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Crypto boom, erratic rain spark outages in Laos, Asia’s clean power export hub
HIGHER electricity demand in Laos due to cryptocurrency mining and erratic rainfall have led to power shortages, an advisor to its state-run utility said, revealing challenges to the nation’s...
Applied Materials forecasts strong third quarter on AI boom
SEMICONDUCTOR equipment maker Applied Materials forecast third-quarter results largely above Wall Street estimates on Thursday (May 16), indicating robust demand fuelled by an artificial intelligence (AI) boom.The company has...
Japan’s megabanks, private equity market see greater interest from investors amid stock market boom
MORE investors interested in the Japan market are eyeing the private equity market and “megabanks”, which are likely to see gains in light of recent regulatory reforms in the...
Japan’s megabanks, PE market see greater interest from investors amid stock boom
MORE investors interested in the Japan market are eyeing the private equity market and “megabanks”, which are likely to see gains in light of recent regulatory reforms in the...
Asian junk bond sales are hottest in five years on India boom
ASIA’S high-yield US dollar bond sales this year have grown annually for the first time in five years, fuelled by Indian financial companies’ rush to access offshore investors.Regional sales...
AI boom set to fuel data centre deals in Asia this year
GLOBAL private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of US dollars worth of M&A and investments linked to data centres in Asia Pacific, as the artificial...
AI boom set to fuel data centre deals in Asia this year
GLOBAL private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of dollars worth of M&A and investments linked to data centres in Asia Pacific, as the artificial intelligence...
Zero-day options boom will only grow even as some investors fear disaster
TWO years after Wall Street’s love affair with fast-twitch stock options began, Bloomberg’s latest Markets Live (MLIV) Pulse survey suggests the unprecedented boom still has room to run –...
