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HONG KONG: Swiss bank UBS was fined HK$400 million (US$51.09 million) by Hong Kong's securities regulator for overcharging up to 5,000 clients for nearly a decade, the watchdog said on Monday (Nov 11). The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said in a statement that an investigation ......

Asian markets turned lower on Monday as another record close on Wall Street was overshadowed by uncertainty over the China-US trade talks, while Hong Kong was also hit by fresh protests in which at least one person was shot.

China's dominant e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding raked in US$23 billion worth of sales in the first nine hours of its annual Singles' Day shopping extravaganza on Monday, setting records as the event celebrates its 11th year.

Iran's oil minister said Monday that an oil field whose discovery President Hassan Rouhani announced at the weekend adds only 22.2 billion barrels to the country's estimated crude reserves.

SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (Nov 11) announced that it has set up a US$2 billion green investments programme to invest in public market investment strategies that have a "strong green focus". MAS said the programme will help to support Singapore’s financial ...

<p>Their share of US imports of products on the tariff list has been rising faster</p>

Netherlands-based Prosus said on Monday it had published its cash offer document to buy online takeaway delivery platform Just Eat for 710 pence a share, pitching its bid against rival Takeaway.com with a lowered acceptance threshold of 75per cent.

<p>DBS and OCBC Bank are tying up with tech giant Google, with both Singapore banks due to launch Google&nbsp;Pay&nbsp;services with PayLah! and PayNow by early 2020.&nbsp;</p>

DBS and OCBC Bank are tying up with tech giant Google, with both Singapore banks due to launch Google Pay services with PayLah! and PayNow by early 2020. 

SINGAPORE: Rolling out a per-transaction plastic bag charge to 25 outlets islandwide “really is not a small step for Singapore”, said NTUC CEO Seah Kian Peng on Monday (Nov 11).  Shoppers will be charged for plastic bags at 25 NTUC FairPrice-owned outlets for a year from today, an extension of...