Singapore’s tourism receipt rose by 6.5% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2025 to a record S$23.9 billion ($18.8 billion) , on track to exceed its full-year projection of S$29 billion to S$30.5 billion. International visitor arrivals reached 16.9 million in 2025, up 2.3% on an annual basis, led by mainland China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and India, the Singapore Tourism Board said...
Singapore’s tourism receipt rose by 6.5% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2025 to a record S$23.9 billion ($18.8 billion) , on track to exceed its full-year projection of S$29 billion to S$30.5 billion. International visitor arrivals reached 16.9 million in 2025, up 2.3% on an annual basis, led by mainland China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and India, the Singapore Tourism Board said in a statement on Tuesday. The agency expects arrivals to total 17 million to 18 million for 2026 as travelers visit the city state to watch performances by Korean pop group BTS, the Formula 1 Grand Prix and tour Disney Cruise Line’s first Asia homeport. The tourism board is projecting tourism receipts of S$31 billion to $32.5 billion this year.
Shares of Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) rose 21.9% in January 2026, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . The highly computerized insurance company launched a very specific car insurance plan last month. Lemonade had signaled this move earlier, but investors still acted as if it were an unexpected announcement. Lemonade started January on a high note. The stock had been on a rampage for ...
Shares of Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) rose 21.9% in January 2026, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . The highly computerized insurance company launched a very specific car insurance plan last month. Lemonade had signaled this move earlier, but investors still acted as if it were an unexpected announcement. Lemonade started January on a high note. The stock had been on a rampage for several months. By the end of January 19, it had gained 138.3% in 52 weeks. The earnings reports in August and November showed strong sales and positive earnings surprises, along with improved figures in industry-specific metrics such as loss ratios and gross earned premium. Market momentum from those reports carried Lemonade's stock higher in early January, too. Just before the new insurance plan launch, that was good for a 9.9% gain month-to-date. On January 21, Lemonade unveiled a new car insurance plan, specifically designed for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) vehicles. The Lemonade Autonomous Car plan charges insurance premiums per mile, like some of Lemonade's existing offerings. Electric vehicles also enjoy lower rates than gas-powered cars, so discounts for Tesla drivers already existed. Continue reading
After a strong 2025 performance, AppLovin started off the year on a down note. Shares of AppLovin (APP +2.09%), the volatile, mobile game-focused adtech stock, were moving lower last month as the company faced another short-seller attack, software valuations came under scrutiny due to threats from AI, and Google unleashed a new platform for AI game creation, which was seen as a threat to gaming st...
After a strong 2025 performance, AppLovin started off the year on a down note. Shares of AppLovin (APP +2.09%), the volatile, mobile game-focused adtech stock, were moving lower last month as the company faced another short-seller attack, software valuations came under scrutiny due to threats from AI, and Google unleashed a new platform for AI game creation, which was seen as a threat to gaming stocks. As a result, AppLovin stock fell sharply last month, closing January down 30%, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. As the chart below shows, the stock traded lower throughout most of the month, but fell especially hard on the last day of January following the launch of Google's new Project Genie. What happened with AppLovin AppLovin entered 2026 after a blowout year, with the stock doubling in 2025 on the back of strong growth. However, that's led to doubts about its valuation, especially as software stocks endured a brutal sell-off last month, which seemed partly based on fears of AI and partly based on valuation. Even after last month's decline, AppLovin is trading at a price-to-sales ratio of 31. While most of the analyst coverage on the stock was positive, that wasn't enough to push AppLovin higher, especially as reports of an SEC investigation into its data collection practices are hanging over its head. Those fears increased when the stock got hit with another short-seller attack on Jan. 20 after CapitalWatch said that the company had skirted anti-money-laundering controls, among other improprieties. However, AppLovin has faced similar short-seller allegations in the past, and none of them seem to have stuck. It pushed back on the claims, calling them "false, misleading, and nonsensical." Finally, the stock plunged 17% on Jan. 30 in response to Google's launch of Project Genie, an AI game-creation platform that some feared could disrupt the gaming industry. AppLovin was one of several gaming stocks that fell on the news. What's next for AppLov...
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Key Points For all the benefits that consumers are enjoying with tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, institutions aren't necessarily seeing a comparable degree of benefit with AI offerings aimed at them. There is one company, however, that's built a powerful artificial intelligence platform. This company's stock may seem overvalued right now, but it's likely to more than grow into its projected fiscal results. 10 stocks we like better than Palantir Technologies › There's no denying it. The world could use a good artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice-based customer service agent solution. Too many of the voice-activated tools so far still turn self-service phone calls into a disservice, require users to repeat themselves too often to their smart speaker, or just simply botch too many restaurant drive-thru orders. SoundHound AI's (NASDAQ: SOUN) superior platform may be the one to get us over this usability hump. From an investor's standpoint, though, SoundHound AI stock may not be your best long-term bet in artificial intelligence. It's got potential to be sure. But it's occasionally struggled to win and keep customers. There's arguably a more proven option within the AI space. That's Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR), which -- based on its past growth (particularly with government agencies) -- seems to have years' worth of new business already waiting to be won. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Why is everyone talking about Palantir? It's one of those companies most people have heard of but may not actually understand. In simplest terms, Palantir's platforms allow its users to do something constructive with a mountain of digital data that might otherwise go unutilized. You might be able to achieve something similar using database software or a spreadsheet. However, Palantir Technologies is truly artificial intelligence-powered, a...
The Reserve Bank has hiked rates for the first time in more than two years, with mortgage holders to bear the brunt of dealing with an unexpected jump in inflation. The RBA monetary policy board announced on Tuesday at the end of its two-day meeting that the cash rate target would lift to 3.85%, from 3.6%. The widely anticipated decision marks the end of the shortest rate-cutting cycle in the RBA’...
The Reserve Bank has hiked rates for the first time in more than two years, with mortgage holders to bear the brunt of dealing with an unexpected jump in inflation. The RBA monetary policy board announced on Tuesday at the end of its two-day meeting that the cash rate target would lift to 3.85%, from 3.6%. The widely anticipated decision marks the end of the shortest rate-cutting cycle in the RBA’s modern history, after three reductions in the cash rate target in February, May and August of last year. The quarter of a percentage point increase will increase the interest cost on a $600,000 home loan by $90 a month, bringing the monthly repayment to $3,782, according to Canstar. Some experts leading into the decision warned that a rate hike would be an overreaction to the recent uptick in inflation and that it risked derailing an economic recovery. Sign up: au breaking news email Australia’s central bank has now shifted into a new phase after rate cuts were interrupted by rapidly rising consumer prices. The RBA said on Tuesday that inflation was likely to remain above target for some time and it was appropriate to increase the cash rate. “A wide range of data over recent months have confirmed that inflationary pressures picked up materially in the second half of 2025,” the RBA said. “While part of the pick-up in inflation is assessed to reflect temporary factors, it is evident that private demand is growing more quickly than expected, capacity pressures are greater than previously assessed and labour market conditions are a little tight.” Annual inflation recently jumped to 3.8%, well outside the RBA’s 2% to 3% band. The RBA’s economic outlook, contained in its monetary policy statement released on Tuesday, assumes headline inflation will now reach 4.2% by the middle of the year, a level far higher than previously expected. If the forecasts prove correct, consumer price growth will also take longer to come down than previously thought, reigniting – or extending – the ...