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Wall Street investors with access to newly listed stocks at their exclusive IPO prices reaped huge returns in 2020, while retail investors who generally miss out on the best prices still made tidy gains.

Global index publisher FTSE Russell said it may delete more Chinese companies from its global benchmarks, after the Trump administration on Monday strengthened an executive order barring U.S. investment in firms with alleged Chinese military backing.

The Russian subsidiary of Japan's Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it would stop supplying new cars to official dealers in Russia in 2022.

The final hearing of a trial that will decide whether Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee returns to jail for alleged bribery began in a Seoul court on Wednesday.

Hong Kong developer Hang Lung Properties said it was unable to complete the purchase of a property owned by the U.S. consulate as scheduled on Wednesday because it involved foreign affairs between China and the United States.

JAKARTA: Indonesia and a unit of South Korean firm LG Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a US$9.8 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery investment deal, the head of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board said on Wednesday. The deal was signed on Dec. 18 and includes ...

SINGAPORE: The electricity tariff for households will fall by about 3.2 per cent for the January to March period next year, compared with the previous quarter, due to lower energy costs, said SP Group on Wednesday (Dec 30). Excluding Goods and Services Tax (GST), the tariff will decrease from 21...

CORPORATES' financial woes, the Hin Leong saga, working from home and startups' struggles - these themes were among the most popular with The Business Times (BT) readers this year.

A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc's copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple products including the iPhone.

Even if you resent China for being the epicentre of Covid-19, you've got to admire Beijing's leadership skills. Less than a year after the pandemic erupted, life is back to normal, while Europe and the US are still struggling. The country is now the world's shining economic...