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Samsung workers to continue India plant strike after talks end without deal
SAMSUNG Electronics employees will continue their strike for the fifth day after a meeting on Thursday (Sep 12) between their union, the company’s management and the state government could...
Indian state minister to meet Samsung officials in bid to resolve strike
The plant, which has been disrupted for four days, makes appliances that contribute 20 to 30% of the South Korean company’s annual revenue of US$12 billion in India THE...
China’s Geely scouting locations for Europe plant
CHINESE carmaker Geely is scouting locations for a plant in Europe but has not committed fully to building up local production, executives from the car conglomerate said in interviews...
US holiday sales to grow at slowest pace since 2018: report
US HOLIDAY sales are expected to grow at their slowest pace in six years, data from Deloitte showed on Thursday as persistent inflation and dried up savings turn shoppers...
Amid data-centre boom, can South-east Asia keep the lights on and taps running?
The region’s DC surge is straining power grids and vital resources, raising sustainability concernsAS South-east Asia becomes the life of the data-centre party, the big test lies in managing...
China detains investment bankers, takes passports in corruption sweep
CHINA is turning up the heat on its army of 8,700 investment bankers. After being forced to take big pay cuts and adhere to other belt-tightening measures under President...
Boeing faces possible strike on Friday over labour contract
BOEING faces a possible strike as early as Friday if most of the US planemaker’s factory workers in the Pacific Northwest vote on Thursday to back a work stoppage...
Grand Venture Technology confirms it’s ‘in discussions’ for secondary listing on Bursa Malaysia
The manufacturing service provider has not made an application to the authorities as talks are ongoingGRAND Venture Technology has confirmed that it is in discussions for a secondary listing...
