Earnings can stumble. Profits can slide. But dividends backed by fortress balance sheets tend to hold firm — or even grow. While CPF accounts offer a safe 2.5% to 4% return, these three SGX-listed stocks currently provide yields that outpace those rates. They share one powerful trait: each sits on a substantial net cash position, providing a buffer that keeps dividends flowing even when business conditions get bumpy. Here is what dividend investors should know.Micro-Mechanics (Holdings) Ltd (SGX: 5DD)If you ...

As you outline for us, a major shift for this company that run it has. Thank you very much indeed for your time. You've gone from a company selling IP, selling the blueprints to your customers, to a company.Now, for the first time in its history, we'll be designing and making chips. It's a significant moment. How significant is it and why move in this direction.Thank you, Tom. It is a very big day for ARM. There's no doubt about that.We've been an IP provider since we started. We started selling computer su ...

TORONTO, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) (TSX: CLS), a global leader in data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, today announced that Michael Wilson will retire as Chair of Celestica’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of immediately prior to its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“2026 Annual Meeting”) on May 19, 2026 and will not stand for re-election as a director at the 2026 Annual Meeting. Effective as of immediately prior to the 2026 Annual M ...

Amphenol Announces Pricing of Euro-Denominated Senior Notes Offering Amphenol Announces Pricing of Euro-Denominated Senior Notes Offering Share WALLINGFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) (the "Company†) announced today the pricing of an offering of €500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031 (the "Notes†) to be issued by its wholly owned subsidiary Amphenol Technologies Holding GmbH ("Amphenol Technologies†), a German limited liability company (Gesellsch ...

Arm Expands Compute Platform to Silicon Products in Historic Company First Share News Highlights CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARM) today announcedthe next evolution of the Arm compute platform, extending into production silicon products for the first time in the company's history. This begins with the launch of the Arm AGI CPU, an Arm-designed CPU for AI data centers, built to address a rising class of agentic AI workloads. For more than three decades, the industry has inno ...

MKS Inc. ( MKSI ) shares have pulled back 7% since their highs in February on the back of the recent correction stemming from the US-Iran War. I think that this creates an attractive BUY opportunity toOperating from the manufacturing heart of Asia, The Straits Strategist aims to provide a distinct, on the ground perspective on the hardware and technology sectors. Particularly, The Straits Strategist aims to provide coverage over companies in the semiconductor and technology supply chain, which can range acr ...

I know what you're probably thinking. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the most valuable company in the world -- even bigger than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Why would it need to "become the next Apple"? Nvidia just had its annual GTC conference. And at that conference, management talked extensively about the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing and Nvidia's growing ecosystem that expands beyond graphics processing units (GPUs) to capture more than one-time hardware sales. Will AI create the world's first ...

The troubled maker of artificial-intelligence servers needs chip allocations, but Nvidia doesn't need more scrutiny over China. ...

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) has announced its next-generation XuanTie C950 5-nanometer processor, marking a significant stride towards agentic AI.On Tuesday, Alibaba revealed the 3.2 GHz server chip at an internal conference. The chip, constructed using open-source RISC-V chip architecture, was hailed as “the highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world” at the conference hosted by DAMO Academy, Alibaba’s research arm, Reuters reported.The XuanTie C950 delivers over three times the performance o ...

Alibaba develops next-gen chip for agentic AI, Chinese media says | Reuters Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv Alibaba group logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab BEIJING, March 24 (Reuters) - Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tabon Tuesday revealed its next-generation XuanTie C950 5-nanometer processor at an internal conference on Tuesday ...