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ANZ mulls up to 5,000 job cuts in bank revamp: report
Published Mon, Sep 1, 2025 · 04:03 PMANZ Group is mulling a reduction in headcount by as many as 5,000 people as part of a wider restructure under chief...
Mediacorp lays off 93 staff due to rapid scale and pace of change in media landscape
[SINGAPORE] Mediacorp is laying off 93 staff as it adapts to a “rapidly evolving media landscape and to better align its operations amid the prevailing economic and commercial uncertainty”....
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 declined due to a prolonged property...
Sembcorp wins bid to build 86 MWp floating solar farm on Pandan Reservoir
[SINGAPORE] Sembcorp Industries, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sembcorp Solar Singapore, has won a bid by the Public Utilities Board to build a floating solar farm on Pandan Reservoir....
Samsung, SK Hynix sag after US revokes China chip gear permits
[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares slid on Monday (Sep 1) after the Trump administration decided to make it harder for the world’s largest memory chipmakers to ship...
Asia: Alibaba soars but markets dip
Published Mon, Sep 1, 2025 · 12:02 PMCHINESE ecommerce giant Alibaba boosted the Hang Seng on Monday, but other Asian markets mostly fell back after Wall Street retreated from...
Gold climbs to more than four-month high on US rate-cut bets
[BENGALURU] 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 this month lifted bullion’s...
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soars 6.5% on the back of new orders worth US$920 million
[SINGAPORE] 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 has secured 22 new...
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 [SINGAPORE] Entertainment company mm2 Asia on Monday (Sep 1) announced...
Indonesia, Thailand market outlooks buffeted by political risk
[SINGAPORE] Intensifying protests in Indonesia and the latest leadership upheaval in Thailand are ratcheting up political risk in the two largest emerging markets in South-east Asia.Indonesia’s equity benchmark slid...
