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Tencent Music to buy Chinese audio platform Ximalaya for US$2.4 billion
Ximalaya counts Tencent, Baidu and Sony Group’s music entertainment unit as backers Chinese music platform Tencent Music Entertainment…
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Keppel Infrastructure Trust to divest 24.6% stake in Australian bus service business for A$130 million
Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management, the manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT), is divesting a 24.6 per cent stake in an…
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Transcript: Trump’s Threats to Unleash Troops Just Took a Darker Turn
McQuade: Well, if you look at the section that President Trump invokes as the authority, it is a federal statute that gives the president…
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Societe Generale becomes first major bank to launch dollar-pegged stablecoin
France’s Societe Generale said on Tuesday (Jun 10) it plans to launch a publicly tradable, dollar-backed stablecoin through its digital…
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Trump’s Version of Federalism Is a Perverse Death Trap
In April, Trump turned down his own former press spokesperson, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, after her state was hit with…
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The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
Early Sunday evening in Los Angeles, as the city was under siege by federal anti-immigration forces, aided by local law enforcement, Mayor…
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Science Badly Needs Defending Right Now. It Doesn’t Need Your Belief.
Science requires public money to succeed at scale and is undertaken primarily for the public good. Sure, private companies also do…
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The Tiny Border Town Getting Battered by Trump’s Tariffs on Canada
“We have had conversations as a family where, if we have to go to the mainland for anything—doctor’s appointments, dentist, whatever—do we…
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Australia regulator trials faster IPO process as listings hit decade low
Australia’s securities regulator said on Tuesday (Jun 10) it would trial changes to speed up initial public offerings that are at a decade…
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Singapore stocks snap 5-day winning streak on Tuesday; STI down 0.1%
Local stocks closed lower on Tuesday (Jun 10), ending five straight days of gains amid concerns that the US-China trade talks may not be…
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Top India dealmakers earn 37% more than Singapore peers
Senior dealmakers in India are earning more than their counterparts in Singapore and Hong Kong, according to Bloomberg Intelligence, as…
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Neo Group buys over bakery chain PrimaDeli’s operations for undisclosed sum
Caterer Neo Group has bought over the business operations of home-grown bakery chain PrimaDeli from Prima Food for an undisclosed sum.…
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Thai tech services outlook remains positive amid recession fears: analyst
Maybank Securities has sounded a positive note for the outlook for the Thailand technology services sector, on the back of support from…
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“Disturbing”: Trump’s Threats to Use Troops in Cities Just Got Darker
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump ordered up the National Guard to deal with violence that broke out in Los Angeles amid protests…
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Elite UK Reit to acquire three UK government-leased assets for £9.2 million
The manager of Elite UK Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) announced on Tuesday (Jun 10) that the Reit has entered into a conditional…
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Jumbo ventures beyond chilli crab to bring famous Siji Minfu Peking duck chain to Singapore
Home-grown seafood restaurant group Jumbo has inked a joint venture with Chinese roast duck brand Siji Minfu to bring its signature Peking…
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Australia shares close at record high
(SYDNEY) Australian shares logged a record close on Tuesday (Jun 10), with banks and energy stocks leading the charge, as renewed optimism…
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DBS raises DFI Retail Group Holding’s target price, citing strong potential to grow earnings
DBS bank on Monday (Jun 9) raised its target price for DFI Retail Group from US$3 to US$3.60 and maintained its “buy” rating, citing a…
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Asia: Markets extend gains as China-US talks head into second day
Asian stocks squeezed out more gains on Tuesday as the latest round of China-US trade talks moved into a second day, with one of Donald…
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Grab denies reports of US$7 billion GoTo acquisition
SOUTHEAST Singapore-based ride-hailing and delivery company Grab said on Monday it was not in any talks on a potential deal with smaller…
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Bank of Japan vows to keep raising rates if underlying inflation accelerates
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Tuesday stressed anew the central bank’s readiness to keep raising interest rates if underlying…
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Gold falls as traders watch US-China trade talks in London
GOLD declined on Tuesday as market participants awaited further developments from ongoing US-China trade talks in London, with…
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Huawei chips are one generation behind US but firm is finding workarounds: CEO
Huawei Technologies’ chips are one generation behind those of US peers but the firm is finding ways to improve performance through methods…
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China’s WeRide, Malaysia’s Causeway Link among firms bidding to run driverless public buses in S’pore
The local offshoot of Chinese self-driving technology company WeRide and a consortium led by Malaysian bus operator Handal Indah, also…