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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...