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Wilmar Indonesia unit general manager charged over sugar imports
Wilmar Indonesia unit general manager charged over sugar imports
The unlawful raw sugar imports have allegedly caused state losses amounting to 578 billion rupiah[SINGAPORE] The general manager of Wilmar International’s Indonesian subsidiary has been charged by the Indonesian...
Why did Amazon’s AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday after an Amazon Web Services outage caused widespread...
Why People Still Matter in the Age of AI
Having built a career in Human Resources and coaching across global roles in the U.S., Asia, the Middle East, South America, and now Australia, Fay noticed a consistent pattern: traditional...
Vietnam stocks slump after state media report on alleged bond irregularities
Vietnam stocks slump after state media report on alleged bond irregularities
[HANOI] Vietnam’s main stock index fell to its lowest closing level in a month on Monday (Oct 20) after state media reported the results of a government agency’s investigation...
Emirates NBD plans to invest US billion in India’s RBL Bank
Emirates NBD plans to invest US$3 billion in India’s RBL Bank
[MUMBAI] Emirates NBD bank will invest as much as US$3.1 billion in India’s RBL Bank in the biggest foreign investments in the country’s financial sector and underscoring growing overseas...
Dublin office woes hit private equity firms from Blackstone to Brookfield
Dublin office woes hit private equity firms from Blackstone to Brookfield
The city’s vacancy rate has doubled in the last six years, exceeding the 10% reached in Paris and 8% in London and LisbonA PARTIALLY empty, five-story building close to...
SingPost raises competitiveness by upping service points
SingPost raises competitiveness by upping service points
It is also trialling the posting and returning of mail or parcels at residential letterbox areas[SINGAPORE] National postal service provider Singapore Post (SingPost) is upping its game in the...
Drew & Napier to sue Switzerland over Asia losses on AT1s
Drew & Napier to sue Switzerland over Asia losses on AT1s
ONE of Singapore’s biggest law firms is set to file claims against the Swiss government by the end of the year, seeking compensation for hundreds of Asian bondholders of...
YouTube steps up its shopping game with help from influencers
Inside a historic aircraft hangar in Playa Vista, crowds of people gathered on Thursday to browse the latest fashions from handbags to clothing and shoes as they prepared for...
China officials try to ease global concern over rare earth curbs
China officials try to ease global concern over rare earth curbs
The Asian nation has justified its latest curbs as a response to an expansion of US controls[BEIJING] Chinese officials tried to ease concerns over its shock escalation of rare...