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China’s services activity eases in April but still solid: Caixin

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People walk through a shopping mall on the last day of a 5-day national holiday in Beijing on May 5, 2024. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

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China’s CICC demotes senior bankers, cuts pay to slash costs

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The Beijing Jianguomenwai Avenue Branch of the China International Capital Corp. (CICC)

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Global housing shortages are crushing immigration-fuelled growth

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housing Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

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100 years on, SICCI to focus on internationalisation, digitalisation and sustainability

India Tharman Shanmugaratnam

CMG20240504-ChuaKT02 蔡家增/邓玮婷 Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Centennial Gala Dinner and Centennial Business Awards [Island Ballroom, Shangri-La Singapore]]President Tharman and his wife Jane Itogi tour and viewed the Centenary Memory
wall exhibition outside the Island Ballroom. Leading the tour is Chairman of SICCI, Mr Neil Parekh.

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Economic leaders of South Korea, Japan, China say FX volatility is a risk

ECONOMIC leaders of South Korea, Japan and China said on Friday (May 3) heightened foreign exchange market volatility was one of the...

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FILE PHOTO: South Korea Vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea, June 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

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US automakers win extension on use of Chinese graphite in EV tax credits

THE US Treasury Department on Friday (May 3) gave automakers additional flexibility on battery mineral requirements for electric vehicle tax credits on...

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FILE PHOTO: Graphite powder, used for battery paste, is pictured in a Volkswagen pilot line for battery cell production in Salzgitter, Germany, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo

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World food prices up in April for second month, says UN agency

THE United Nations food agency’s world price index rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small...

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FILE PHOTO: Fresh produce are displayed at a fruit and vegetable stall at Portobello Road in London, Britain, March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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Singapore top recipient of Q1 cross-border investments in Apac: Knight Frank

DESPITE a decline in cross-border activities for the entire Asia-Pacific region, overseas investors remained interested in Singapore in the first quarter of...

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A view of shops at the departure hall of Changi Airport in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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China’s electric cars keep improving, a worry for rivals elsewhere

CARMAKERS in China are building a new generation of bigger, more technologically advanced and competitive electric cars, threatening to leap further ahead...

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Wang Tan, a design executive at XPeng Motors who said its new electric cars had more interior space in the rear, at the opening of the Beijing auto show on April 25, 2024. More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also becoming bigger and roomier. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)

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Asia’s retail investors hunt for fabled crypto riches

EVEN after a recent pullback, cryptocurrencies are some of the best-performing assets this year – and demand from Asia-Pacific retail investors has...

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