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Johor Plantations, Kulim eye biggest Malaysian IPO in two years
MALAYSIAN palm oil producer Johor Plantations Group (JPG) and a shareholder expect to raise about RM735 million (S$211 million) in an initial public offering (IPO), putting the group on...
Australian wine exports to China rocket after Beijing drops tariffs
AUSTRALIAN wine makers shipped wine worth A$86 million (S$77 million) to China in the month after Beijing lifted tariffs and should be confident of bumper sales going forward, the...
Asia: Markets stutter as investors fret ahead of US releases
WORRIES about upcoming US inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s outlook for interest rates permeated Asian trading floors on Wednesday, while the euro continued to struggle owing to political...
Gold dips on firmer dollar; US inflation data, Fed policy eyed
GOLD prices edged lower on Wednesday (Jun 12), weighed down by a stronger US dollar, as investors awaited key US inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s updated interest rate...
South Korea’s jobs growth cools to slowest pace since 2021
SOUTH Korea’s labour market showed signs of cooling in May as employment growth slowed to its slowest pace in more than three years, a weak outcome that may support...
Google to test anti-theft AI feature for phones in Brazil
ALPHABET’S Google said on Tuesday (Jun 11) that Brazil will be the first country to test an anti-theft feature for Android phones that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify...
Tesla shareholder sues Musk to return billions in alleged unlawful profits
ELON Musk made billions of dollars by selling Tesla stock using insider information, an institutional shareholder accused in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, asking the court to direct the...
NFTs fail to regain appeal as investors turn to new Ether ETFs
MANY investors are betting that Bitcoin and Ether will set fresh highs this year, but there’s one corner of the cryptocurrency market that is getting the cold shoulder: non-fungible...
