Huileng Tan is a senior business news reporter based in Singapore. She covers general global business news.

She has an interest in trade, energy, commodities, and their impact on politics, the economy, and the society.

Huileng previously reported for CNBC, Dow Jones, ICIS, and The Wall Street Journal.

Reach her at htan@insider.com. [en|zh|fr]

Here are some highlights from Huileng:

Economy 2023-09-04T09:38:10Z

One economist still feels a recession is looming — because corporate borrowing costs could shoot up, thanks to rising interest rates

About a quarter of US investment-grade debt is maturing from 2023 to 2025, Bloomberg reported, citing data from Fidelity.
Economy 2023-09-04T04:08:51Z

Russia says it will not let foreign banks exit the market easily — unless they unfreeze Russian assets

President Vladimir Putin's regime continues to impose an increasing number of punitive measures on companies trying to exit the Russian market.
Economy 2023-08-31T15:53:51Z

Russia is demanding Norway pay up to $4.4 million in compensation after 42 Norwegian reindeer wandered across the border

Norway is now repairing a fence dating from 1954 that prevents reindeer from crossing into Russia.
Energy 2023-08-31T09:49:01Z

Europe's plan to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by 2027 has a major flaw

The bloc is on track to import record volumes of Russian LNG this year to make up for lost piped gas.
Real Estate 2023-08-31T09:44:55Z

The Chinese property market may look like it's imploding. But one expert doesn't think it'll cause a financial crisis — and there may even be a bright spot.

Chinese property developers have been over-building for a number of years and the over-capacity can now be absorbed, he said.
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Media 2023-08-30T06:36:43Z

Mark Thompson, former New York Times Company and BBC exec, expected to serve as the next CEO of CNN after Chris Licht's epic PR fail, according to new report

Chris Licht was out as CNN CEO and chair in June following a profile in The Atlantic that many derided as an epic PR failure.
Markets 2023-08-30T04:44:14Z

Colin Huang, the founder of the company that owns Chinese shopping app Temu, got $4.3 billion richer after earnings smashed analysts' expectations

Huang is worth $32.8 billion as of August 30, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the 41st richest person in the world.
Economy 2023-08-29T09:37:41Z

China's so desperate to get people to marry and have babies, one county is offering $137 as a 'reward' if the bride is 25 years old or under

A county in the Zhejiang province said the move is to promote "age-appropriate marriage and childbearing."
Tech 2023-08-29T09:14:52Z

Meet Terry Gou, the 72-year-old billionaire founder of a key Apple supplier who now wants to be the president of Taiwan

Gou founded Foxconn in 1974 with a $7,500 loan from his mother and grew it into a global contract manufacturer behemoth.
Economy 2023-08-29T01:33:49Z

5 Chinese brands that have crept into your life and are flipping the narrative on Chinese-made goods

TikTok, Lenovo, Tencent, DJI, and Xiaomi are five Chinese brands that have made it big outside China.
Markets 2023-08-28T16:09:36Z

Shares of Better — whose CEO fired 900 workers on a Zoom call — slumped 93% on their first day of trade

Shares in Better Home & Finance tumbled 93% in their first day of trading after combining with a SPAC to go public.
Retail 2023-08-28T14:31:21Z

The China-Japan seafood war could have an unlikely winner: Russia

Russia said it hopes to increase seafood exports to China after Beijing banned Japanese products following the release of treated radioactive water.
Tech 2023-08-28T10:21:20Z
Markets 2023-08-28T04:54:30Z

The BRICS summit ended with no new currency and all 5 members issuing differing and contradictory commentary on de-dollarization

The BRICS nations appear divided on the issue, as statements from the bloc's leaders last week indicated.
Economy 2023-08-25T10:29:07Z

Meet the Prigozhins: What to know about the Wagner boss and the relatives who help run his business empire

Prigozhin's family members, many of whom have been subject to Western sanctions, have varying levels of involvement in his business empire.
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Economy 2023-08-25T05:36:27Z

The sanctions against Russia aren't working, says the foreign minister of Germany

"Economic sanctions should have an economic impact. But that is not the case," Baerbock told German journalist Stephen Lamby.
Tech 2023-08-25T02:31:30Z

Meet Jensen Huang, the 60-year-old cofounder of chipmaker Nvidia, whose wealth has more than doubled this year to $42 billion thanks to the AI boom

Nvidia's stock has gained over 220% so far this year on the back of blowout results thanks to demand for artificial intelligence chips.
Economy 2023-08-24T07:59:07Z

Russians aren't the only victims of the ruble's implosion — the weak currency is also hitting migrant Central Asians who repatriate the cash

One US dollar can now buy around 95 rubles. That's compared to 74 rubles at the start of 2023.
Careers 2023-08-24T04:57:25Z

The CEO of a bank in Australia is getting slammed for ordering staff back to the office not for productivity — but for 'mental health'

"This is about our own mental health, this is about the fact that we are a relationship bank," said the CEO of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.
Markets 2023-08-24T03:15:05Z

Nvidia's blowout results are exciting analysts so much, one of them even said the AI chipmaker will be 'most important company to civilization'

AI chipmaker Nvidia posted revenues of $13.51 billion in the second quarter. That's 88% higher than the previous quarter and up 101% from a year ago.
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