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Grab's Nasdaq debut blazes trail for regional peers
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2021
» SINGAPORE: Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40-billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a listing that will set the tone for other regional offerings.
New blank-cheque firms arm up for Asian unicorn hunt
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2020
» SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: A new fundraising frenzy that swept Wall Street this year looks set to take hold in Asia with more than a dozen special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, on the hunt for fast-growing technology firms that are ready to go public.
Cambodia's royal oxen predict good harvests this year
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's royal oxen predicted a bountiful harvest of rice, the country's biggest crop, as well as corn and beans at an ancient royal ploughing ceremony on Thursday.
Prayers and buffalo races at Cambodia's Festival of the Dead
Reuters, Published on 20/09/2017
» KANDAL, Cambodia, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Hundreds gathered on Wednesday to watch horse and buffalo races at Vihear Sour Pagoda, northeast of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, on the last day of the annual Festival of the Dead.
Chinese bankers flock to Hong Kong as expats retreat
Reuters, Published on 18/06/2017
» HONG KONG -- A flood of Chinese bankers is changing the social fabric of Hong Kong, as they rapidly expand their footprint in one of the world's premier financial centres, even as Beijing struggles to tame the former British colony politically.
Danone wins US approval to acquire WhiteWave
Business, Reuters, Published on 05/04/2017
» WASHINGTON: French food group Danone SA has won US antitrust approval to buy US organic food producer WhiteWave Foods Co, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Uber launches assault on takeaway meals market
Business, Reuters, Published on 29/09/2016
» AMSTERDAM: Uber Technologies Inc is making an aggressive drive into takeaway meal deliveries, with the US firm gearing up with a big staff recruitment campaign to enter at least 22 more countries.