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  Most Asian markets down as tech, energy firms take a hit

  Agence France-Presse . Hong Kong | Updated at 12:00am on November 14, 2018

  Technology firms fell in Asia Tuesday, tracking a deep sell-off in New York where Apple was hammered by worries about demand for its iPhones, while...

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  Call for open markets as world leaders gather in Singapore

  Agence France-Presse . Singapore | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018

  Singapore’s prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned ‘political pressures’ were driving countries apart, in a swipe at rising protectionism...

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  Vietnam ratifies TPP

  Agence France-Presse . Hanoi | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018

  Vietnam on Monday became the seventh country to ratify a sprawling Pacific trade pact set to come into effect later this year, despite US president...

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  BIFFL, BlueMount Capital sign MoU to get int’l finance

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018

  Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited, a state-owned non-bank financial institution, and BlueMount Capital, an Australian-headquartered corporate finance house, signed an memorandum of understanding to collaborate...

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  Chances of Brexit deal this month fade

  Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018

  The already slim chance that a Brexit deal would be agreed this month receded still further on Monday as another EU meeting ended without a...

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  Cabinet okays draft bill to reform tariff commission

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Bangladesh Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill-2018 to strengthen the commission and widen the scope of its...

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  Alibaba hits another ‘Singles Day’ order record of $30.7b

  | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018

  Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba filled a record $30.7 billion in orders on Sunday during its annual ‘Singles Day’ shopping frenzy, but growth slowed from previous...

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  China-backed trade deal centre stage at summit as US retreats

  Agence France-Presse . Singapore | Updated at 12:00am on November 12, 2018

  World leaders will push for the rapid completion of a massive, China-backed trade deal that excludes the US at a summit this week, in a...

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  Summit Power receives ICSB gold award

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on November 12, 2018

  Summit Power has been awarded the gold award at ‘ICSB National Award’ for corporate governance excellence in ‘the fuel and power companies’ category, said a...

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  Returning Cubans boost island’s real estate market

  Agence France-Presse . Havana | Updated at 12:00am on November 12, 2018

  In shorts and wearing shoes but no socks, Mauricio Garcia could pass for a tourist as he strolls around Old Havana. But he’s as Cuban...