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EV maker Lucid beats Q1 delivery estimates
LUCID reported first-quarter deliveries above market expectations on Tuesday (Apr 9) as price cuts helped boost demand for its luxury electric sedans.The company handed over 1,967 vehicles in the...
Singapore stocks rise amid mixed regional sentiment; STI up 0.7%
SINGAPORE shares ended higher on Tuesday (Apr 9) amid a mixed showing by other indices in the region, with the Straits Times Index (STI) rising 0.7 per cent or...
China’s Q1 EV sales growth slowest in a year
SALES of electric passenger vehicles in China rose 10.5 per cent in March from the same month a year earlier, industry data showed on Tuesday (Apr 9), as automakers...
Eurozone banks lower bar on mortgages but demand keeps falling: ECB
EUROZONE banks lowered the bar on mortgage approvals last quarter for the first time in over two years but demand for credit kept falling amid high borrowing costs and...
France’s Atos plunges as refinancing plan fails to reassure
ATOS shares fell 14 per cent on Tuesday (Apr 9) as the French IT consulting firm said its refinancing plan, which includes raising 1.2 billion euros (S$1.8 billion) via...
Aviva completes takeover of AIG’s UK life insurance business
BRITISH insurer Aviva said on Tuesday (Apr 9) it had completed the £453 million (S$772.2 million) acquisition of AIG’s UK life insurance business, sealing the largest takeover under CEO...
China’s EV makers bet they can dethrone Japan brands in Thailand
STANDING in front of a large crowd at last month’s Bangkok International Motor Show, an executive from Hozon New Energy Automobile promised to double sales in Thailand to 30,000...
Chevron hands Myanmar gas field stake to junta, Thailand’s PTTEP
US energy company Chevron has quit the Yadana natural gas field in Myanmar, a spokesperson said on Monday (Apr 8), more than two years after it condemned violence and...
