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Over 70% of large Singapore listcos 
aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050: study
Over 70% of large Singapore listcos aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050: study
SOME 71 per cent of billion-dollar issuers on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have set a target to hit net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier, shows a study released on...
Hong Kong set for busiest IPO week of 2024 with six listings
Hong Kong set for busiest IPO week of 2024 with six listings
Pickup indicates recovery in activity in the third quarter after a slow first half.SIX companies are set to start trading in Hong Kong this week after raising a combined...
Ping An Bank moves Shanghai staff to Shenzhen to cut costs
Ping An Bank moves Shanghai staff to Shenzhen to cut costs
PING An Bank is relocating more than 100 staff based in Shanghai to its Shenzhen home base to cut costs as China’s banking industry struggles with profitability.The lender last...
Tencent’s hit stays on top after ‘Genshin Impact’ foe’s release
Tencent’s hit stays on top after ‘Genshin Impact’ foe’s release
TENCENT Holdings’s Dungeon & Fighter (DnF) Mobile kept its spot as China’s top-grossing game despite the launch of a major rival from Genshin Impact studio Mihoyo, passing a key...
Brokers’ take: Maybank initiates coverage on Beng Kuang Marine with ‘buy’, Salt=
Brokers’ take: Maybank initiates coverage on Beng Kuang Marine with ‘buy’, S$0.47 target price
MAYBANK Securities initiated coverage on Beng Kuang Marine with a “buy” call, as the research house is positive that the company will benefit from floating production storage and offloading...
Gold lingers near one-month high on Fed rate-cut bets
Gold lingers near one-month high on Fed rate-cut bets
GOLD prices eased on Monday (Jul 8) but hovered near a more than one-month high scaled in the previous session, after softer US data boosted expectations of an interest...
SoftBank group firm PayPay Securities aims to double accounts
SoftBank group firm PayPay Securities aims to double accounts
PAYPAY Securities aims to double the number of its brokerage accounts to two million by the end of this fiscal year to March from about one million now, backed...
Singapore’s medtech sector and locally made medical devices punching above their weight
Singapore’s medtech sector and locally made medical devices punching above their weight
ONE in 10 contact lenses used globally comes from Singapore, as does one in five cardiac-related implants such as surgical structural heart valves, pacemakers and stents.The Republic also produces...
Hedge funds that piled into big Tesla short stung by huge rally
Hedge funds that piled into big Tesla short stung by huge rally
HEDGE funds piled into short bets against Tesla right before the electric vehicle (EV) maker unveiled a set of numbers that triggered a hefty share-price rally.About 18 per cent...
Paramount board’s special committee approves Skydance merger
Paramount board’s special committee approves Skydance merger
DAVID Ellison inched closer to an acquisition of Paramount Global, the owner of MTV and CBS, as a special committee of the company’s board blessed a merger with his...