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Electric vehicle sales growth eases to 21% in July: research firm
GLOBAL electric vehicle sales grew 21 per cent year-on-year in July, the slowest rate since January and down from 25 per cent in June, as…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump will stand firm with Putin
Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Trump won't stand for a bad deal from Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Alaska next…
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Skechers Beat Expectations in Q2 as Shoe Firm Continues on Path to Go Private
Skechers quietly released its second quarter earnings after the market closed on Friday as the company continues its work to go private.…
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PR Agency Studio Beauty Acquires Wellness Firm Powers PR, Expands With Wellness Division
Studio Beauty, founded by Bex Meredith and Cindy Krupp, has acquired Powers PR for an undisclosed amount. Through the acquisition, Powers…
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Malaysian palm oil firm FGV to be delisted on August 28
Felda settlers own shares in the company but have not seen the returns that they were promised when the company was listed in 2012…
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Brunei tweaks Bridgewater bet to a lucrative 20% stake in firm
Brunei’s sovereign wealth fund pulled money from an investment in a Bridgewater Associates strategy to buy an almost 20 per cent stake in…
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Western Craze Helps Boot Barn Kick Off Fiscal 2026 on a High Note as Firm Raises Full-Year Outlook
Boot Barn is starting a new fiscal year on a high note. In the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the Irvine, Calif-based footwear company saw…
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Major healthcare equipment firm on brink of failure
A major supplier of healthcare equipment to people who are being discharged from hospital or need support in their own homes, is on the…
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FireAid Hires Law Firm to Review Dispersal of Funds From Benefit Concert in Response to Congressman’s Inquiries
FireAid has hired a law firm, Latham & Watkins, to review the dispersal of roughly $100 million in funds that were raised in conjunction…
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China crypto firm Bitmain plans first US factory in Trump gambit
Bitmain Technologies, the world’s largest manufacturer of crypto mining hardware, plans to open its first US facility in the coming…
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Singtel associate Airtel’s data centre firm inks renewable-energy partnership to boost capacity
The tie-up promises to boost the data centre company’s infrastructural efficiency, decarbonisation efforts and operations Singtel regional…
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Indonesia plans US$8 billion refineries contract with US firm amid tariffs deal: sources
Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara plans to sign a US$8 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract with US…
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Norwegian investment firm joins AI gold rush to the frozen north
Norwegian industrial investment firm Aker has announced plans to build an AI “factory” in the Arctic. It’s the latest company heading to…
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Global EV sales jump 24% in June though North American market struggles: research firm
GLOBAL sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles jumped 24 per cent in June from a year ago, as a switch to electric vehicles…
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Dutch firm moves to privatise Grand Venture Technology at S$0.94 apiece
A Dutch firm is looking to take Grand Venture Technology private by way of scheme of arrangement, said the precision engineering solutons…
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Dutch firm moves to privatise Grand Venture Technology at S$0.94 per share
A Netherlands-incorporated firm is looking to privatise precision engineering solutions company Grand Venture Technology at S$0.94 a…
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Merck nears US$10 billion deal for London-based lung therapy firm Verona, FT reports
Merck is nearing a US$10 billion deal to buy lung diseases focussed Verona Pharma, as the US drugmaker is eyeing deals to offset the…
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Musk's AI firm deletes posts after Grok chatbot praises Hitler
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence start-up xAI says it is working to remove "inappropriate" posts made by its chatbot, Grok, after users…
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Singapore stocks hold firm after latest salvo of US tariffs; STI up 0.4%
Across the boarder market, gainers outnumber losers 321 to 197, as 1.5 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion change hands The local…
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Blackpink Firm YG Entertainment’s Mojo Kim Talks K-Pop’s Global Strategy at Golden Melody Festival: ‘It’s About Emotional Language’
The Golden Melody Festival’s conference lineup in Taipei brought together a dynamic mix of industry leaders from across Asia and beyond.…
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Chip-design firm SkyeChip is close to a Malaysian IPO, CEO says
Malaysian semiconductor designer SkyeChip is “close” to an initial public offering after posting consecutive years of revenue and profit…
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Struggling semiconductor firm Wolfspeed files for bankruptcy
Wolfspeed, a chipmaker caught in US President Donald Trump’s push to reshape Biden-era tech subsidies, filed bankruptcy to enact a…
Business
Another interior fit-out firm eyes Catalist IPO as Dezign Format lodges preliminary prospectus
A second interior fit-out company is preparing to list on the Singapore Exchange’s Catalist board in as many weeks, as Dezign Format Group…
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Swiss-American eye care firm Alcon launches expanded Tuas manufacturing facility
Alcon, a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specialising in eye care products, opened its expanded manufacturing and…