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Hyflux woes worsen as Singapore regulators review disclosures

Hyflux's Tuaspring plant is the largest of three desalination plants in Singapore and an important water source for the city state.

Apr 17, 2019

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Jailed Reuters reporters in Myanmar win Pulitzer Prize

Two jailed young Reuters reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, both Myanmar citizens, found a mass grave filled with bones sticking out of the ground and their probe revealed the scale of massacres.

Apr 16, 2019

South Korea's Moon pushes for summit with North Korea's Kim despite nuclear standoff

Moon has been eager to regain momentum in talks with North Korea since Kim's second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Apr 15, 2019

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Malaysia's Petronas acquires Singapore-based solar power company Amplus Energy

Petronas expressed interest over the last 12 months in diversifying into renewables amid volatile crude oil prices.

Apr 15, 2019

Asia's tech champions zero in on main street banking

Driving the shift in Asia is mobile technology's deep penetration across all aspects of consumer life.

Apr 15, 2019

Mnuchin says hopes U.S.-China trade talks nearing 'final round'

The United States is seeking sweeping changes to China's economic and trade policies.

Apr 14, 2019

Blackstone, Warburg Pincus and Chinese group in fray to take over Global Logistics – Report

China's JD.com boss criticizes 'slackers' as company makes cuts

Other Chinese tech giants have lowered growth forecasts and cut staff bonuses amid the slowdown, which has driven calls for better work conditions for its workers.

Apr 14, 2019

Bank of Japan announces negative interest rates

Kuroda brushes aside view BOJ has run out of tools to ease monetary policy

The remarks underscore the challenge major central banks face as they struggle to battle growing overseas headwinds to their economies with a dwindling policy tool kit.

Apr 13, 2019

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un gives U.S. to year-end to become more flexible

Kim said that his personal relationship with Trump is still good, but that he had no interest in a third summit if it were a repeat of Hanoi.

Apr 13, 2019

Malaysia, China agree to resume railway project after slashing cost

Malaysia suspended the project last July, after its cost ballooned amid a lack of transparency, threatening to saddle the country with uncomfortably large debt.

Apr 13, 2019

Fire at Petronas' RAPID oil refinery quickly tamed

Petronas said there were no fatalities caused by the explosion and fire. The fire was contained within 30 minutes, it had said earlier.

Apr 13, 2019

US charges Assange after London arrest ends seven years in Ecuador embassy

Assange gave a thumbs up in handcuffs as he was taken from a police station to a London court, where he pronounced himself not guilty of failing to surrender in 2012.

Apr 12, 2019

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Singapore's airport goes for retail high with billion-dollar mall

As global competition for travelers heats up in the aviation industry, Singapore's Changi Airport is set to open its S$1.7 billion ($1.3 billion) Jewel complex on April 17.

Apr 12, 2019

Singapore central bank stands pat on monetary policy as growth slows

The central bank also on Friday revised down its 2019 core inflation forecast to 1 to 2 percent, from 1.5 to 2.5 percent previously.

Apr 12, 2019

Global Markets: Growth woes douse rally in Asian shares, dollar slips

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs on goods from the European Union even as the Sino-U.S. trade dispute remains unresolved.

Apr 11, 2019

China producer inflation picks up for first time in 9 months, eases deflation worries

Most of the gain was in mining, with prices in extraction rising 4.2 percent on-year, up from 1.8 percent in February.

Apr 11, 2019

Singapore makes second huge seizure of pangolin scales in days

Scales in this week's seizure came from two species, equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins, the world's most poached animal.

Apr 11, 2019

Asian stocks slip from eight-month high as new trade war front opens

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on $11 billion worth of European Union products, heightening tensions over a long-running transatlantic aircraft subsidy dispute.

Apr 10, 2019

Kpler, Powernext to launch LNG trading platform in Singapore

The two companies set up Spark Commodities in Singapore in March and have hired Tim Mendelssohn, previously with Koch Supply and Trading and oil major BP, as its managing director.

Apr 10, 2019

Oil rises amid OPEC supply cuts, U.S. sanctions

Both benchmarks hit five-month highs on Tuesday, before easing on global growth worries and concerns about a rise in Russian supplies.

Apr 10, 2019

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