Georgia Environment Official Dies Moments After Testifying Against Chemical Giant Following Hazardous Fire at Their Plant

Georgia Environment Official Dies Moments After Testifying Against Chemical Giant Following Hazardous Fire at Their Plant

Kenny A. Johnson, Rockdale County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, died on Tuesday moments after testifying about BioLab during a public hearing at the Georgia Capitol. State legislators, who were holding the meeting concerning the Sept. 29 BioLab chemical fire, said Johnson approached the microphone, testified and then walked out of Room 606 at…

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China leads Asian stocks lower on weak stimulus

China leads Asian stocks lower on weak stimulus

CHINESE equities were standout underperformers in Asia on Wednesday (Oct 9) as traders weighed weak economic data and Beijing’s reluctance to commit to more stimulus. The benchmark CSI 300 Index tumbled as much as 7.4 per cent, but regained some of its losses on a report China will hold a briefing on Saturday about fiscal…

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Chinese stocks underperform Asia, futures decline

China leads Asian stocks lower on weak stimulus

CHINESE equities were standout underperformers in Asia on Wednesday (Oct 9) as traders weighed weak economic data and Beijing’s reluctance to commit to more stimulus. The benchmark CSI 300 Index tumbled as much as 7.4 per cent, but regained some of its losses on a report China will hold a briefing on Saturday about fiscal…

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Thailand’s B.Grimm eyes clean power projects in China and Greece

Thailand’s B.Grimm eyes clean power projects in China and Greece

THAI energy producer B.Grimm Power is considering investing in renewable energy in China and Greece as it pushes ahead with efforts to more than double its generation capacity by 2030. The company is looking at projects in the two countries with a combined capacity of “several hundred megawatts”, B.Grimm chief executive officer Harald Link said.…

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Asian private bank sees rising non-dom flows from UK to Singapore

Asian private bank sees rising non-dom flows from UK to Singapore

OCBC’s private bank plans to grow its business in Europe to capture more asset flows from wealthy people in the UK as the British government mulls raising some taxes on them, according to a senior executive. Bank of Singapore sees the city-state attracting more of these flows from so-called “non-doms”, Ranjit Khanna, the firm’s head…

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