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China’s Didi Q3 revenue up 8.6% as costly overseas expansion accelerates
The company has accelerated overseas investment this year, notably expanding food delivery to additional cities[BEIJING] Didi Global reported an 8.6 per cent rise in third-quarter revenue on Wednesday (Nov...
Hiew Yoon Khong’s exit: help list Mapletree or merge it with CapitaLand
Lay the foundations for Mapletree’s next chapter and let retail investors own equity in it HIEW Yoon Khong has been group chief executive officer of Temasek’s wholly owned Mapletree Investments...
Japan’s Nikkei surges after Wall Street’s gains
[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average surged on Wednesday (Nov 26), with tech stocks leading the charge in a broad-based rally after Wall Street closed higher overnight on increasing prospects...
China’s GWM targets 300,000 annual production with first Europe car plant
Chinese automakers are increasingly looking to expand overseas as a way of escaping a brutal, prolonged price war touched off by domestic overcapacity[BAODING, China] China’s Great Wall Motor (GWM)...
Indonesian fund to raise another 12.6 trillion rupiah from patriot bonds
[JAKARTA] Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara is raising an additional 12.6 trillion rupiah (S$991 million) through a debt offering to the nation’s wealthiest businesses and families, bringing the total...
Brookfield builds decarbonisation platform with maiden renewable investments in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
The global investment firm aims to catalyse platforms that deliver reliable, low-carbon energy[SINGAPORE] Brookfield Asset Management has made its first renewables investments in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand as...
The story of a K-pop fan: I spent S$2,500 to win a 1.5-minute fancall with my idol
What lengths do K-pop fans go to in order to see their idols? The Business Times looks at three scenarios of how fans engage with K-pop, as well as how the...
Seatrium bags new BP contract; lifts order book to more than S$2 billion
[SINGAPORE] Marine engineering company Seatrium on Wednesday (Nov 26) announced that it has been awarded a contract from BP Exploration and Production for the engineering, procurement, construction and onshore...
Brookfield, GIC bid for National Storage in A$4 billion deal
The Sydney-listed company operates more than 270 storage centres across Australia and New ZealandPublished Wed, Nov 26, 2025 · 08:58 AM — Updated Wed, Nov 26, 2025 · 01:16...
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