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Mercedes Ruehl

Singapore correspondent

Mercedes Ruehl is the Financial Times' Singapore and Southeast Asia correspondent. She was previously the Asia technology correspondent based in Singapore and Hong Kong and she also led the FT's newsletters and audience engagement team in Asia. Prior to that she spent six years reporting in Australia on business, finance and politics for The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    OutlookSingapore
    Singapore tries to break free of the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ cliché

    Locals are questioning the government schemes that have enticed wealthy expats

    Singapore skyline at night reflected in the water
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
    Temasek on deal hunt to boost returns for Singapore

    State-owned fund urges local companies it backs to become more global and grow through acquisitions

    View of the Singapore skyline
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Moral Money
    Oil spill highlights risks of Singapore’s marine ambitions Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, US shareholder meetings show a mixed picture on sustainability

    A man working with a vacuum pump in oily water
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Malaysia
    Chinese companies seek assurances from Malaysia on avoiding US tariffs

    Mainland groups shift production to south-east Asia in order to export to America

    The Penang and Malaysian flags fly in front of a building labelled Plant A1
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessSingapore
    Singapore’s ‘Fomo’ amid the rise of the AI data centre

    Like many other countries it has underestimated how demand is going to expand in coming years

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Bank robberies in Gaza

    The enclave has suffered from cash shortages and looting

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Guinness Nigeria PLC
    The Singaporean firm betting on Nigeria amid multinationals’ ‘exodus’

    Family-owned Tolaram bought Guinness shares from Diageo in Africa’s largest but volatile market

    People in Lagos, Nigeria, relaxing and drinking a Guinness beer
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Shell PLC
    Shell beats Saudi Aramco to Temasek’s LNG business

    Purchase of Singapore-based Pavilion Energy is its latest bet on the fossil fuel

    A Shell petrol station in London
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    News in-depthMalaysia
    Premier Li Qiang’s visit has Malaysia wanting more from China pivot

    Xi Jinping’s absence for 50-year anniversary of diplomatic ties rankles PM Anwar Ibrahim’s government

    Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing in March last year
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Singapore Airlines Ltd
    Singapore Airlines offers $25,000 to seriously injured after turbulent flight

    Airline’s payout deal comes after Austrian Airlines’ plane suffers severe damage from a hailstorm

    The interior of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 after an emergency landing, with ceiling panels dangling and oxygen masks above the seats
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Singapore
    Singapore secures last conviction in $2bn money laundering case

    Tenth Chinese national pleads guilty in scandal that put spotlight on financial hub’s embrace of foreign wealth

    Wang Dehai
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Singapore Airlines Ltd
    Passengers on Singapore Airlines flight experienced rapid g-force changes

    Report on severe turbulence that killed one and injured dozens finds aircraft fell 178ft in under five seconds

    A photo from inside of the plane showing damaged ceiling panels and oxygen masks hanging in the cabin
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Asian prime property
    Singapore’s shophouses — hotter than Fifth Avenue?

    Amid changing political dynamics in South-East Asia, these colonial-era buildings have become some of the world’s most expensive properties, home to Michelin stars and chichi retailers — and a target for money launderers

    colourful terraced housing in pink and blue
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Ray Dalio
    Ray Dalio joins billionaires snapping up Singapore ‘shophouses’

    Investor’s family office bought two heritage properties for $19mn

    The exterior of 44 and 46 Club Street in Singapore
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Aviation accidents and safety
    Singapore pledges ‘thorough investigation’ into turbulence-hit flight

    Members of Transport Safety Investigation Bureau sent to Bangkok to probe incident

    The interior of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Singapore Airlines Ltd
    One dead and dozens injured after London to Singapore flight hit by turbulence

    Singapore Airlines says 211 passengers and 18 crew on board SQ321, which diverted to Bangkok

    A photo from inside of the plane showing damaged ceiling panels and oxygen masks hanging in the cabin
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    AstraZeneca PLC
    AstraZeneca to build $1.5bn manufacturing site in Singapore

    Anglo-Swedish drugmaker to produce targeted chemotherapy drug at facility

    Test tubes are seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Shein
    Shein switches focus to London after New York IPO stalls

    E-commerce giant’s proposed US listing appears stuck amid trade tensions between Washington and Beijing

    Montage of Shein logo, models and executive chair Donald Tang
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Singapore
    Lawrence Wong sworn in as Singapore’s prime minister

    US-trained economist succeeds Lee Hsien Loong to become country’s fourth leader

    Lawrence Wong raises his right hand as he he sworn into office
  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Person in the News
    Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s next PM faces an ever trickier balancing act

    When the politician is sworn in next week, he will have to contend with rising social and geopolitical tensions

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Lawrence Wong.
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Hin Leong Trading
    Singapore oil trader convicted of abetting forgery and cheating HSBC

    Octogenarian founder of Hin Leong Trading hid huge losses in futures markets from banks

    Lim Oon Kuin, centre, is wheeled out of the State Courts in Singapore in a wheelchair on April 30 2021
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Singapore wants to shake up its stock market

    SGX needs help despite the country’s role as a thriving financial centre

  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Singapore Exchange Ltd
    Singapore battles to revive struggling stock market

    Hosting a regional exchange is one idea but critics say focus should be on improving corporate governance

  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    CVC Capital Partners Ltd
    General Atlantic and CVC halt south-east Asia deals as Gaza war boycotts intensify

    US brands including Starbucks, KFC and Pizza Hut are being targeted over Washington’s stance on Israel

    Protesters in Jakarta, Indonesia, attend a rally in support of Palestinians on April 7
  • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
    Singapore
    Singapore gives top-level briefings to reassure foreign banks on stability

    City-state keen to bolster its image as a reliable financial centre at a time of rising US-China tensions

    Teo Chee Hean during the 43rd Singapore Lecture in Singapore on August 21 2018
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