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SINGAPORE (Jan 5): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its “buy” call on China Aviation Oil (CAO) with a higher target price of $2.01 from $1.90 previously, raising its 2016 earnings estimates for CAO by 7.5% as it notes the oil market is now in contango and

SINGAPORE (Dec 27): The Singapore market faces several challenges in the year ahead, many of which are upcoming world events whose outcomes are beyond the predictive scope of analysts and economists.

NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Dec 1): China’s biggest state-owned companies will see “dramatic changes” in the next few years as they may downsize and become more efficient, according to the former chairman of two of the country’s biggest producers.

TOKYO (Aug 31): Oil is poised for the biggest monthly advance since April amid speculation talks among OPEC members in Algeria next month may result in action to stabilize the market.

SINGAPORE (June 28): Risk-off sentiment resulting from the Brexit decision is likely to continue to weigh on oil prices, making it it more difficult for oil to trade sustainably above the US$50/bbl level in the near-term, says DBS in a Monday report.

VIENNA (June 3): OPEC was expected Thursday to keep the oil gushing as a modest recovery in the crude price eases pressure on a cartel riven by Iranian-Saudi rivalry to cut output.

HONG KONG (May 30): Tokyo stocks led Asia higher Monday, boosted by hopes the government will delay a sales tax hike and by a weaker yen after Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen hinted that a US interest rate increase was looming.

TOKYO (May 26): Higher-yielding currencies in Asia moved higher against the dollar Thursday, as sentiment in emerging markets picked up as Brent crude passed US$50 a barrel for the first time this year.