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BNP starts buyback, boosts capital goal after share drop
BNP Paribas announced a new buyback and plans to reach a target for capital strength early as chief executive officer Jean-Laurent Bonnafe…
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Nvidia’s upbeat forecast soothes fears of AI spending bubble
Nvidia Corp, the world’s most valuable company, gave a strong revenue forecast for the current period, helping counter concern that a…
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Vietnamese airline Vietjet to resume use of Chinese-made Comac planes: sources
C909, which seats up to 90 passengers, has been operating commercially since 2016 Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet plans to resume the…
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Footage shows Brazilian hostage rescue simulation, not 'Israeli commando shooting Hamas gunman'
Weeks into a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a months-old video of a Brazilian hostage rescue simulation was…
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Google opens new AI engineering centre in Taiwan
Alphabet’s Google on Thursday opened in Taiwan its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside…
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OCBC app adds 8 digital wallets from across South-east Asia
Local bank OCBC on Thursday (Nov 20) said that it has added eight digital wallets from South-east Asia, enabling customers in Singapore to…
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China’s Lenovo signs long-term component-supply deal for next year
Global memory chip prices are climbing due to demand from data centre operators for building AI servers Lenovo said on Thursday (Nov 20)…
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Miu Miu Beauty Pops Up in Miami
Miu Miu Beauty is heading south for the holidays. The beauty brand, which launched its Miutine fragrance in August, followed by a megawatt…
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Heavy rain in Vietnam’s top coffee-growing region threatens crop
Heavy rain has delayed harvesting in Vietnam’s biggest coffee-growing province of Dak Lak, and further downpours risk damaging crops and…
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Hong Kong stock rally meets HK$193.8 billion lockup test ahead
Hong Kong’s stock rally faces a looming test, as year-end expirations of share-sale restrictions threaten to spur volatility and prompt…
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Asia: Stocks rally as bumber Nvidia report offsets Fed rate concern
ASIAN markets rallied on Thursday after blowout earnings from chip powerhouse Nvidia cooled worries over an AI bubble and overshadowed a…
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Nvidia’s Huang says company has plenty of new chips to sell
Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said his company has enough new Blackwell chips to meet increasing demand and that business is…
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Gold gains with traders awaiting US data for fresh Fed cues
Traders now see nearly a 33% chance for a rate cut at the Fed’s Dec 9 to 10 meeting Gold prices edged higher on Thursday (Nov 20), as…
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Tyra Banks Goes Matte and Maximal in Second-Skin Sock Boots at the ARIA Awards in Sydney
Tyra Banks arrived at the 2025 ARIA Awards with a pointed sock-boot moment — and her signature smize — as she stepped onto the Sydney red…
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Asian currencies to regain ‘much-needed’ stability in 2026: DBS report
Countries have also bypassed US to trade with one another in view of tariff risks DBS analysts are upbeat about the region’s prospects for…
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Malaysian ringgit, Thai baht set to benefit from rate cuts in 2026: DBS report
Countries have also bypassed US to trade with one another in view of tariff risks DBS analysts are upbeat about the region’s prospects for…
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Billionaire family turns India’s gold obsession into a fortune
The steady growth has led to three straight years of stock gains for the company, including a 73% rally this year [MUMBAI/SINGAPORE] Gold…
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China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for the sixth straight month
October economic data, including a contraction in exports and a further slowdown in retail sales, point to a tougher fourth quarter,…
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US approves sale of 35,000 AI chips to UAE’s G42, Saudis’ Humain
The deal is contingent on both companies meeting “rigorous security and reporting requirements”, the agency says The US has approved sales…
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Wilmar China unit found guilty of contract fraud, jointly liable for 1.88 billion yuan in losses; will appeal against court decision
It has been previously sued as an ‘accomplice’ in contract fraud related to palm oil trades A subsidiary of Wilmar International has been…
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Wilmar China unit convicted of fraud; to appeal against judgement
A subsidiary of Wilmar International has been found guilty of contract fraud by a Chinese court and ordered to jointly bear losses…
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CDL divests US$143.5 million residential asset in larger Silicon Valley area to US institutional investor
Part of the group’s capital recycling and portfolio management, the sale allows it to lower gearing and redeploy capital City Developments…
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CDL sells US$143.5 million Silicon Valley residential asset
Part of the group’s capital recycling and portfolio management, the sale allows it to lower gearing and redeploy capital City Developments…
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China’s top investment bank CICC plans three-way merger
China International Capital Corporation (CICC), the nation’s top investment bank, plans to combine with two smaller brokerages in a…