Asia factory activity hit by rising costs, Delta variant
TOKYO (REUTERS) - Asia's factories hit a rough patch last month as rising input costs and a new wave of...
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China factory activity growth slips to 15-month low in July
BEIJING (REUTERS) - China's factory activity growth slipped sharply last month as demand contracted for the first time in more...
Kitchen Culture files CAD report on payroll irregularities
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - The board of Kitchen Culture Holdings lodged a report on Friday (July 30)with the Commercial...
Square to buy Afterpay for $39 billion as buy now, pay later booms
SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Square Inc, the payments firm of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) pioneer Afterpay...
SPH, SPH Reit, Keppel Corp and Keppel Reit call for trading halts pending announcements
SINGAPORE - Four listed counters called for a halt in the trading of their shares pending the release of announcements...
Keppel in $3.4b deal to take SPH private after media business is hived off
SINGAPORE - Keppel Corp is proposing to acquire Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) through a privatisation offer after the hiving off of...
Great Eastern Q2 profit falls 22% to $232.2 million amid less favourable market conditions
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Great Eastern Holdings on Monday (Aug 2) posted a net profit of $232.3 million for...
US cruise industry stages a comeback amid Covid-19 pandemic
FLORIDA (NYTIMES) - Nothing quite demonstrated the horrors of the coronavirus contagion in the early stages of the pandemic like...
Has the Singapore market found its own voice?
SINGAPORE - The Singapore market's benchmark index ended last week at 3,166.94 points - its highest weekly close since the...
Open innovation challenges helping local firms develop creative solutions
SINGAPORE - An initiative that encourages firms and government agencies to join forces to develop innovative solutions to specific problems...