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Asia healthcare assets risk overvaluation as private investors scoop them up
[SINGAPORE] As private equity (PE) investors pour money into Asian healthcare, some observers are concerned that this sector could soon overheat. Some recent deals this year include KKR’s US$400...
EV maker VinFast’s Q1 loss widens on higher spending as deliveries rise
Published Mon, Jun 9, 2025 · 07:21 PM[BENGALURU] Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast on Monday (Jun 9) reported its sixth consecutive quarterly net loss as it continues to ramp...
Singapore stocks close Monday higher ahead of US-China talks; STI up 0.1%
[SINGAPORE] Local stocks rose on Monday (Jun 9), in line with gains in Asian markets on hopes that a fresh round of US-China trade talks will ease tensions. Investors...
DBS tops US$100 billion market value in Singapore Exchange first
[SINGAPORE] DBS Group Holdings became the first listed company in Singapore to top US$100 billion in market value, helped by a softer US currency that amplified gains on the...
Shein and Reliance aim to sell India-made clothes abroad within a year, sources say
[MUMBAI/LONDON] Fashion retailer Shein and partner Reliance Retail plan to rapidly expand their Indian supplier base and start overseas sales of India-made Shein-branded clothes within six to 12 months,...
Alibaba, Tencent freeze AI tools during high-stakes China exam
[BEIJING] China’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as Alibaba’s Qwen have temporarily disabled functions including picture recognition, to prevent students from cheating during the country’s annual “gaokao”...
Nomura to shut branch in China as it scales back wealth business
The closure comes four years after Nomura announced the opening of the office in late 2021, when it was pushing to expand in areas that are home to rich...
Asia: Markets rally ahead of latest China-US trade talks
[HONG KONG] Stocks rallied on Monday (Jun 9) on hopes that a fresh round of China-US trade talks later in the day will ease tensions between the economic superpowers,...
