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ComfortDelGro buys rest of CityCab shares for S$116.3 million from ST Engineering unit
Transport giant ComfortDelGro (CDG) acquired on Monday (Sep 1) all of ST Engineering Land Systems’ shares in taxi operator CityCab for a…
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A Labor Day Lesson Plan: Teach High-Schoolers About Workplace Rights
And a word for teachers, who might fret about adding one more topic to an already-packed curriculum: This content is perfectly suited for…
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Happy Labor Day. Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are Screwing Workers.
If our notional employer still feels wronged after the NLRB board rules against him, he or she can file an appeal in federal court. I half…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding leads gains; STI up 0.2%
The local bourse started the week on a positive note, contrary to cautious sentiments in regional markets. The Straits Times Index (STI)…
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India's strong economic growth fails to impress equity investors
India’s world-beating economic growth is failing to translate into gains for equity markets as weakening pricing power and US tariffs…
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‘Nikko’ cut from new name of US$260 billion Japanese asset manager
Nikko Asset Management is changing its name to Amova Asset Management, removing “Nikko” for the first time since it was founded in 1959 in…
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ANZ mulls up to 5,000 job cuts in bank revamp: report
Group is mulling a reduction in headcount by as many as 5,000 people as part of a wider restructure under chief executive officer Nuno…
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Mediacorp lays off 93 staff due to rapid scale and pace of change in media landscape
Mediacorp is laying off 93 staff as it adapts to a “rapidly evolving media landscape and to better align its operations amid the…
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China’s Baosteel in discussions on steel investments from Asia to Africa
Beijing is also facing anti-dumping duties from a number of countries as they seek to keep out cheaper Chinese supplies after domestic use…
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Sembcorp wins bid to build 86 MWp floating solar farm on Pandan Reservoir
Sembcorp Industries, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sembcorp Solar Singapore, has won a bid by the Public Utilities Board to build a…
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Samsung, SK Hynix sag after US revokes China chip gear permits
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares slid on Monday (Sep 1) after the Trump administration decided to make it harder for the world’s…
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Asia: Alibaba soars but markets dip
ESE ecommerce giant Alibaba boosted the Hang Seng on Monday, but other Asian markets mostly fell back after Wall Street retreated from…
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Gold climbs to more than four-month high on US rate-cut bets
Gold prices rose to a more than four-month high on Monday (Sep 1), as increased expectations of a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soars 6.5% on the back of new orders worth US$920 million
Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soared 6.5 per cent shortly after market open on Monday (Sep 1) on the back of its announcement that it…
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Cathay Cineplexes to undergo voluntary liquidation
It is not feasible for the cinema chain to continue operating as a going concern, parent mm2 Asia says Entertainment company mm2 Asia on…
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Indonesia, Thailand market outlooks buffeted by political risk
Intensifying protests in Indonesia and the latest leadership upheaval in Thailand are ratcheting up political risk in the two largest…
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Tokyo bourse pressed for more disclosure on management buyouts
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) remains under pressure to do more to protect minority shareholders during management buyouts (MBOs), just…
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Temasek revamp makes sense given the varied capabilities needed to manage growing portfolio
Back in the early 2000s, it puzzled me that Temasek Holdings chose to describe itself as an Asia investment company headquartered in…
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Superfood Kitchen to liquidate with closure of last outlet in Raffles City
It has been incurring accumulated losses; negotiations with potential buyer did not go through Local eatery Superfood Kitchen will enter…
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SoftBank, Rakuten tap Japan’s booming retail demand for bonds
SALES of corporate bonds to Japan’s mom and pop investors are booming, on track to surpass last year’s record as bigger returns draw…
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The One Area Where Democrats Should Follow Trump’s Lead
Nowhere is the case for public ownership clearer than in the defense sector. Lutnick—like Trump, a broken clock—was right when he said…
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Hiap Seng Engineering employee killed in workshop accident
The group will take necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such an incident An employee died in an accident at the workshop of…
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‘Undervalued’ CapitaLand Ascott Trust presses on with diversification for stability and growth
The share price of CapitaLand Ascott Trust (Clas) – the largest lodging trust in the Asia-Pacific by total assets – is undervalued, said…
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Indonesia’s gas crunch strains domestic industries, may shake trust in exports
Indonesia’s growing gas shortage is forcing the government to prioritise domestic industries – a decision which analysts said could…