singapore Bank OCBC Posts Record Q1 Profit, Beat Expectations

By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s second-biggest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported on Wednesday a better-than-expected 39% jump in first-quarter profit from a year earlier on the back of strong net interest income growth.OCBC, which is also Southeast Asia’s second-biggest bank by assets, said January-March net profit rose to a record S$1.88 billion ($1.42…

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Migrants amass along US-Mexico border as COVID-era restrictions near end

By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Lizbeth Diaz EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) -U.S. border agents in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday urged hundreds of migrants amassing on city streets to surrender to authorities as illegal crossings rose in the run-up to the end of COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 later this week. At the same…

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Hundreds of migrants amass near US-Mexico wall with COVID ban set to end

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Long lines of migrants have amassed this week in the border city of Tijuana, near the sprawling wall that divides Mexico from the United States, in the final days of a three-year long COVID-19 policy that blocked people crossing from seeking asylum. The policy, known as Title 42,…

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Dianne Feinstein returning to U.S. Senate after health-related absence

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is returning to Washington on Tuesday after a months-long absence due to illness, her spokesman said, restoring Democrats’ 51-49 majority to full strength. The 89-year-old lawmaker had been sidelined since February as she recovered from a bout of shingles, which had led to calls from some…

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Rivian beats quarterly revenue estimates on higher-priced EV sales

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Rivian Automotive Inc on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue as it sold more higher-priced electric vehicles, and stood by its annual production forecast of 50,000 cars. Shares in Rivian, which also cut costs during the January-March period, rose about 6% in extended trading as investors cheered its results…

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Airbnb forecasts fewer bookings, lower prices in Q2; shares slump

By Priyamvada C and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Vacation rental booking company Airbnb Inc said on Tuesday that it expected fewer bookings and lower average daily rates in the second quarter versus a year earlier, sending shares down 11.5% in after-hours trading. U.S. travel companies, which have benefited from higher prices and hybrid work, are moderating…

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