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Australia’s WiseTech agrees to buy E2open for US$2.1 billion
May 26, 2025
The deal, which will be fully funded through a new US$3 billion debt facility underwritten by a syndicate of nine lendersPublished Mon, May 26, 2025 · 04:19 PM[BENGALURU] Australian...
India’s central bank seeks approval for overseas rupee lending: sources
May 26, 2025
[NEW DELHI] India’s central bank is taking another step to internationalise the rupee, seeking approval to allow domestic banks to lend the currency to overseas borrowers for the first...
Vietnam’s VietJet orders 20 more Airbus planes as Macron visits Hanoi
May 26, 2025
Published Mon, May 26, 2025 · 01:18 PM[HANOI] Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet on Monday agreed to place a new order with planemaker Airbus for 20 A330neo wide-body jets, the...
OpenAI to open office in Seoul amid growing demand for ChatGPT
May 26, 2025
Published Mon, May 26, 2025 · 12:56 PM[SEOUL] OpenAI will set up its first office in Seoul and has established an entity in South Korea as demand in the...
Asia: Markets mixed as Trump dials down after EU tariff threat
May 26, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after Donald Trump thrust his trade war back into the spotlight by threatening the European Union with huge tariffs before extending a...
Chinese steel exports to drop as barriers mount: Goldman
May 26, 2025
Domestic consumption is forecast to fall 2 per cent in 2025 to 839 million tonnes, the fifth straight year of declinePublished Mon, May 26, 2025 · 11:41 AMTHE blowout...
Japan aims to slash stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen per 5kg: farm ministry
May 26, 2025
Published Mon, May 26, 2025 · 11:07 AM[TOKYO] Japan aims to drastically cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen (S$18) per 5 kg and speed up getting rice onto...
Gold retreats from two-week high as Trump extends EU tariff deadline
May 26, 2025
Gold prices slipped from a two-week high on Monday (May 26) after US President Donald Trump set a Jul 9 deadline for a trade deal with the European Union,...
Singapore’s STI down 0.1% after Trump’s Apple tariff salvo; Asian markets mixed
May 26, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Singapore shares were down at Monday’s (May 26) open as regional markets traded mixed after US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened tariffs on Apple.In the latest trade...
Trump backing for Nippon Steel deal comes with big questions
May 26, 2025
[WASHINGTON] After more than 17 months of lobbying and close-fought negotiations to secure control of United States Steel, Japan’s Nippon Steel appeared on Friday (May 23) to have received...
Gold remains in long-term uptrend but caution needed
May 25, 2025
Gold markets have been anything but dull in 2025, but what’s more interesting is that the metal is back in the headlines and climbing higher once again. In recent...
US risks losing ‘reliable investment’ status, Allianz Global Investors manager says
May 25, 2025
[LONDON] Inside one of Europe’s biggest asset managers, there’s growing concern that Republican efforts to gut legislation supporting key industries such as clean energy may result in the US...