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Indonesia, home to giant gold mine, launches bullion banking
Indonesia, home to giant gold mine, launches bullion banking
February 26, 2025
INDONESIA has launched its first bullion banks in a bid to draw tonnes of privately held gold into the financial system of South-east Asia’s largest economy. The region’s largest gold...
Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley eases diversity emphasis in annual report
Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley eases diversity emphasis in annual report
February 21, 2025
MORGAN Stanley toned down its emphasis on diversity in its latest annual report published on Friday (Feb 22), signaling a recalibration as businesses adapt to a changing reality under...
Singaporean Huang Zhenhua’s assets frozen over US0 million suit by drug giant Novo
Singaporean Huang Zhenhua’s assets frozen over US$830 million suit by drug giant Novo
February 19, 2025
Novo Nordisk is seeking as much as US$830 million in damages in a Singapore court, saying that it was misled by a local biotech firm about the effectiveness of...
Meta layoffs hit Singapore as tech giant cuts global workforce
Meta layoffs hit Singapore as tech giant cuts global workforce
February 15, 2025
JOB cuts by social media giant Meta have hit Singapore, according to public posts on professional networking platform LinkedIn and sources who spoke to The Straits Times (ST).This comes...
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Challanges DeepSeek-V3 with It New AI Model Qwen 2.5
January 29, 2025
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has launched Qwen 2.5, a new artificial intelligence model that it claims outperforms DeepSeek-V3. The announcement was made on Wednesday, the first day of the...
Crypto’s richest man CZ turns venture capital firm into giant family office – The Business Times
Crypto’s richest man CZ turns venture capital firm into giant family office – The Business Times
January 24, 2025
ZHAO Changpeng “CZ”, a few months out of prison and worth US$70 billion thanks to the relentless crypto rally, is turning the former venture capital arm of his Binance...
Gambling giant Star on the brink of collapse as cash runs out
Gambling giant Star on the brink of collapse as cash runs out
January 17, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S biggest listed casino operator, Star Entertainment Group, once had it all. Its gaming licenses stretched out for centuries. The domestic market was home to the planet’s most prolific...
Gambling giant Star on the brink of collapse as cash runs out
Australia’s gambling giant Star on the brink of collapse as cash runs out
January 17, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S biggest listed casino operator, Star Entertainment Group, once had it all. Its gaming licenses stretched out for centuries. The domestic market was home to the planet’s most prolific...
Rio Tinto, Glencore discuss potential merger to create US8 billion mining giant
Rio Tinto, Glencore discuss potential merger to create US$158 billion mining giant
January 17, 2025
RIO Tinto Group and Glencore have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the largest-ever mining deal and create a behemoth to rival longstanding leader...
China’s battery giant CATL hires banks for first-half Hong Kong float: sources
China’s battery giant CATL hires banks for first-half Hong Kong float: sources
January 13, 2025
CHINESE battery giant CATL has hired banks, including JPMorgan and Bank of America, to work on a Hong Kong listing, in what could be one of the city’s largest...