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SINGAPORE: Sales of new private homes rebounded last month, marking the strongest January showing in seven years. Developers sold 618 homes - excluding executive condominiums - last month, 14.9 per cent higher than the 538 units sold in the preceding month, data from the Urban Redevelopment ...

Dubai's DP World , one of the world's largest port operators, said on Monday it would delist from the Nasdaq Dubai exchange after its parent company offered to acquire its 19.55per cent listed shares.

Australia's QBE Insurance Group said on Monday climate change could make some premiums unaffordable, especially for customers exposed to extreme weather events, and was a "material risk" for its operations across the globe.

Fast-growing British digital bank Monzo plans to hire up to 500 people and forecasts it will get 5.5 million users this year, as it prepares to have another crack at charging some customers to turn a profit.

General Motors Co is retreating from more markets outside of the United States and China, saying on Sunday that it will wind down sales, design and engineering operations in Australia and New Zealand and retire the Holden brand by 2021.

With the coronavirus outbreak in China continuing to spread, McDonald's Corp , Starbucks Corp and other fast-food companies are ramping up "contactless" pickup and delivery services to keep their workers and customers safe, the companies said.

MANULIFE Singapore has committed S$1 million via a Covid-19 support fund to provide additional protection coverage to its customers in the Republic at no added cost.

INSURERS in Singapore have over the past week rolled out free coverage initiatives, ranging from diagnosis benefits, hospitalisation coverage and death benefits, to support their customers amid the Covid-19 situation. 

WASHINGTON: The United States' ambassador to Germany said Sunday (Feb 16) that President Donald Trump had threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei. Washington has been pressing allies to ban Huawei, one of the world's largest tech firms ...

TOKYO: Japan has suffered its worst quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) contraction in more than five years, with a tax hike and a deadly typhoon taking a toll on the world's third-largest economy. The nation's GDP in the three months to December shrank 1.6 per cent from the previous...