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Thai banks cut rate for some borrowers after push from PM
Thailand’s biggest commercial banks agreed to temporarily lower borrowing costs for vulnerable groups and small businesses, following an appeal by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin earlier this week. The lenders will...
Far East Orchard acquires 49% stake in UK-based purpose-built student accommodation operator for £17.6 million
FAR East Orchard : O10 0% on Thursday (Apr 25) announced its student housing subsidiary has acquired a 49 per cent stake of Homes For Students Limited, a purpose-built...
Singapore stocks end lower after US market wobbles ahead of CPI data; STI down 0.2%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) closed 5.38 points or 0.2 per cent lower at 3,287.75 on Thursday (Apr 25). This came after a little-changed Wall Street overnight ahead of...
TikTok ultimatum puts US firms in firing line for China response
NOW that President Joe Biden has signed off on a law that could expel TikTok from the US market, Beijing must decide how best to retaliate over an attack...
FTSE 100 hits record high on big mining M&A, earnings push
BRITAIN’S FTSE 100 hit a record high on Thursday (Apr 25) as miner Anglo-American surged on a buyout offer from BHP Group, while investors cheered earnings from several blue-chip...
Barclays Q1 profit falls 12% as mortgage competition, deals drought hit
BARCLAYS reported a 12 per cent fall in first quarter profit on Thursday (Apr 25), as a squeeze on UK mortgage pricing, lower income from trading and a drought...
Sanofi Q1 profit slips on generic competition, forex effects
SANOFI reported on Thursday (Apr 25) that its first-quarter operating income declined 14.7 per cent, as unfavourable currency effects and cheap competition to multiple sclerosis drug Aubagio outweighed rising...
Latest Singapore 6-month T-bill offering cut-off yield of 3.74% as applications dip
THE cut-off yield on the latest Singapore six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) fell slightly to 3.74 per cent, according to auction results released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on...
