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Boeing strike leaves Asian airlines sweating on plane deliveries
THE Seattle factory strike crippling production at Boeing is triggering delays to 737 Max deliveries across Asia, a region that’s already home to some of the biggest order backlogs...
Oil falls on easing Libya supply concerns, lingering China demand worries
OIL prices slumped over 2 per cent on Wednesday as worries over supply disruptions in Libya eased and demand concerns continued despite China’s latest stimulus plans.Still, falling crude inventories...
Bold moves will support market makers and broaden indices, not incremental changes
THE Straits Times Index (STI) touched a 17-year high on Monday (Sep 23), hitting 3,638.54 points in intraday trading. Securities trading volume has been healthy lately, led by inflows...
Rolls-Royce sees demand for bespoke cars offsetting China slump
ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars’ chief executive officer said rising demand for personalised vehicles is helping the British luxury-car maker counter weakening sales in China.The luxury market in the world’s second-largest...
First Sponsor raises S$244 million from oversubscribed rights issue
It intends to use net proceeds to fund expansion plans, strengthen financial position and capital baseMAINBOARD-LISTED property developer First Sponsor Group on Wednesday (Sep 25) said it raised gross...
US firm SI Group to shutter chemical manufacturing facility on Jurong Island
The company will continue supplying alkylphenol with other manufacturing facilities in Europe and the AmericasCHEMICALS company SI Group will close its alkylphenol manufacturing facility on Jurong Island in the second...
Perennial opens four hotels at its S$1 billion Tianjin development
PERENNIAL marked the official opening of its hospitality cluster and the construction completion of its medical cluster at its transit-oriented development in Tianjin on Wednesday (Sep 25).The S$1 billion...
Google complains to EU over Microsoft cloud practices
ALPHABET unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday (Sep 25) against what it said were Microsoft’s anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft’s cloud platform...
