SouthEast
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Petal Power: Aesthetic, Silent Flower Turbines That Could Drive Southeast Asia’s Green Energy Transition
KEY POINTS The turbines provide an eye-catching, silent solution for companies seeking greener energy generation The bouquet effect makes the turbines perform better when clustered together Flower Turbines recently raised…
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Julius Baer names new group head of South-east Asia
JULIUS Baer has appointed Malcolm Tay as group head of South-east Asia, a newly created role based in Singapore, it said on Monday (Mar 4). He joins the bank from…
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Energy firms boost gas exploration in South-east Asia to meet growing demand
ENERGY companies are ramping up exploration activities in South-east Asia to boost natural gas output and meet long-term demand growth, drawn by recent discoveries and improved investment policies, company executives…
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Delivery Hero terminates talks on potential sale of foodpanda business in South-east Asia
GERMAN food delivery company Delivery Hero said on Wednesday that the ongoing talks for the potential sale of its foodpanda business in selected markets in South-east Asia have been terminated. The parties…
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Digital banks should count on more than ecosystems, tech to expand in South-east Asia
DIGITAL banks have emerged in South-east Asia as a means to reach out to the underbanked or underserved segments in a cost-effective manner. But strong competition is putting their strengths…
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Morningstar appoints South-east Asia managing director in newly created role
MORNINGSTAR has appointed Shihan Abeyguna as managing director, South-east Asia. This is a newly created role at the American financial services firm. The appointment is in addition to his current…
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Seatrium renews ship repair contract for 43 LNG carriers docked in South-east Asia
SEATRIUM has renewed its long-term favoured customer contract with two maritime companies to repair, refurbish and upgrade a combined fleet of 43 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers docked in South-east…
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CapitaLand Investment acquires 3 properties in South-east Asia
CAPITALAND Investment (CLI) is acquiring two industrial properties in Singapore through Extra Space Asia (ESA), a self-storage platform it manages. Through the group’s logistics platform CapitaLand Sea Logistics Fund (CSLF),…
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Malaysia Launches AI Literacy Program Amid Southeast Asian Race Toward High-Tech Future
KEY POINTS Anwar hopes civil servants and students can join the program as soon as possible Cisco’s late 2023 report revealed that only 14% of Malaysian organizations were fully prepared…
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Technological Shift Among Southeast Asian Organized Crime Groups ‘Revolutionized’ Crypto Laundering: UN
KEY POINTS UNODC says online casinos proved to efficiently allow crypto laundering There were “several instances” of sharing money laundering networks with North Korean hackers Region has to address issue…
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Southeast Asia Banks On Aviation Boom
Major airport expansion projects are taking off across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and a new airline is set to launch next year — all banking on an expected boom in…
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Eight Dead As Cyclone Batters India’s Southeast Coast
Chest-high waters surged down the streets of India’s southern city Chennai on Tuesday with eight people killed in intense floods as Cyclone Michaung was set to make landfall on the…
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‘My Blood Boils’: Kissinger’s Bitter Legacy In Southeast Asia
As global tributes to late US diplomat Henry Kissinger poured in, his death stirred fury across Southeast Asia. Homage has been paid to Kissinger’s realpolitik and intellectual heft as secretary…
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Indonesia Launches Southeast Asia’s First High-speed Rail
Indonesia launched Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as “a symbol of our modernisation”. With a top…
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Foodpanda Cuts Staff Amid Talks To Sell Southeast Asia Business; Grab Reportedly A Potential Buyer
Representative image of food delivery workers. AFP / Adem ALTAN KEY POINTS Foodpanda’s Asia Pacific CEO said the company is focusing on streamlining its operations Delivery Hero confirmed it is…
