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A 3220 kilometres Bangkok to Beijing train trip gets closer with Thai expansion
A 3220 kilometres Bangkok to Beijing train trip gets closer with Thai expansion
June 12, 2024
TRAIN travel between Bangkok and Beijing is inching closer as Thailand prepares to expand its rail network.The South-east Asian nation will run a trial service between Bangkok and Laos’...
A 3220 kilometres Bangkok to Beijing train trip gets closer with Thai expansion
A 3220-km Bangkok to Beijing train trip gets closer with Thai expansion
June 12, 2024
TRAIN travel between Bangkok and Beijing is inching closer as Thailand prepares to expand its rail network.The South-east Asian nation will run a trial service between Bangkok and Laos’...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq at records despite Fed seeing fewer rate cuts in 2024
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq at records despite Fed seeing fewer rate cuts in 2024
June 12, 2024
THE S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at fresh records on Wednesday following improved inflation data as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates level.The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.9 per...
Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc greenlights its biggest LNG export project
Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc greenlights its biggest LNG export project
June 12, 2024
THE United Arab Emirates’s biggest energy company approved a major liquefied natural gas export terminal as it seeks to tap into a growing global market for the fuel. Abu Dhabi...
YouTube critics ask US to probe video site’s ‘living-room dominance’
YouTube critics ask US to probe video site’s ‘living-room dominance’
June 12, 2024
Tech and competition watchdog groups have called on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to probe YouTube, saying the video-streaming platform could enable Google and its parent company, Alphabet,...
EY’s UK boss to step down as firm hunts for successor
EY’s UK boss to step down as firm hunts for successor
June 12, 2024
EY’s UK boss Hywel Ball is planning to step down as the Big Four audit firm prepares to split up his role. The company will start the process for picking...
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Goh family makes S$0.145 per share cash offer to take Ossia International private
June 12, 2024
THE Goh family that controls Ossia International : O08 0% on Wednesday (Jun 12) proposed to privatise the company at S$0.145 per share in cash through a voluntary unconditional...
Mandarin Oriental to sell two retail units adjoining its Paris hotel for 148 million euros
Mandarin Oriental to sell two retail units adjoining its Paris hotel for 148 million euros
June 12, 2024
MANDARIN Oriental International : M04 0% has signed an option to sell its interests in two retail units adjoining the Mandarin Oriental, Paris for 148 million euros (S$261.9 million).In...
FedEx to cut up to 2,000 back-office jobs in Europe
FedEx to cut up to 2,000 back-office jobs in Europe
June 12, 2024
FEDEX is planning to cut between 1,700 and 2,000 back-office jobs in Europe, it said in a filing on Wednesday (Jun 12), as the parcel delivery company struggles with...
South Korea, Kazakhstan sign minerals deals as Seoul moves to diversify supply chain
South Korea, Kazakhstan sign minerals deals as Seoul moves to diversify supply chain
June 12, 2024
South Korea has struck deals with Kazakhstan to allow its firms to explore for critical minerals in the Central Asian state, it said on Wednesday (Jun 12), as the...