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Perennial to invest one billion yuan to open two healthcare institutions in Guangzhou
Integrated healthcare and real estate player Perennial Holdings on Tuesday (May 27) announced that it has entered into an agreement with…
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Business
Indonesia’s Widjaja family’s Sinarmas Land offer wins 90% acceptance, triggering compulsory acquisition
Lyon Investments – controlled by the Widjaja family, one of Indonesia’s wealthiest clans – has crossed the 90 per cent acceptance…
News
Port congestion at Asian ports reported; Singapore’s average waiting time up to 1.5 days
Port congestion has been reported at Asian ports, with Singapore being one of those impacted – the berth waiting time at the world’s top…
Business
HSBC cuts dozens of analyst jobs in investment banking overhaul
HSBC Holdings has culled more than two dozen analysts in recent days as Europe’s largest lender deepens a restructuring of its investment…
Business
Japan to consider trimming super-long bond issuance: sources
The MOF will make a decision after holding discussions with market participants around mid- to late-June, the sources says Japan will…
Business
BYD shares extend losses as price cuts throw spotlight on sales
BYD shares extended losses in Hong Kong trading on Tuesday (May 27) – taking their two-day slide to more than 10 per cent – as last week’s…
Business
Tesla misses out on European EV growth as Model Y fails to revive sales
Tesla’s sales in Europe fell 49 per cent in April from a year earlier, even though battery-electric car sales rose 27.8 per cent, as the…
Business
Asia: Stocks fluctuate as traders await next moves in Trump trade war
Equities meandered on Tuesday as investors awaited the latest developments on Donald Trump’s trade war, while the yen rallied after the…
Business
Cerberus eyes Chinese firm’s Darwin port: report
China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has warned Canberra in a statement released on Sunday to tread carefully in its decision-making…
Business
Hong Kong bourse plans to start zero-day options trading in 2026
Hong Kong’s stock exchange is seeking to launch options that expire within a day as early as the first half of 2026, bringing to the Asian…
Business
Stocks to watch: Sembcorp, Bukit Sembawang, SBS Transit, Boustead
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (May 27): Sembcorp: Its subsidiary…
Business
Buyout on Hold: Seven & i investors eye execution before backing deal or strategy
The annual meeting of Seven & i Holdings shareholders is likely to be a low-key event, despite the drama surrounding a company facing a…
Business
RBNZ set to make sixth rate cut and signal bias to more easing
New Zealand’s central bank is set to cut interest rates for a sixth straight meeting and signal it’s open to further easing as US trade…
Politics
Oil steadies after Trump extends EU trade talks deadline
Oil prices steadied on Monday after US President Donald Trump extended a deadline for trade talks with the European Union, easing concerns…
News
Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison
President Trump on Monday pardoned a Virginia sheriff who has been convicted of soliciting bribes in exchange for sheriff's badges,…
Business
Iron ore stays relevant despite China’s faltering property sector as demand drivers evolve
Iron ore, the backbone of China’s steel-fueled boom for more than two decades, is facing a pivotal demand shift. The ferrous metal’s…
News
WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and 'non-recoverable.' 4 are finally coming home
As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot…
News
Charlie Kirk dismisses SPLC as 'laughingstock' for listing Turning Point on 'hate map'
Nearly every year, the Southern Poverty Law Center adds another mainstream conservative organization to its notorious "Hate Map," and this…
Politics
President Trump pays tribute to 'immortal deeds' of fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
President Trump on Monday called on Americans to honor the sacrifice of fallen service members. Source link
Politics
Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders unveils a 10-point plan to slash migration in the Netherlands
Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders announced a 10-point plan Monday that aims to radically slash migration, including using the army…
Politics
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on…
Business
Bukit Sembawang Estates H2 FY2025 earnings goes up 13% to S$51.4 million
Property developer Bukit Sembawang Estates reported a net profit after tax of S$51.4 million for the second half of its financial year…
Business
Bukit Sembawang Estates H2 FY2025 earnings up 13% at S$51.4 million
Property developer Bukit Sembawang Estates reported a net profit after tax of S$51.4 million for the second half of its financial year…