Tan Kok Huat, CEO of Reclaims Global, boosts stake

Tan Kok Huat, CEO of Reclaims Global, boosts stake

Financial services and telecommunications booked the most net institutional inflow for the week of Nov 7 to 13 [SINGAPORE] Over the five trading sessions from Nov 7 to 13, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$236 million, reversing the previous week’s net outflow of S$96 million.   Institutional flows Stocks…

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Capital-raising focus: Reclaims Global, iWow, Vividthree

Capital-raising focus: Reclaims Global, iWow, Vividthree

Financial services and industrials book the most net institutional outflow from Oct 10 to 16, while telecommunications and healthcare book the most net institutional inflow [SINGAPORE] Over the five trading sessions from Oct 10 to 16, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with the net institutional outflow of S$167 million partially reversing the S$250…

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Sought By Luxury Labels, Nigerian Leather Reclaims Home Market

Sought By Luxury Labels, Nigerian Leather Reclaims Home Market

Most Nigerian leather, often semi-finished, is exported to Europe and Asia and turned into luxury items bearing international brand labels, with zero trace of its origins. But with her homegrown brand, Isi Omiyi creates high-end pieces to try to reclaim Nigeria’s leather identity. In her apartment in the Lagos metropolis, she has created a boutique…

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Nepal Seeks New Leader As Army Reclaims Streets After Protest Violence

Nepal Seeks New Leader As Army Reclaims Streets After Protest Violence

Nepal’s president and army sought on Friday to find a consensus interim leader to fill a political vacuum after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government and left parliament in flames. The Himalayan nation of 30 million people was plunged into chaos this week after security forces tried to crush rallies by young anti-corruption protesters, culminating…

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Canada Project Reclaims ‘Foul’ Industrial Area To Contain Floods

Canada Project Reclaims ‘Foul’ Industrial Area To Contain Floods

The spur to build Toronto’s billion-dollar-plus flood prevention project dates back to a devastating hurricane in 1954, but planners say its urgency was reinforced by the recent tragic flooding in Texas. The Port Lands project has, in part, reversed a consequence of industrialization by reconnecting Lake Ontario with the Don River, more than a century…

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JPMorgan reclaims top spot from Bank of America in analyst poll

JPMorgan reclaims top spot from Bank of America in analyst poll

JPMorgan Chase was voted the best US sell-side research firm in a widely followed investor survey, reclaiming the top spot that bank occupied for most of the past decade. Bank of America, which ended JPMorgan’s seven-year lead in 2023, slipped to the second place in the latest survey by Extel, formally known as Institutional Investor.…

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Tencent’s Pony Ma reclaims title of China’s richest person

Tencent’s Pony Ma reclaims title of China’s richest person

TENCENT co-founder Pony Ma Huateng returned to the top of the wealth rankings in China, making him the latest tech billionaire to achieve the status. Weak economic data from the world’s second-biggest economy sent some Hong Kong-listed shares lower on Monday (Sep 16), allowing Ma to surpass bottled water tycoon Zhong Shanshan with a fortune…

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Malaysia’s Sarawak reclaims gas assets in autonomy bid

Malaysia’s Sarawak reclaims gas assets in autonomy bid

MALAYSIA’S biggest state, Sarawak, is set to take control of its natural gas assets from federal government-run companies, as its campaign for economic autonomy bears fruit in the South-east Asian country’s fragile political landscape. The Borneo island state’s oil firm, Petroleum Sarawak, last week signed its first gas sale agreements. It is effectively starting a…

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