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S billion money laundering case: Accused Su Jianfeng handed two new charges, faces 14 charges in total
S$3 billion money laundering case: Accused Su Jianfeng handed two new charges, faces 14 charges in total
BARELY two weeks after being given six new forgery charges, money laundering accused Su Jianfeng was on May 29 handed two more charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower...
World’s largest nuclear plant sits idle while energy needs soar
World’s largest nuclear plant sits idle while energy needs soar
ON JAPAN’S windy western coast, in a region known for heavy snowfall and sake brewing, the world’s largest nuclear plant sits idle.The Kashiwazaki Kariwa (KK) Nuclear Power Plant, a...
Valuetronics posts 18.9% increase in H2 profit to HK.4 million
Valuetronics posts 18.9% increase in H2 profit to HK$77.4 million
Valuetronics : BN2 0% Holdings : BN2 0%, which provides electronics manufacturing services, on Wednesday (May 29) posted an 18.9 per cent increase in net profit for the second...
Stocks to watch: Singtel, LMIRT, The Hour Glass, CDL, Cortina, Delfi, Valuetronics
Stocks to watch: Singtel, LMIRT, The Hour Glass, CDL, Cortina, Delfi, Valuetronics
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (May 29):
From ‘panda’ to ‘skunk’: China firms now shunned in US
From ‘panda’ to ‘skunk’: China firms now shunned in US
FOR most of his 30 years running a Chinese-owned company in the United States, Ni Pin felt welcomed.He set up auto parts maker Wanxiang America – a unit of...
China financial firms are unusually cash-rich as savers pile in
China financial firms are unusually cash-rich as savers pile in
CASH is so abundant in China’s financial markets that even traditionally liquidity-starved firms are swimming with money.Non-bank institutions like asset managers are sailing through the last few days of...
Wall Street shifts to faster settlements; bumps seen ahead
Wall Street shifts to faster settlements; bumps seen ahead
US TRADING on Tuesday moved to a shorter settlement cycle for securities transactions, putting investors and regulators on alert for increased trade failures and other hiccups in the world’s...
Crypto exchange-traded products get UK regulatory approval
Crypto exchange-traded products get UK regulatory approval
THE United Kingdom’s financial regulator approved the first cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs), a step towards catching up to other financial centres in digital assets.WisdomTree said it received the green...
Cryptoverse: Miners trudge through post-halving world
Cryptoverse: Miners trudge through post-halving world
WITH mining rewards halved, mining difficulty elevated and the shiny new Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) stealing investor capital, it’s been a tough year for Bitcoin miners. Marathon Digital and Riot...
Europe’s biggest pension fund sells 10 billion euros in fossil fuels
Europe’s biggest pension fund sells 10 billion euros in fossil fuels
EUROPE’S biggest pension fund, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has exited all liquid assets in oil, gas and coal worth about 10 billion euro (S$14.6 billion), in an effort to be...