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Merck snags Chinese cancer drug for up to US$3.3 billion
MERCK & Co licenced an experimental cancer antibody from a closely held Chinese company in a deal worth US$588 million upfront, plus as much as US$2.7 billion in milestone...
Bumitama Agri’s Q3 net profit falls 31.6% to 597.9 billion rupiah
BUMITAMA Agri reported a net profit of 597.9 billion rupiah (S$51 million) for the third quarter ended Sep 30, down 31.6 per cent the year prior. Revenue for Q3...
Singtel’s H1 profit falls 42.4% to S$1.23 billion in absence of exceptional gain
SINGTEL’S net profit for the first half ended September fell 42.4 per cent year on year to S$1.23 billion from S$2.14 billion.This was in the absence of a S$1.2...
Singtel’s interim dividend up 35%, H1 profit falls 42.4% to S$1.23 billion in absence of exceptional gain
Soft enterprise demand is expected to improve in the coming months, and data centre customers are paying reservation fees to secure limited capacitySINGTEL’S net profit for the first half...
Tesla fans go all in driving US$300 billion rally on Trump win
TESLA fans have been reinvigorated by Donald Trump’s presidential triumph. The stock’s climb has been seemingly unstoppable as investors pile into the shares, confident that a second Trump term...
FTX sues Binance and its former CEO for US$1.8 billion
COLLAPSED cryptocurrency company FTX is suing Binance and its former CEO Zhao Changpeng, alleging that US$1.8 billion was “fraudulently transferred” by FTX management to Binance and its executives.The lawsuit...
Australia’s HMC Capital to list data centre trust worth A$4 billion
AUSTRALIA’S HMC Capital will press ahead with the initial public offering of its data centres business that would be worth A$4 billion (S$3.5 billion), according to its regulatory filings...
SoftBank expected to book 287 billion yen profit on IPOs
JAPANESE technology investor SoftBank Group is expected to report a 287 billion yen (S$2.5 billion) quarterly profit on Tuesday (Nov 12), boosted by successful portfolio company listings and a...
Seatrium’s nine-month net order book swells to S$24.4 billion
Year to date, the company has delivered three projects and completed 192 repair and upgrade projectsSEATRIUM’S net order book for the nine months ended September rose to S$24.4 billion,...
Harris Raised $1 Billion. Where Did it All Go?
Kamala Harris raised more than $1 billion for her presidential campaign … which ultimately failed. In the afterglow of stunning defeat, some Democrats are now asking how she could...
Delivery Hero’s Talabat to launch over US$1 billion Dubai IPO next week: sources
TALABAT, the Middle East business of Delivery Hero, plans to launch its Dubai initial public offering next week, three people familiar with the plans told Reuters, in one of...
Geely seeks over two billion euros loan to refinance Volvo truck deal
CHINESE billionaire Li Shufu’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is in talks with banks for a syndicated loan to refinance borrowings related to its acquisition of a stake in Volvo...