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THE majority of insurers offering private Integrated Shield plans (IP) improved their underwriting performance in 2019, in a clear sign that a slew of measures taken over the past couple of years to dampen claims costs is working.

IMAGINE a single platform where all of some 270,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here can get a loan quote from multiple banks - with just one application.

BY the end of 2020, some 6,500 employees from more than 3,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to have attended sessions of OCBC's webinar series, created during the "circuit-breaker" to equip firms with relevant digital skills for the pandemic.

New Zealand's Fonterra said on Monday it would sell its dairy farms in China for a total of NZUS$555 million (US$367.97 million), with China Youran Dairy Group buying most of it.

SHANGHAI: Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has undertaken "preliminary exchanges" with the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security regarding export restrictions, the company said on Sunday in a filing. “The Company is conducting assessments on the relevant ...

French utility Veolia said on Sunday it would not launch a hostile bid for the remaining shares of rival Suez , following its move to buy the 29.9per cent Suez stake owned by power group Engie.

Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has undertaken "preliminary exchanges" with the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security regarding export restrictions, the company said on Sunday in a filing.

India and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for developing countries to produce or import COVID-19 drugs, a letter https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W669.pdf&Open=True to the WTO shows.

Cineworld, the world's second-biggest cinema operator, is set to close all its screens in the United Kingdom and Ireland as soon as the coming week, London's Sunday Times reported on Saturday.

Japan's Sony Corp and memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp have applied for U.S. approval to continue supplying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, Nikkei reported on Sunday.