The fintech firm plans to drive regional expansion efforts across Asia from its base in Singapore.

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SINGAPORE, Feb 2 — The dollar clung to its gains today as investors weighed what a Federal Reserve under Kevin War...

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SHANGHAI, Feb 2 — Dozens of people crowded around an automated gold recycling machine at a Shanghai mall, hoping t...

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MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 — Manufacturing a Barbie or a Lego brick requires large quantities of plastic, much of which co...

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The $13 billion deal would rank as one of Asia's largest data centre transactions if achieved.

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The S$13 billion deal would rank as one of Asia's largest data centre transactions if achieved.

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When Datuk Izham Ismail was promoted to the top post in Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) in 2017, it was burdened with RM25.7bil in liabilities.

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There has been increasing concern about foreign food and beverage (F&B) brands, particularly Chinese ones, potentially causing uneven competition in the local market.

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Unitrade Industries Bhd is repositioning itself beyond its long-standing identity as a steel and building materials trader, as recycling and solar distribution emerge as core earnings pillars alongside its traditional wholesale business.

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The year has begun with the US dollar debasement resurfacing in the foreign-exchange market as concerns over the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) independence and long-term fiscal discipline sparked the "sell America" trade.

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Analysts and fund managers hope the Year of the Fire Horse will bring more foreign inflows into the domestic equity market after what most experts describe as a diarrhoeic 2025.

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TAIPEI: Nvidia Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang says the company will be participating in OpenAI's latest funding round, describing it as potentially "the largest investment we've ever made".

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said he welcomed investments by China and India in Venezuela's oil industry last Saturday.

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TOKYO: Japan will continue to face market jitters over fiscal policy, with the risk of further tax relief raising the prospect of a renewed selloff in government bonds and the yen similar to Britain's "Truss shock", a former top currency diplomat says.

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WASHINGTON: Kevin Warsh checks a long list of boxes for President Donald Trump as his pick to run the Federal Reserve (Fed), with longstanding political and social ties to the president, deep Wall Street connections and a well-tailored demeanour, but h...

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WASHINGTON: Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down by 6.53% at US$78,719.63 last Saturday, continuing its decline from the previous session.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Numbers forecast operator Magnum 4D Bhd has rolled out a new feature, dubbed as "PlayNow", embedded in its mobile application, allowing customers to generate a QR code for their bets in a move aimed at smoothing operations and reducing qu...

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PETALING JAYA: Bursa Malaysia Bhd's (BMB) financial results for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2025 (FY25) came in within expectations, with analysts expecting the company to be one of the beneficiaries of positive liquidity inflows.

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PETALING JAYA: YTL Corp Bhd's executive chairman Tan Sri Francis Yeoh Sock Ping (pic) was conferred the World Outstanding Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award at the London School of Economics (LSE) in London, United Kingdom earlier last week.

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KUCHING: WTK Holdings Bhd is set to become a bigger plantation player in Sarawak as the impending completion of the proposed acquisition of two oil palm estates will raise the group's total planted area by 14,389 ha (82.6%) to about 31,810 ha.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to trade with a bullish bias this week amid signs of weaker output, a dealer says.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Kumpulan Modal Perdana (KMP), a technology-focused government firm owned by the Minister of Finance (Inc), has announced a strategic investment in the hydrometallurgical facility developed by Econili Battery New Energy Sdn Bhd.

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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government released its annual budget yesterday, expected to strengthen domestic policy reforms to cushion the economy from rising uncertainties such as steep US tariffs and broader geopolitical tensions.

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DHAKA: Textile worker Sabina Khatun is in limbo after losing her job during sweeping factory closures, caught up like millions in Bangladesh in the fallout from a 2024 uprising that toppled years of autocratic rule.

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SEOUL: South Korea's exports extended their growth streak in January, underpinned by robust semiconductor demand and an increase in the number of working days from a year earlier because of the effects of a favourable calendar.

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