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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
DBS Group branding. (Bloomberg) -- DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Singapore’s largest lender, is planning to recruit 100 bankers catering to the rich in Hong Kong over the next three years with clients having more appetite to trade.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Gabrielle Ng |Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
DBS CEO Tan Su Shan(Bloomberg) -- DBS Group Holdings Ltd. became the first listed company in Singapore to top $100 billion in market value, helped by a softer US currency that amplified gains on the local stock market. Southeast Asia’s top lender gained as much as 0.9% in Singapore trading on Monday, and is trading at a market capitalization of S$129.2 billion ($100.4 billion), extending its gains this year to more than 4%.
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2 weeks ago | 
theedgesingapore.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen |Gabrielle Ng
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. became the first bank in Singapore to top US$100 billion ($128.65 billion) in market value, helped by a softer US currency that amplified gains on the local stock market. Southeast Asia’s top lender gained as much as 0.8% in Singapore trading on Monday to hit $45.50. The firm is trading at a market capitalisation of $129 billion, extending its gains this year to 4.3%. The advance in DBS’s share price in US-dollar terms was driven by the weaker greenback.
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2 weeks ago | 
sg.yahoo.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen |Gabrielle Ng
Southeast Asia’s top lender gained as much as 0.8% in Singapore trading on Monday to hit $45.50. The firm is trading at a market capitalisation of $129 billion, extending its gains this year to 4.3%. DBS Group Holdings Ltd. became the first listed company in Singapore to top $100 billion in market value, helped by a softer US currency that amplified gains on the local stock market.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen |Manuel Baigorri |Elffie Chew
Great Eastern Holdings Ltd., whose shares have been suspended since an unsuccessful attempt by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. for full control, is exploring options that include a plan to delist, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Great Eastern may propose delisting the company via an offer by OCBC, which will be higher than the one made by the lender in May last year, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing non-public matters.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen |Manuel Baigorri |Elffie Chew
Great Eastern Holdings Ltd., whose shares have been suspended since an unsuccessful attempt by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. for full control, is exploring options that include a plan to delist, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Great Eastern may propose delisting the company via an offer by OCBC, which will be higher than the one made by the lender in May last year, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing non-public matters.
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1 month ago | 
news.nestia.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen(Bloomberg) — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told ruling party lawmakers to be vigilant in their interactions to avoid perceptions of impropriety. In a letter laying out so-called Rules of Prudence for the People’s Action Party’s parliamentarians after the 3 May general election, Wong said they should separate their public political position from private, professional or business interests, and be wary of potential conflicts.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
Lawrence Wong(Bloomberg) -- Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told ruling party lawmakers to be vigilant in their interactions to avoid perceptions of impropriety. In a letter laying out so-called Rules of Prudence for the People’s Action Party’s parliamentarians after the May 3 national election, Wong said they should separate their public political position from private, professional or business interests, and be wary of potential conflicts.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
3 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose massive taxes on imports from almost every country in the world. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump overstepped his …
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1 month ago | 
news.nestia.com | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen(Bloomberg) – Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said neutrality is not possible, highlighting the rising challenges for the city-state that has long sought to tread a diplomatic tightrope amid US-China trade tensions. “If you try to be neutral and walk the middle road, the road is getting narrow and narrower, eventually you will be at a knife’s edge and you won’t be able to stand on it,” Gan said at a conference hosted by UBS Group AG in Singapore.
