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Breakfast Brief Thursday, May 1, 2025 SINGAPORE GE2025 GE2025: Voters should see the election as being about their future 'in a very changed world', says PM Wong [SINGAPORE] Voters should see this general election as being about their future "in a very changed world", with "serious and growing challenges" ahead that will affect… SINGAPORE GE2025 GE2025: What you need to know about the cooling-off period [SINGAPORE] The day before Polling Day is known as Cooling-off Day, during which campaigning activities and election advertising are not allowed. HOCK LOCK SIEW S-Reits need to reveal clear strategies amid tariff uncertainty [SINGAPORE] It is midway into the earnings season for Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits), with most of them having posted their Q1 results. Singapore investors buy 2.5 tonnes of bullion in Q1, the highest since 2010 [SINGAPORE] Investors' appetite for gold bars and coins remained strong in the first quarter of 2025. At 2.5 tonnes, the demand was up 35 per cent year on year, the… Trump 101: How the Singdollar fared in his first 100 days The Business Times examines the impact of US President Donald Trump's first 100 days on the Singapore dollar relative to the greenback. BREAKING 07:23 AM Meta quarterly profit climbs despite big cloud spending 07:08 AM Microsoft posts strong results fuelled by cloud sales growth 07:00 AM Navigating the new economic disorder: Decode, deepen, diversify 07:00 AM Business council chief flags urgent need for S-E Asia to deepen integration amid rising protectionism 07:00 AM Short selling is simply part of normal market functioning 06:55 AM eBay announces CFO transition; sees quarterly revenue ahead of estimates 06:45 AM Barclays beats first-quarter forecasts as Trump turmoil supercharges trading 06:27 AM Oil settles lower, posts steepest monthly decline since 2021 06:16 AM Europe: Stoxx 600 clocks second consecutive monthly loss hit by tariff woes 06:07 AM US: Stocks end mostly up, rebounding from bad GDP report 06:00 AM Donald Trump is proving disastrous for Big Tech 11:30 PM A walk through of Singapore's electoral journey 11:22 PM Trump should revise rules for AI chip exports, says Nvidia CEO 11:07 PM Morgan Stanley offers private equity fund to wider swath of millionaires 10:59 PM US consumer spending surges in March, inflation cools MORE BREAKING NEWS BT Short takes Futureproofing Businesses for Resiliency | BT x DBS Budget 2025 Dialogue Scam Awareness & Prevention Workshop for Seniors Workers of eFishery protest at its Bandung based headquarters MORE VIDEOS Latest Podcasts BT Money Hacks: Financial freedom with 5 simple money management lanes Market Focus Daily: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 WealthBT: Navigating a business sale MORE PODCASTS That's it for today's Breakfast Brief. Thank you for reading. You received this newsletter from someone? Sign up here to get daily updates right in your inbox. Other Good Reads Daily Debrief A round-up of all the important things that happened today. Property Insights Get an exclusive analysis of real estate and property news in Singapore and beyond. ESG Insights An exclusive weekly report on the latest environmental, social and governance issues. MORE NEWSLETTERS If you want to unsubscribe from this mailing list, click here.