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US raid disrupts construction at multiple South Korean battery plants
The company is building three other production lines in Arizona, Michigan and Ohio The immigration raid at an LG Energy Solution-owned…
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Asia: Markets rally as new US jobs data fans rate cut hopes
ASIAN markets extended gains on Wednesday following a record day across Wall Street as fresh data pointing to a weakening US jobs market…
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KKR, Blackstone turn India into Asia’s buyout HQ after China dip
The South Asian nation offers strong economic expansion, with broader investment opportunities across sectors from infrastructure to…
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LHN makes progress with proposal to list Coliwoo, delisting from Hong Kong bourse
Co-living business Coliwoo on Tuesday (Sep 9) received a letter from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading (SGX-ST) that declared it…
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Stocks to watch: Frasers Property, SingPost, HRnetGroup, LHN, Sim Leisure
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Sep 10): Frasers Property: Its…
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Former Meta researchers testify company buried child safety studies
META systematically suppressed internal research highlighting serious child safety risks on its virtual reality platforms, according to…
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Apple holds down new iPhone prices amid threats of Trump tariffs
[CUPERTINO, California] Apple on Tuesday introduced an upgraded line of new iPhones, including a slimmer iPhone Air, and held prices…
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Sim Leisure to receive compensation after settling theme park dispute with Bandar Malaysia
The theme park operator expects the compensation sum to have a material positive impact on its earnings for the current financial year…
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US: Wall St opens slightly higher in run-up to employment revision figures
Wall Street indexes opened slightly higher on Tuesday (Sep 9), a day after closing near record peaks, as investors remained cautious ahead…
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French wine production hit by summer heat waves and wildfires
Output is projected to be 37.4 million hectolitres, down from an August estimate of as much as 42.5 million hectolitres France expects…
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Anglo American agrees to buy Teck in deal reshaping mining
Anglo American has agreed to acquire Canada’s Teck Resources, creating a more than US$50 billion company in one of the biggest mining…
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ASML invests 1.3 billion euros on Europe’s AI champion Mistral
The deal provides Mistral with a major injection and makes it one of Europe’s most valuable private companies ASML Holding is investing…
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How does Tesla get to US$8.5 trillion value? Robots, robotaxis and hope
How can Tesla become an US$8.5 trillion company? That is the market valuation the electric vehicle maker would have to reach to justify…
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CIMB Singapore CEO Victor Lee resigns; placed on gardening leave with immediate effect
The bank says it will announce its successors in due course; CFO to take charge in interim Victor Lee has resigned from his roles as chief…
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Alibaba dumps 151.3 million SingPost shares, slashing its stake to below 5%
This means the Chinese e-commerce giant is no longer a substantial shareholder of the national postal service provider Alibaba Investment,…
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HRnetGroup targets Vietnam’s booming tech sector with new subsidiary
It notes interest in hiring of IT engineers, data scientists and product teams by companies in finance and banking, media and platforms,…
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Cambodia opens US$2b Chinese-built airport
Techo airport will be able to handle up to 13 million passengers a year, and aims to reach 50 million by 2050 A US$2 billion Chinese-built…
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Singapore stocks end lower amid mixed regional trading; STI down 0.3%
Across the broader market, losers beat gainers 291 to 275, as 1.6 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion change hands Local shares ended…
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Chinese property stocks jump on policy, lending boost
Top gainers included Country Garden and Shimao Group Holdings, whose shares rose more than 30% Chinese property shares surged in Hong…
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China property stocks jump on policy, lending boost
Top gainers included Country Garden and Shimao Group Holdings, whose shares rose more than 30% Chinese property shares surged in Hong…
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BOJ likely to trim super-long bond buying in Q4
The Bank of Japan is likely to slightly reduce its purchases of super-long government bonds in the fourth quarter despite recent rises in…
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Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps
This paves the way for the US tech giant to compete better with local navigation platforms Google said on Tuesday (Sep 9) that it would…
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VinFast plans US plant in 2028 as it seeks equity backers
The automaker expects to open another assembly plant in Indonesia’s West Java by October VinFast Auto expects to open its delayed North…
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India’s RBI cut US debt, bought gold even before Trump’s tariffs
Central banks have been boosting gold purchases to reduce their risks to the US dollar as global growth becomes more uncertain India’s…