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RHB Bank’s Singapore unit key to regional growth plan, targets
Published Fri, Jul 18, 2025 · 05:34 PM[SINGAPORE] RHB Singapore, part of Malaysia’s fourth-biggest banking group RHB, will be key in driving its regional expansion plans and help meet...
HSBC disbands team focused on managing geopolitical risks
Published Fri, Jul 18, 2025 · 05:04 PM[LONDON] HSBC Holdings is disbanding a team of staffers that were focused on identifying and managing geopolitical risk, even as the possibility...
China venture capital funds tap global investors for US$2 billion in comeback
[BEIJING] China’s largest venture capital houses are tapping the market for at least US$2 billion in new funds, re-engaging with the country’s startups in a signal of renewed global...
BP to sell onshore wind business in US
BP is seeking to cut cleaner energy investment by more than US$5 billion annuallyPublished Fri, Jul 18, 2025 · 04:21 PM[LONDON] BP said on Friday (Jul 18) it had...
ECB may wait until December to make final rate cut: survey
[FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) can delay its final interest-rate cut until December without investors concluding in the meantime that easing is over, a Bloomberg survey of economists...
Cinemas weigh launching new large screen brand to challenge Imax
[LOS ANGELES] Some of the largest US theatre chains, including Cinemark, Regal and Marcus, have held preliminary talks about jointly marketing their big-screen theatres to blunt the growing influence...
Trump’s U-turn on Nvidia spurs talk of grand bargain with China
[BEIJING] Only a few years ago, the Biden administration declared export controls a “new strategic asset” to help the US maintain “as large a lead as possible” over China...
Japan’s SMEs ready to adapt to Trump tariffs
[TOKYO] Small and medium-sized (SME) firms such as Mitsuwa Electric that form the backbone of Japan’s economy have weathered many storms over the decades, and company president Yuji Miyazaki...
Asia: Markets on course to end week on a positive note
[HONG KONG] Asian markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note on Friday (Jul 18), as investors took up New York’s latest record highs sparked by healthy...
Maybank initiates ‘buy’ call on Keppel DC Reit amid demand for AI adoption, cloud migration
[SINGAPORE] Maybank Securities analyst Krishna Guha on Thursday (Jul 17) initiated a “buy” rating on Keppel DC Reit, with a target price of S$2.40, considering that it would benefit from...
