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Lloyds bank says profits shrink on bad car loans
Profit after tax dropped 14% to £2.9 billion in the first nine months of the year British lender Lloyds Banking Group on Thursday (Oct 23)…
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PacificLight appoints Mitsubishi Power and Jurong Engineering to build S$1 billion hydrogen-ready power plant
PacificLight Power announced on Thursday (Oct 23) that it has appointed a consortium comprising Jurong Engineering Limited (JEL) and…
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Nexperia’s China unit resumes chip sales to domestic distributors, requires renminbi-only payments: sources
The chipmaker is seeking chip packaging partners outside China as the dispute drags on [BEIJING/TAIPEI] Dutch chipmaker Nexperia’s Chinese…
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Cat A COE eases to S$122,000, ending streak of record highs
Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums for mainstream cars fell 4.8 per cent or S$6,105 to S$122,000 in October’s second bidding…
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Nokia profit surges past estimates on network growth
Nokia’s adjusted profit for the third quarter beat estimates, thanks to growth in its network infrastructure and optical networks…
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Renault Q3 revenue rises on car sales, finance arm
Renault’s third-quarter sales gained 6.8 per cent, helped by demand for new models such as the Dacia Bigster as well as higher revenue at…
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Volvo car profit unexpectedly rises on cost-cutting success
Volvo Car reported better-than-expected profit in the third quarter as the automaker benefited from the effects of its 18 billion-kronor…
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South Korea keeps rates on hold but surprises with nod to further cuts
SOUTHKOREA-ECONOMY/RATES (UPDATE 3, PIX):UPDATE 3-South Korea keeps rates on hold but surprises with nod to further cuts South Korea’s…
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Former Citi, Julius Baer bankers to plead guilty in S$3 billion money laundering scandal
TWO former bankers at Citigroup and Julius Baer Group are set to plead guilty for their alleged roles in aiding the movement of illicit…
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Former Citi banker gets longest sentence in S$3 billion money laundering scandal
Former Julius Baer Group Ltd. banker Liu Kai is scheduled to plead guilty on Friday A former wealth banker at Citigroup Inc. got the…
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Former Citi banker Wang Qiming gets longest sentence in S$3 billion money laundering scandal
A former wealth banker at Citigroup got the longest sentence in Singapore’s biggest money laundering case for his role in aiding the…
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Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara hires 2 executives from Singapore’s GIC
Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara has hired two former GIC investment professionals to lead its global private market coverage,…
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Nomura CEO seeks to tap more private market bets from Japanese
Nomura Holdings’ chief executive officer sees more scope to get business from Japanese investors who are looking to private markets as a…
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Hyflux ex-company secretary testifies 2 lawyers involved in preference shares document
Officers from banks that had earlier considered providing project financing for the Tuaspring project have been lined up to take the stand…
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Singtel partners Palo Alto Networks to launch quantum-threat protected network
Its hybrid quantum-safe network combines hardware and software methods to protect data against quantum-computing threats Singtel on…
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Singtel partners Palo Alto to launch network against surge of quantum-computing threats
Its hybrid quantum-safe network combines hardware and software methods to protect data against quantum-computing threats Singtel on…
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How Jenny Lee became Asia’s ‘Iron Woman’ of venture capital
In the past three decades, Singaporean venture capitalist Jenny Lee has proven her mettle with her trailblazing spirit “EVEN if you left…
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China and US ‘just flexing muscles’ over critical metals, BHP chair says
The US and China are battling to project power as they compete to secure critical minerals supply, the new chair of BHP said on Thursday,…
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Gold’s dip a mere blip in glittering rally hinting at global monetary shift
IT HAS been a banner year for gold bugs. Despite a 5 per cent correction on Oct 21, the yellow metal has been the best-performing asset…
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CapitaLand Malaysia Trust Q3 DPU up 3.7% at 1.11 sen on higher contributions across portfolio
CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (CLMT) on Wednesday (Oct 22) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.11 sen for its third quarter ended Sep…
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Gold eases as dollar firms, focus on US inflation data
Investors have nearly fully priced in a 25-basis-point rate cut at the US Federal Reserve’s meeting next week Gold prices edged lower on…
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Wee Hur unit enters JV to build Wycombe Abbey international school in Singapore
It also plans to consolidate its purpose-built student accommodation assets under a new fund Wee Hur announced on Wednesday (Oct 22) that…
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Wee Hur unit in JV to build Wycombe Abbey international school in Singapore
It also plans to consolidate its purpose-built student accommodation assets under a new fund Wee Hur announced on Wednesday (Oct 22) that…
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Chinese firms speed up US dollar selling amid optimism towards yuan
The PBOC set the yuan’s daily reference rate at its strongest in about a year this month Chinese banks helped clients offload overseas…