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Payment system to let Singaporeans send money instantly via mobile phones to four countries
RESIDENTS here are closer to the day when they will be able to make instant and cheap cross-border money transfers to four other Asian countries via local apps such...
Blackstone to sell Japan supplement maker Alinamin to MBK for 350 billion yen: source
PRIVATE equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for 350 billion yen (S$2.9 billion), a...
Local firms’ payment performance improves further in Q2: Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau
LOCAL firms’ payment performance continued to improve for a fourth consecutive quarter in Q2 2024, said the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) on Tuesday (Jul 2). The credit and...
World’s most volatile big stock is rocking Indonesia’s market
ITS share-price chart resembles that of an emerging-market penny stock: a 1,200 per cent surge punctuated by two crashes of more than 40 per cent – all in the...
Renault’s EV unit Ampere to bet on LFP technology for EV batteries
RENAULT’S electric vehicle (EV) unit Ampere on Monday (Jul 1) said it would include the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) technology in its plans to mass produce EVs, teaming up...
Google to require disclosures for digitally altered content in election ads
GOOGLE said on Monday (Jul 1)it would make it mandatory for advertisers to disclose election ads that use digitally altered content to depict real or realistic-looking people or events,...
US: Nasdaq at fresh record despite higher Treasury yields
THE Nasdaq powered to a fresh record on Monday (Jul 1) behind gains by tech giants, shrugging off an increase in US Treasury yields that analysts tied to shifting...
Tesla is running out of excuses for its prolonged sales slump
TESLA is expected to report another quarter of weaker sales, and it’s running out of alibis.
Analysts are estimating the carmaker will report on Tuesday (Jul 2) that it handed...
