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Amara Holdings H2 profit grows 2% to S.5 million
Amara Holdings H2 profit grows 2% to S$6.5 million
AMARA Holdings on Wednesday (Feb 28) announced a net profit of S$6.5 million for the second half of 2023, up 1.6 per cent from the year-ago period. The results...
Yangzijiang Financial H2 profit jumps 53.3% as dividend income surges to S.3 million
Yangzijiang Financial H2 profit jumps 53.3% as dividend income surges to S$6.3 million
YANGZIJIANG Financial Holding posted a net profit of S$39.3 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2023, up 53.3 per cent from earnings of S$25.6 million in the...
Biggest Thai Bank to buy Home Credit Vietnam for US0 million
Biggest Thai Bank to buy Home Credit Vietnam for US$860 million
SCB X, Thailand’s biggest bank by market value, agreed to buy consumer lender Home Credit’s business in Vietnam for about US$860 million in a bid to widen its regional...
Far East Orchard H2 net profit up four times to S.7 million on gains from student accommodation investments
Far East Orchard H2 net profit up four times to S$57.7 million on gains from student accommodation investments
REAL estate group Far East Orchard posted on Wednesday (Feb 28) a net profit of S$57.7 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2023, more than four times...
Far East Orchard H2 net profit up four times on gains from student accommodation investments
Far East Orchard H2 net profit up four times on gains from student accommodation investments
REAL estate group Far East Orchard posted on Wednesday (Feb 28) a net profit of S$57.7 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2023, more than four times...
Bitcoin eyes US,000, biggest monthly rally since late 2020
Bitcoin eyes US$60,000, biggest monthly rally since late 2020
BITCOIN surged for a fifth day on Wednesday (Feb 28) to near US$60,000, buoyed by flows into new US spot bitcoin exchange traded products that have driven it up...
China solar industry’s record-breaking growth to stall in 2024
China solar industry’s record-breaking growth to stall in 2024
CHINA’S solar capacity growth could slow in 2024 to 31 per cent, a solar manufacturing association said on Wednesday (Feb 28), after a record 55 per cent increase last...
Toyota gives no answer to union demands at second round of wage talks
Toyota gives no answer to union demands at second round of wage talks
TOYOTA Motor did not respond to a trade union’s wage demands in a second round of pay talks held on Wednesday (Feb 28), a senior union official said, keeping...
Swisscom in advanced talks to buy Vodafone Italia for US.7 billion
Swisscom in advanced talks to buy Vodafone Italia for US$8.7 billion
SWISSCOM said on Wednesday (Feb 28) it was in exclusive talks to buy all of Vodafone Italia for US$8.7 billion and would merge the business with its Italian subsidiary...
India’s Tata Capital plans to raise US0 million in debut foreign funding next fiscal year
India’s Tata Capital plans to raise US$750 million in debut foreign funding next fiscal year
INDIA’S Tata Capital is looking at overseas fundraising for the very first time and hopes to raise around US$750 million via offshore bonds or loans in the next fiscal...