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Google faces historic trial in US bid to end search monopoly
[WASHINGTON] Alphabet’s Google faces a historic trial on Monday (Apr 21) as US antitrust enforcers in Washington seek to force the tech giant to sell off its Chrome browser...
At China auto show, EV makers to grapple with autonomous-tech crackdown, launch Tesla ‘killers’
[SHANGHAI] More than 70 Chinese and international automotive brands will showcase more than 100 new or refreshed models at the Shanghai auto show this week, intensifying already cutthroat competition...
Vietnam central bank preparing restructuring plan for troubled lender SCB
Published Mon, Apr 21, 2025 · 03:11 PM[HANOI] Vietnam’s central bank is drafting a plan to restructure the troubled Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), the lender at the...
JD.com to add 100,000 delivery riders in China to take on Meituan
The move is a response to a rival forbidding riders from accepting delivery orders from JD, the company saysPublished Mon, Apr 21, 2025 · 01:40 PM[NEW YORK] JD.com plans...
DHL to stop global shipments worth over US$800 to US consumers
US President Donald Trump has launched a wide-ranging trade war since coming to officePublished Mon, Apr 21, 2025 · 12:53 PM[WASHINGTON] Global shipping giant DHL will “temporarily” suspend the...
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soars 9% as US eases port fees on China-built ships
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJ) surged 15 per cent on Monday (Apr 21) morning before paring some gains, after the US watered down its initial proposal of slapping...
Gold hits record high on weak US dollar, trade war woes
Published Mon, Apr 21, 2025 · 09:40 AM[BENGALURU] Gold touched a record high on Monday (Apr 21) as the US dollar sank to a three-year low and trade war...
Taiwan short-selling curbs extended again amid tariff uncertainty
Short sellers borrow shares they expect to fall, aiming to repay the loan for less later to pocket the differencePublished Mon, Apr 21, 2025 · 08:20 AM[TAIPEI] Taiwan’s top...
What tariffs? DHL banks on burgeoning markets like South-east Asia as it aims for 50% revenue growth by 2030
[SINGAPORE] US tariffs are expected to wreak havoc on global supply chains, but logistics giant DHL is not that worried.DHL’s Strategy 2030 plan, announced in September last year, aims...
CDL’s AGM: Minority support for five IDs seeking re-election a litmus test of governance perceptions
[SINGAPORE] This week, minority shareholders of City Developments (CDL) will finally have the opportunity to endorse, or oppose, the controversial appointments of Jennifer Duong Young and Wong Su-Yen as...
