Tokyo shows an inflation pulse for the first time in a year
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Tokyo consumer prices unexpectedly rose for the first time in a year, another sign of a recovering...
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ADB, Citi, HSBC, Prudential hatch plan for Asian coal-fired closures: Sources
LONDON/MELBOURNE (REUTERS) - Financial firms including British insurer Prudential, lenders Citi and HSBC and BlackRock Real Assets are devising plans...
Priceless? Even Olympic medals can be had for the right price
(NYTIMES) - A silver medal in shooting from the 1900 Olympics in Paris recently sold for a mere US$1,283 (S$1,736)....
South Korea’s inflation quickens as central bank mulls rate hike
(Bloomberg) - South Korea's inflation unexpectedly climbed last month as the central bank prepares to meet on rates amid the...
China spectre jolts ByteDance backers to try trimming stakes
(BLOOMBERG) - A handful of investors rattled by China's sweeping regulatory changes are looking to offload private stakes in TikTok...
JPMorgan faces regulatory requests over message preservation
(BLOOMBERG) - JPMorgan Chase & Co, which rattled employees earlier this year by ordering them to save work-related messages on...
Tesla’s India plans dealt blow as minister rules out tax cut
(BLOOMBERG) - India said it has no plans to cut import duties on electric vehicles (EVs), weeks after Tesla appealed...
Asia’s mobility industry is driving into the future
SINGAPORE - Once a niche sector for investors, the global pandemic has lit a fire under the sustainable investing market.Inflows...
Sanofi offers to buy US biotech, mRNA partner Translate Bio: sources
PARIS (REUTERS) - Sanofi has offered to buy US biotech company Translate Bio, two sources familiar with the situation said...
US manufacturing growth slows sharply in July: Survey
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US factory activity slowed sharply in July amid ongoing supply shortages and bottlenecks, according to an industry...