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Indonesia starts construction of 92 megawatt floating solar plant
The country plans to add 42.6 gigawatts of renewable energy, almost 61% of the additional power it plans to raise, to its grid by 2034…
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Vietnam central bank vows to push growth, limiting credit risks
The trade levies are putting upward pressure on inflation and adding pressure on the currency The State Bank of Vietnam plans to keep…
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BlackRock’s GIP nears US$40 billion deal to buy Aligned Data Centers in bet on AI
Global Infrastructure Partners already owns Dallas-based data centre company CyrusOne with KKR BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners…
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Blackstone hits US$10 billion Asia buyout fund goal amid private equity chill
The world’s biggest asset manager’s fundraising comes as global investors are growing more cautious about private equity Blackstone hit a…
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Global investment firm Arena Investors to shut Singapore office
Global multi-strategy investment firm Arena Investors is shutting its Singapore office and seeking to reallocate resources elsewhere,…
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Gold poised for seventh weekly rise on Fed rate-cut hopes
Gold held steady on Friday (Oct 3) and was set for a seventh straight weekly gain, buoyed by expectations of further US interest rate cuts…
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The mysterious billionaire boss at Jane Street smashing trading records
Rob Granieri took to the dance floor with long hair flowing from his fedora, shiny jacket glinting and a boutonnière bursting with colour.…
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Singapore F1 Grand Prix: stocks to watch
Events like this race are signals of longer-term opportunities rather than chances for quick profit, says eToro analyst Zavier Wong As the…
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First Resources sells Indonesia units, exits oil palm plantation business in West Papua
The units are former subsidiaries of an Indonesia-listed company under First Resources Palm oil producer First Resources has disposed of…
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Indonesia regrets EU’s move to appeal on WTO biodiesel ruling
The case joins a string of disputes over biodiesel tariffs and palm oil’s link to deforestation The Indonesian trade ministry on Thursday…
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Hong Kong funding cost seen sliding on Fed cuts, slow lending
Bank loans as a proportion of deposits have risen since June, but they still remain near the lowest level since 2009 The cost of overnight…
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Trump Notifies Congress That the U.S. Is at War with Drug Cartels
The more distant we are from an actual military threat, the more imperative it should be to obtain authorization from the people’s…
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Stocks to watch: UOL, Singapore Land Group, First Resources
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Oct 3): UOL, Singapore Land Group: The…
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Sumitomo Life said to take step to avoid marking bond losses
The Osaka-based insurer is taking advantage of guidelines for bond investors when prices move sharply Sumitomo Life Insurance is taking an…
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Applied Materials warns of sales hit from latest curbs on China
The long-awaited rule seeks to prevent sanctioned companies from using affiliates to access restricted US goods Applied Materials, the…
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What to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s Second Week
When I’m looking at what’s on offer in the Revivals section of the New York Film Festival—and, for that matter, whenever I see a…
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Alphabet plans sale, spinoff of Verily unit, executive says
The Justice Department has asked the judge to force the company to sell its advertising exchange Alphabet has been working for the past…
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MUFG is hiring more bankers in Japan wealth management push
Backing the shift to this strategy is the government’s multi-year drive to get households to invest more Japan’s largest bank is…
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A Chic Vineyard Celebration in Earthy Hues at Villa Richter
White and green, tobacco brown, mongoose, pesto green. Vineyard elegant, chic wedding for Czech-Italian couple. After 7.5 wonderful years…
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Boeing 777X to slide into 2027, driving billions in charges
The jet, already six years late, is of major strategic and financial importance to the company in its duel with Airbus for a bigger slice…
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Designing the revenue engine of tomorrow’s business
The businesses poised to thrive are those that view transformation with a forward-looking mindset SINGAPORE’S businesses stand at the…
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India, China to start direct flights as bilateral ties warm
Diplomatic ties between the longstanding rivals are on an upswing at a time when US tariffs have added to economic uncertainties in the…
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Oil falls 2% to four-month lows on oversupply concerns
Oil prices settled down about 2 per cent at the lowest in four months on Thursday (Oct 2), extending a run of declines into a fourth day,…
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US: Wall Street closes with records as tech support offsets labour, shutdown uncertainties
The lacklustre jobs data so far has led traders to bet widely that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates two more times this…