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Malaysia’s Perodua unveils US$19,000 EV, battery not included
Malaysian automaker Perodua launched its first electric car on Monday (Dec 1), and will sell the vehicle separately from the battery to…
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Indonesia’s Film Sector Poised for Regional Breakout, JAFF Market–Cinepoint Report Finds
Indonesia’s screen industry is entering what a new JAFF Market–Cinepoint study calls a “decisive new phase,” with local films driving…
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How playing video games made me a better VC
Just like any new form of entertainment initially popular among kids and teenagers, video games got their share of suspicion, disdain, and…
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S-Reits poised for upturn with ‘buy’ call on 5 blue-chips: UOBKH
Brokerage also favours Lendlease, CLAR and CLAS, citing safe haven liquidity inflow into Singapore, lower cost of debt UOB Kay Hian…
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Bank of Japan to weigh ‘pros and cons’ of rate hike in December, governor Ueda says
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will consider the “pros and cons” of raising interest rates at its next policy meeting, governor Kazuo Ueda said…
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EXCLUSIVE: LVMH Luxury Ventures Invests in BDK Parfums
PARIS — LVMH Luxury Ventures Fund I has taken a minority stake in buzzy French niche fragrance brand BDK Parfums. Financial terms of the…
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Chinese carmakers retreat from record share of European sales
Chinese carmakers lost ground in Europe in October, slipping back from the record market share they captured a month earlier across the…
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Industrial developer Soon Hock likely to benefit from S$1 billion earnings pipleline: UOB KayHian
UOB also expects attractive dividend yields of 5.5 per cent and 10 per cent for 2025, 2026 UOB Kayhian initiated coverage on industrial…
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Industrial developer Soon Hock secures S$1 billion in project value from 4 projects: UOB Kay Hian
UOB also expects attractive dividend yields of 5.5% and 10% for 2025 and 2026, respectively UOB Kay Hian initiated coverage on industrial…
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UOB Kay Hian initiates coverage on Soon Hock, optimistic on its S$1 billion project pipeline
UOB also expects attractive dividend yields of 5.5% and 10% for 2025 and 2026, respectively UOB Kay Hian initiated coverage on industrial…
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Hong Kong stablecoin stocks slump after PBOC vows cryptocurrency crackdown
Hong Kong-listed stocks with cryptocurrency-related businesses tumbled on Monday (Dec 1) after China’s central bank vowed to crack down on…
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Indonesia’s vow to balance currency, growth may cushion rupiah
Heavy selling of Indonesian bonds since September has reduced US$4.6 billion of net bond inflows to a gain of merely US$20 million Bank…
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Observational Documentary ‘Aluk’ Traces Seven Years With Indonesian Tana Toraja Family at JAFF Future Project
Chris C.F’s observational documentary “Aluk,” which follows three generations of a family in Tana Toraja, Indonesia over seven years as…
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Asian markets mixed as traders eye US data ahead of Fed decision
Among the reports due for release are private jobs creation, services activity and personal consumption expenditure Asian equities were…
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MetaOptics shares soar nearly 14% on proposed share placement
Proceeds are expected to strengthen the group’s financial position and expand its capital base to support a growing pipeline of global…
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MetaOptics shares close 16.8% higher on proposed share placement
Proceeds are expected to strengthen the group’s financial position and expand its capital base to support a growing pipeline of global…
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Gold edges lower from near three-week peak on profit-taking
Investors are looking ahead to US manufacturing and private payroll data due later this week Gold edged lower in early Asian trade on…
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Silver hits fresh record after trading outage, supply tightness
Its most recent surge has been supported by renewed concerns of tightness in the global market Silver jumped to a record, reinforcing a…
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Silver jumps to record high on supply tightness, rate-cut hopes
Markets are fully pricing in a quarter-point rate cut on continued weakness in the American labour market and a series of dovish comments…
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Marco Polo Marine H2 profit jumps over 4 times to S$47.9 million on impairment reversals
This is attributed to a combination of stronger underlying performance and several extraordinary gains Marco Polo Marine posted on…
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Japanese firms scale back investment as tariff headwinds hit
Monday’s figures will be factored into revisions made to third-quarter GDP data due Dec 8 Japanese businesses trimmed back their capital…
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Low Keng Huat controlling shareholders launch delisting offer at S$0.72 a share
The cash offer price represents a premium of 17.1 per cent over the last transacted price of S$0.615 The majority shareholders of Low Keng…
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Australia’s ASX hit by outage affecting corporate announcements, website shows
The outage comes after CME Group on Friday suffered one of its longest outages in years The Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX)…