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Singapore grants approvals to import 900 MW of Malaysian solar power, including from Linggiu Reservoir facility
The awardees are Singapore’s Sembcorp Utilities and a unit of Malaysian developer Ditrolic Energy[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s energy regulator has granted conditional approvals to two companies to import 900 megawatts (MW)...
Indonesian rubber growers bet the farm on oil palm
Agriculture ministry data shows the land area for rubber plantations in Indonesia declined 17% over the last five yearsPublished Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 04:53 PM[JAKARTA] Sumaryono, a 45-year-old...
Volkswagen must cut costs faster to change, chairman says
Published Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 04:23 PMVOLKSWAGEN’S majority owner urged Europe’s biggest carmaker to move quickly on cutting costs and excess capacity to return to competitiveness.Volkswagen should consider...
China’s top AI model evaded testing environment, researchers say
Published Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 03:59 PMCHINESE firm Moonshot’s latest artificial intelligence model broke out of a cyber-testing environment, researchers said, in the latest incident that raises concerns...
Singapore’s competition watchdog clears Texas Instruments’ proposed acquisition of Silicon Labs
CCS concludes it will not lead to substantial lessening of competition across global semiconductor markets[SINGAPORE] The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS) has granted clearance for the proposed...
China central bank adds gold in Hong Kong amid trading hub push
This accelerates a longer-term trend where the People’s Bank of China moves gold reserves back home from LondonPublished Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 02:25 PMCHINA’S central bank is stockpiling...
China’s crude oil purchases rebound in July from near-decade low
Oil flows from the Persian Gulf rise after an interim peace deal between the US and Iran in JunePublished Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 01:37 PMCHINA’S crude oil imports...
Chinese AI chipmakers poised to gain from Beijing’s tech push
The country’s firms raise orders after Beijing mandates local tech firms find alternatives to Nvidia productsPublished Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 01:10 PMCHINA’S artificial intelligence chip designers are expecting...
DBS sees choppy Q3 for STI as investors pivot from Singapore banks to listcos that are unlocking value
Brokerage expects growing interest in alternative themes such as EQDP beneficiaries[SINGAPORE] DBS Group Research expects the Straits Times Index (STI) to face a choppy third quarter, and a tactical...
Japan’s April yen intervention set daily record as pressure persists
It may have spent as much as US$58.97 billion on Jul 30 and US$36.58 billion on the next day propping up the yenPublished Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 11:53...
