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Beijing bourse plans to help smaller tech companies to list
Beijing bourse plans to help smaller tech companies to list
THE Beijing Stock Exchange will help small and medium-sized tech companies with training and access to finance so they can list on the bourse, it said on Sunday (Oct...
Income should walk away from Allianz
Income should walk away from Allianz
The cooperative-turned-corporation should come up with its own programme to improve its profitability and expand at home and abroadTHE bombshell announcement last week that the government would block the...
Brent eyes volatile Q4 2024 and underwhelming 2025 balance
Brent eyes volatile Q4 2024 and underwhelming 2025 balance
BRENT crude oil futures have experienced significant volatility this year. After reaching a peak of US$90 per barrel in April, prices tumbled to around US$70 by September. This decline...
Cash-strapped UK squeezes troubled companies for unpaid taxes
Cash-strapped UK squeezes troubled companies for unpaid taxes
The UK tax office is taking a tougher approach to clawing back debts, insolvency specialists said, in a bid to squeeze £5 billion (S$8.5 billion) in extra revenue that...
CNMC, Travelite, Noel Gifts and 
LMS Compliance directors raise stakes
CNMC, Travelite, Noel Gifts and LMS Compliance directors raise stakes
INSTITUTIONS were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions spanning Oct 11 to Oct 17, with S$144 million of net institutional outflow, partially reversing the preceding...
Canada firms can request temporary relief from tariffs on China EVs, metals
Canada firms can request temporary relief from tariffs on China EVs, metals
CANADIAN firms can request a temporary remission of tariffs on the imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), steel and aluminium products, the finance ministry said on Friday (Oct 18).The...
Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto targets growth spurt with big projects
Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto targets growth spurt with big projects
INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo leaves office on Sunday (Oct 20) with high approval ratings thanks to strong economic growth, but his successor Prabowo Subianto has bigger ambitions, including an...
Chinese drone maker DJI sues Pentagon for military designation
Chinese drone maker DJI sues Pentagon for military designation
SZ DJI Technology said it has sued the US Department of Defense for adding the Shenzhen-based drone maker to a list that designates it as a Chinese military company. DJI...
FDA approves Astellas’ gastric cancer therapy
FDA approves Astellas’ gastric cancer therapy
THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Astellas’ therapy to treat a type of gastric cancer, the health regulator’s website showed on Friday (Oct 18).The therapy, branded as...
Hong Kong regulators move to speed up company listings
Hong Kong regulators move to speed up company listings
HONG Kong’s bourse and securities regulator on Friday (Oct 18) moved to shorten the approval time for company listings, the latest effort to boost the attractiveness of Hong Kong...