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Thai rice exports may fall as much as 12.5% in 2026 as baht bites
[BANGKOK] Thailand’s rice exports are projected to fall to 7 million metric tons next year from up to 8 million in 2025, with the strong baht making it harder...
Keppel Reit unit secures three bridge loans totalling S$892 million
[SINGAPORE] The manager of Keppel Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) said on Wednesday (Dec 24) that it has obtained three bridge loan facilities totalling about S$892 million through a...
Charities need to make money, too
As the giving landscape evolves, these organisations need to be more entrepreneurial without losing their core purpose[SINGAPORE] Innovation, sustainability, long-term. These buzzwords surround not just for-profit organisations, but charities...
Keppel Data Centre Campus gets conditional approval for 10-year lease extension
This is part of the sale of two hyperscale data centres in the campus to Keppel DC Reit[SINGAPORE] Authorities have granted a conditional 10-year lease extension (to Jul 15,...
Data centre race: Singapore betting on quality over scale, say observers
As the AI race heats up, the city-state is pursuing a ‘sustainable’ data centre strategy – but what stands in the way of its ambitions?[SINGAPORE] As South-east Asia and...
Green debt sales hit record levels in 2025 despite climate backlash
Europe has also rolled back some of its toughest environmental rules amid concerns about growth and competitiveness[SINGAPORE] Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year despite policy and regulatory...
Vietnam’s Vingroup to withdraw bid for US$67 billion North-South high-speed railway
The government has said the winner of the North-South railway will be announced in January[HANOI] Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, Vingroup, said on Thursday (Dec 25) that it would withdraw its...
Ten lessons from a history of disruptions
There are many common reasons how and why business disruptions happen, and are resisted[SINGAPORE] Disruption has felled many once-great companies, including Digital Equipment, Nokia, Sears, Kodak, Blockbuster, Borders as...
Copper hits record in China, jumps in New York on supply concern
COPPER surged to a record in Shanghai and rallied in New York, adding to substantial annual gains as investors bet on tighter global supplies in 2026, while also pricing...
Asia markets edge up amid thinned holiday trade
[HONG KONG] Asian markets edged slightly higher on Friday (Dec 26) amid holiday-thinned trade, though some exchanges remained closed for the Boxing Day holiday.Gold continued to hover around its...
