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Rice to get costlier as supply threatened
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2023
» MUMBAI: Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.
BNP Paribas' wealth management unit to launch in Thailand
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2023
» BENGALURU: BNP Paribas, the euro zone's biggest bank, said on Tuesday its wealth management arm will launch in Thailand to expand its presence in Asian markets.
Samsung, LG plan multi-billion-dollar additional investment in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2022
» HANOI: South Korean electronics giants Samsung and LG plan to pour billions of United States dollars of additional investment into Vietnam, state media reports and the Vietnamese government said on Tuesday.
FTX case has raised 'serious allegations', says Singapore minister
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2022
» SINGAPORE: The collapse of crypto exchange FTX has raised "very serious allegations that amount to potential fraud", Singapore's finance minister and deputy prime minister said on Thursday.
Nations seek aviation climate pact despite global tensions
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2022
» MONTREAL/PARIS: A United Nations (UN) body has begun global talks to hammer out a consensus on reducing airline emissions in the face of lingering discord over climate change and the impact of war in Ukraine.
S.Korea court orders arrest of developer of failed crypto Luna
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2022
» SEOUL: A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the primary developer of failed cryptocurrency Luna and the founder of blockchain platform Terraform Labs.
Central Group plans $1.3bn push in Europe after Selfridges
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2022
» Thailand's biggest retailer Central Group said on Tuesday it planned to expand its footprint in Europe further with investments worth nearly €1.3 billion euros (US$1.29 billion) over five years in new stores, upgrades and e-commerce.
Victoria's Secret to pay B285m settlement to laid-off Thai workers
Reuters, Published on 28/05/2022
» Thai workers who were sacked last year from a factory supplying global lingerie brands including Victoria's Secret will receive 285.2 million baht, in what labour activists say is the biggest settlement of its kind in the global garment industry.
Bitcoin has no future as a payments network - FTX
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2022
» Cryptocurrency exchange FTX's founder has said that bitcoin has no future as a payments network and criticised the digital currency for its inefficiency and high environmental costs.
Vietnamese automaker VinFast files for US IPO to fund expansion
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2022
» HAIPHONG: Vietnamese automaker VinFast said on Thursday its Singapore-based holding company had filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of the group with US securities regulators, as it plans US$4 billion spending on its first US factory complex.