Singapore shares opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index at 3,227.32, down 0.07 per cent, or 2.23 points.
(REUTERS) - The number of millionaires in the world jumped 9.2 per cent to 12 million last year, in part because of simultaneous strength in the stock, bond and real estate markets, according to a study of the high-net-worth population.
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's trade deficit for May expanded 9.5 per cent from a year earlier to US$10.4 billion (S$12.9 billion), official data showed Wednesday as import costs rose on a weak yen.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA (AP) - In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth.
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - United States (US) inflation showed signs of stabilising in May after a long decline, a potential comfort to Federal Reserve policymakers who want to avoid any chance of a debilitating bout of deflation.
