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Cambodia opens US$2b Chinese-built airport
Techo airport will be able to handle up to 13 million passengers a year, and aims to reach 50 million by 2050 A US$2 billion Chinese-built…
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China property stocks jump on policy, lending boost
Top gainers included Country Garden and Shimao Group Holdings, whose shares rose more than 30% Chinese property shares surged in Hong…
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Dutch government plans to cut ABN Amro stake to about 20%
The Dutch government is embarking on another reduction in its stake in ABN Amro Bank as it continues to gradually pare its holdings in the…
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Novartis to buy US biotech Tourmaline Bio for US$1.4 billion
Novartis agreed to buy Tourmaline Bio in a deal valued at about US$1.4 billion as the Swiss drugmaker continues to pursue bolt-on deals to…
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Goldman lands US$40 billion mandate from Shell for pension assets
Goldman Sachs Group won a US$40 billion mandate from Shell to oversee pension assets for the energy company, in one of the biggest…
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VinFast plans US plant in 2028 as it seeks equity backers
The automaker expects to open another assembly plant in Indonesia’s West Java by October VinFast Auto expects to open its delayed North…
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India’s RBI cut US debt, bought gold even before Trump’s tariffs
Central banks have been boosting gold purchases to reduce their risks to the US dollar as global growth becomes more uncertain India’s…
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Singapore early-stage emerging tech startups see 14% rise in deal volume, but funds raised slip 8%
There were 56 deals in 2024, up from 49 a year ago, though funding raised dipped from US$402 million to US$371 million Singapore’s early…
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Texas A&M chancellor vows disciplinary action after professor caught teaching 'gender unicorn'
Texas A&M Chancellor Glenn Hegar said Monday that the university system will take disciplinary action after an undercover video showed a…
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China derivatives fuel 36% surge in SGX trading volume to 31.8 billion units in August
Value traded up 17% to S$33 billion; SGX cites global institutions tapping into China-access derivatives to manage risk across multiple…
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MetaOptics closes 20% up from IPO price on Catalist trading debut
The company’s placement of 30 million shares at S$0.20 apiece has brought in S$6 million Semiconductor optics company MetaOptics’ share…
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Indonesian currency, stocks fall after finance minister’s exit
The rupiah has weakened 2.3% against the US dollar this year, the worst-performing currency in Asia after the Indian rupee Indonesia’s…
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Gold prices trade above US$3,600 on Fed rate-cut bets
Investors are now awaiting US producer price data on Wednesday and consumer prices on Thursday for further clues on the Fed’s policy path…
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China’s green push may cut global fossil use by 2030: report
The Asian nation is disproving the notion that green goals and economic growth are at odds, according to the report The stage may be set…
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Ant digital arm puts 60 billion yuan energy assets on its blockchain
The firm has so far completed financing for three clean energy projects using this approach, raising about 300 million yuan in total for…
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Temu plots aggressive US comeback with 60% price cuts
The push comes after the company, hit hard by the levy changes, briefly retracted from American market, pivoting instead to Europe and…
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US electric vehicle uptake to hit the brakes on Trump policies
Automakers have curtailed multi-billion-dollar bets on the technology that they made earlier this decade Already sluggish adoption of…
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Hidden inflation drives Japan consumers to price-tracking sites
Shoppers in the island nation are facing higher living costs for the first time since the burst of an asset bubble in the early 90s…
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Renault to add cheaper batteries for affordable EVs, accelerate transformation in face of Chinese competition: CEO
French automaker Renault will introduce more affordable batteries for EVs and speed up development times for all models to better compete…
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Senate Republicans begin to change rules to clear backlog of Trump nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday he planned to begin "necessary procedural steps to amend the rules" so that Republicans…
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Rivian lays off hundreds of employees ahead of the end of EV tax credits
Rivian has laid off about 200 employees as the electric vehicle maker prepares for a U.S. economy with fewer incentives to go green. The…
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What kind of person wants to kill Trump? We're about to find out
The first trial in nearly 40 years of someone accused of nearly assassinating a president is turning into a circus. Source link
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What kind of person might want to kill Trump? We're about to find out
The first trial in nearly 40 years of someone accused of nearly assassinating a president is turning into a circus. Source link
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Democrats display alleged Trump note to Epstein for 50th birthday
House Democrats on Monday released a screenshot of a note that President Trump allegedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in…