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LHN gets SGX nod to list Coliwoo on main board; issues upbeat report for Q3
[SINGAPORE] Co-living business Coliwoo on Tuesday (Sep 9) received a letter from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading (SGX-ST) that declared it to be conditionally eligible for a listing on...
Google cloud forecasts US$58 billion revenue boost by 2027
Alphabet is among tech companies racing to build out data centre capacity in order to serve growing demand for artificial intelligence processing[NEW YORK] Alphabet’s Google cloud computing division has...
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, healthcare and public sector[SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed HRnetGroup has...
Europe: Shares end higher amid all eyes on French no-confidence vote
EUROPEAN shares finished higher on Monday, while French stocks also rose as investors stayed calm in the run-up to a no-confidence vote later in the day that lead to the...
VW unveils affordable EVs to take on Chinese rivals
Volkswagen has made considerable cost savings on the cars by sharing technology across the different models[MUNICH] Europe’s top car manufacturer Volkswagen on Monday (Sep 8) presented a series of...
Nasdaq makes push to launch trading of tokenized securities
If approved, the move would mark the first instance of tokenized securities being allowed to trade on a major US stock exchange[NEW YORK] Nasdaq is working with US regulators...
Cosco Shipping, Orient Overseas could be staring at over US$2.1 billion in US port fees: HSBC
This could erode 74% and 65% of consensus Ebit margin forecast for FY2026 for Cosco Shipping Holdings and Orient Overseas (International), respectively [SINGAPORE] China lines Cosco Shipping Holdings and...
Mercedes keeps ‘value over volume’ approach in tough Chinese market
Published Mon, Sep 8, 2025 · 06:16 AM[MUNICH] German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz is sticking with its premium strategy in its main market China, where a brutal pricing war has...
The Impossible Becomes Possible: My Millennium Wave
The Millennium Wave in Tahiti stands as a monument to what many consider impossible. This famous wave, which I rode in February, marked a turning point in my life—a...
Blackstone revamps Asia real estate unit as senior executive steps down
[HONG KONG] Blackstone is revamping the senior management at its Asia real estate unit as its long-serving head of acquisitions is set to leave, sources familiar with the matter...
Citi appoints banking veteran as Apac investment banking co-head
Kaustubh Kulkarni is making the move after spending nearly three decades at JPMorgan [SINGAPORE] Citi has named Kaustubh Kulkarni as its new co-head of investment banking for Japan, Asia North...
MetaOptics eyes S$6 million in gross proceeds from IPO, to trade on SGX Catalist on Sep 9
[SINGAPORE] Home-grown semiconductor optics startup MetaOptics intends to raise some S$6 million in gross proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO), as it issues 30 million placement shares at...