ambitions
Shein’s global ambitions survive French store uproar
The e-commerce giant, whose model of high-volume, ultra-cheap fashion has upended traditional retailing, looks like it’s in France to stay[PARIS] Shein’s choice of Paris for its first physical store...
Chip-sector linchpin Resonac seeks to tap China’s AI ambitions
Japan is home to a network of little-known companies that dominate in key materials that are indispensable for semiconductor manufacturing[HONG KONG] Semiconductor materials linchpin Resonac Holdings is eyeing solid...
Vietnam’s AI ambitions hinge on one US$6.8 billion tech company
[HANOI] Four decades ago, Truong Gia Binh set up a technology company using a single computer in a room loaned by his then-father-in-law, general Vo Nguyen Giap, revered for...
Energy giants’ exits deflate Vietnam’s offshore wind ambitions
The obstacles to fully realising the country’s potential for generating wind power are regulatory, economic, technical and even tied to security[HO CHI MINH CITY] Despite its vast offshore wind...
Energy giants’ exits deflate Vietnam’s offshore wind ambitions
The obstacles to fully realising the country’s potential for generating wind power are regulatory, economic, technical and even tied to security[HO CHI MINH CITY] Despite its vast offshore wind...
Singapore stock market doesn’t need global champions, just big ambitions
SOME months ago, a reader wrote in to lament the dearth of global champions on the Singapore Exchange. Excepting local bank DBS and flag-carrier Singapore Airlines, he said, there...
‘Asset famine’ in China curbs central bank’s bond trading ambitions
A SCARCITY of low-risk assets in China’s financial sector is obstructing the central bank’s plans to make its monetary policy toolkit more efficient with a return to the treasury...