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Asia stocks quiet, dollar firm after upbeat U.S. job data

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was almost flat. It had scaled a four-month peak on Friday along with a surge in its global peers.

Feb 4, 2019

China's services sector moderates in January but still solid: Caixin PMI

The Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell slightly to 53.6 in January from 53.9 in December, but well above the 50.0 mark separating growth from contraction.

Feb 3, 2019

General Motors says in talks to invest $2.73 billion in Brazil till 2024

The automaker also said it is completing an investment plan of 13 billion reais between 2014 and 2019.

Feb 3, 2019

Queen Elizabeth marks 65 years on British throne

The Queen to be evacuated in case of Brexit unrest

Business groups have warned of widespread disruption if there are lengthy delays to EU imports due to new customs checks, and even possible shortages of food and medicine.

Feb 3, 2019

Three women who could be Modi's biggest nightmare in India's election

Congress party made Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as its face in the nation's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Feb 2, 2019

China buys U.S. soybeans a day after trade talks - traders

The purchases are slated for shipment between April and July, with a large share expected from U.S. Gulf Coast export terminals, three traders with knowledge of the deals said.

Feb 2, 2019

Goldman feels the heat in Asia as IPO engine slows

Goldman Sachs says 1MDB scandal could hit pay for top executives

The Wall Street bank also said it paid Solomon $23 million in total compensation in 2018, a 9.5 percent jump from his 2017 compensation.

Feb 2, 2019

Russian hacker stole more than 88,000 Singaporean accounts

UAE senior diplomat denies hacking Americans

The contractors, former U.S. intelligence operatives, formed a core part of UAE's cyber hacking program called Project Raven.

Feb 1, 2019

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Trump to meet with China's Xi to try to seal trade deal, progress reported

Trump, speaking at the White House during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, said he was optimistic that the world's two largest economies could reach "the biggest deal ever made."

Feb 1, 2019

Thai Central Group and Grab to expand on-demand delivery

It is the first time a partner has invested in Grab's local business, Grab Chief Executive Anthony Tan said.

Feb 1, 2019

A worker of a media center for the summit between the U.S and North Korea shows fans featuring the images of U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which provided for journalists in a media kit at the media center in Singapor

Pompeo says Trump-Kim summit to be held somewhere in Asia

Pompeo said the North Koreans had agreed the second summit between the two leaders would be held at the end of February.

Jan 31, 2019

Grab signs deal with Ascendas REIT for new Singapore HQ

The S$181.2 million ($134.5 million) headquarters will be built by Ascendas REIT and will be ready by the fourth quarter of 2020.

Jan 31, 2019

How Mohammed bin Salman is revolutionizing Saudi Arabia

Saudi crown prince discusses Yemen with U.N. secretary general

UN envoy Martin Griffiths acknowledged on Monday that proposed timelines on a pullout from the port have slipped and urged the warring parties to withdraw.

Jan 30, 2019

Apple lowers some iPhone prices outside U.S. to offset strong dollar

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook disclosed the plan on Tuesday after the company reported the first-ever dip in iPhone sales during the key holiday shopping period.

Jan 30, 2019

US citizen leaks data on 14,200 people in Singapore with HIV

U.S. citizen Mikhy Farrera Brochez lived in Singapore from 2008 and was convicted in 2017 on numerous drug-related and fraud offences.

Jan 30, 2019

Singapore's SGX wooing Saudi Aramco's secondary listing - Report

Saudi Aramco to pay $1.6 billion for stake in South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank

South Korea is a major market for Saudi Aramco, the biggest shareholder of its No.3 refiner, S-Oil Corp.

Jan 28, 2019

Excluding Huawei could hurt 5G network development: China envoy to EU

Huawei has denied the claims, saying network security has always been its priority.

Jan 28, 2019

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U.S. lifts sanctions on Rusal, other firms linked to Russia's Deripaska

But in its statement on Sunday, the U.S. Treasury Department said the three companies had reduced Deripaska's direct and indirect shareholding stake and severed his control.

Jan 28, 2019

Singapore: Vietnamese man decapitated after falling from 15th-storey hotel room

Twin bombings at church kill at least 21 in southern Philippines

The first explosion went off inside the cathedral in Jolo, on the island province of Sulu, followed by a second blast in the car park outside, killing military and civilians.

Jan 27, 2019

Malaysia probing audit firms' conduct in 1MDB scandal

Deloitte audited 1MDB's financial statements for 2013 and 2014, before it resigned as the fund's auditor in early 2016.

Jan 27, 2019

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