The Federal Reserve will continue to raise rates gradually as the US economic outlook remains strong despite uncertainty over trade policy, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.

The US dollar rose on Tuesday against a basket of major currencies following an upbeat economic assessment from the head of the US Federal Reserve, while world stocks climbed as a heavy week of corporate earnings also kicked into gear. E-waste management company Metech International on Tuesday said that its solicitors have served a writ of summons on DBS Trustee, being the trustee of

Mapletree Industrial Trust, for the recovery of rental at its premises at 65 Tech Park Crescent for the period Jan 26, 2015 to July 15, 2015. The claim on the rental sum amounts to about S$540,338.

Singtel on Tuesday said its subsidiary Amobee, a digital marketing technology company serving brands and agencies, has emerged the winner in the court-supervised auction to acquire certain assets from Videology for about US$101 million.

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