JAKARTA: China will buy US$1.467 billion worth of thermal coal from Indonesia next year, the Indonesian Coal Mining Association (APBI) said on Wednesday (Nov 25). The trade deal was signed between APBI and China Coal Transportation and Distribution on Wednesday, according to APBI's statement. "It ...
The S&P 500 is poised to climb 9per cent between now and the end of 2021 as the anticipated widespread release of a COVID-19 vaccine drives an economic and corporate earnings recovery from the pandemic, according to a Reuters poll of strategists.
India's National Stock Exchange (NSE) privately warned Future Retail it risked regulatory action for not making timely market disclosures about efforts by Amazon.com to block a disputed asset sale, according to e-mails reviewed by Reuters.
Clariant AG plans to cut around 1,000 jobs as it slims down amid a series of divestments, the Swiss speciality chemicals company said on Wednesday.
SINGAPORE: Singapore has begun importing frozen shrimp from Saudi Arabia, a move that will lay the foundations for more food imports and exports between the two countries, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday (Nov 25). “Prior to this, I think very few of us would have...
China's annual World Internet Conference is usually a forum for luminaries from the country's online giants and government bodies to discuss pressing issues of the day.
SINGAPORE: Singapore needs to manage the risks – not eliminate them entirely – as the country prepares to reopen for travel, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday (Nov 25). "Shutting ourselves off from the world is not an option," Mr Chan said in a...
Asian stocks made early gains on Wednesday, following a world rally overnight that saw the Dow Jones benchmark crack 30,000 for the first time as investors cheered a dramatically improved global outlook.
MELBOURNE: Rio Tinto's destruction of sacred Indigenous rock shelters in Australia this year has dismayed and galvanised a swathe of investors who want big changes in how mining firms manage heritage issues and have begun to tell them so. They have stepped up communication with mining companies ...
BRASILIA: China's embassy in Brazil on Tuesday (Nov 24) said a son of President Jair Bolsonaro had harmed relations between the two countries with critical comments about telecommunications equipment firm Huawei. The rift was the latest chapter in a battle between China and the United States over ...
