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Jardine Matheson paying out US$250 million to shareholders via share buybacks
Move follows sale of MCL Land and plan to delist Mandarin Oriental; shares up in early trading London-listed conglomerate Jardine Matheson…
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India is set to triple rare earth magnets plan to 70 billion rupees
Several overseas suppliers have expressed interest in providing rare earth materials to the South Asian nation India plans to almost…
Business
Stocks to watch: Jardine Matheson, Nio, CapitaLand Ascendas Reit, Yangzijiang Financial, Wee Hur, Nam Lee, Fu Yu
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Nov 3): Jardine Matheson:The…
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The ‘Chinese owner’ of Nexperia: How Zhang Xuezheng’s tech empire fell to geopolitics
Beijing has taken countermeasures in response to the Dutch government’s actions THE China-US trade war continues to produce fresh drama…
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CEO of Singtel-owned Optus says he has no plans to resign in fiery probe into fatal outage
The Australia’s second-largest phone company has been warned it likely faces major financial penalties for the blunder Optus chief…
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Nio’s October deliveries surge 92.6% to 40,397 electric vehicles
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Nio announced on Sunday (Nov 2) that it delivered 40,397 vehicles in October this year, up 92.6…
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Aravest, Wee Hur complete S$160 million purchase of former Hotel Miramar Singapore
Price works out to S$465,100 per room; property to be rebranded DoubleTree by Hilton after renovation Wee Hur has taken a stake in a new…
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Can Singapore unlock value for its ‘Next 50’ stocks, or will they be a value trap?
China Sunsine Chemical, iFast, Olam, Pan-United Corp and Sheng Siong among those with sound fundamentals: Maybank Singapore’s push for…
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The benign truth hidden behind currency fears
Currencies of developed nations tend to even out in the long term; so their short-term volatility can be overlooked WHETHER a currency is…
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Beyond chatbots, AI is giving companies a major efficiency boost
Companies’ uses of artificial intelligence (AI) are going beyond chatbots and into the areas of automation and agents. For instance, since…
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Shareholder engagement crucial as listing rules are loosened and financial watch list is retired
Was the negative stigma of the watch list really a problem? Or, was the real problem the fact that many companies on the watch list had…
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DBS, OCBC and UOB expected to post flat or weaker Q3 earnings as margins narrow
Focus will be on whether stronger wealth and trading income can cushion lending slowdown Singapore’s three local banks are set to deliver…
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Data centres and clean power: Tricky marriage in the spotlight at Singapore’s energy forum
There are calls for financing support and grid upgrades to boost the union’s viability Clean energy – from both domestic projects and the…
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Tata Consultancy Services looks to grow beyond financial services focus in Singapore
It aims to double the revenues of its public sector, manufacturing and retail segments Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the world’s…
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Philippines seeks fix for world’s worst-performing stock market
It’s the textbook investment strategy – save consistently and let time and compound interest do its work. That’s what Carl Edison Balagtas…
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Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world
CHENNAI, India — Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically…
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Chicago, ICE, and the Lie of the American Pastoral
The taunt—a tack—isn’t new, only reinvigorated under the current regime. Assuaging the anxieties of folks who are not from around here is…
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James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
You could tell that he was getting back to work when the drinking stopped and the parties stopped. Sitting in uneasy silence—he hated…
Culture
Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel
And the narrator, despite her waning attraction, continues to call and write to him. She is recalcitrant as a rule. This is a woman who,…
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Winter Culture Previews
Lorde, Clipse, Sudan Archives There’s a little something for everyone sprinkled across this winter’s slate of shows in contemporary music.…
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Vietnam, UK Deepen Partnership with New Comprehensive Strategic Deal Covering 6 Sectors
Vietnam and the United Kingdom have formed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that outlines six major areas of cooperation, including…
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Daniel Waterman: Father-to-be Wakes Up from Coma to Tell Cops that Angry Girlfriend Caused Car Crash Before Dying
A young Florida father-to-be, who was left in a coma after a violent car crash, briefly regained consciousness and used the moment to…
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Who is Kristyne Schaaf-Olson? Arizona Judge Resigns After Video Allegedly Shows Her Urinating in Public
An Arizona judge has tendered her resignation just two days after she was reportedly caught urinating in public, with the incident…