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Singapore hotel occupancy, RevPAR recover to pre-Covid-19 levels in November
SINGAPORE welcomed 41,140 visitors in November, nearly double the 23,980 seen in the month before, the latest figures from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) showed.
Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan raises US$96m, becomes latest unicorn
THE funding round was led by Tybourne Capital Management and saw participation from new investor Falcon Edge Capital, as well as existing investors including Horizons Ventures, Kunlun, and B Capital.
Camsing Healthcare to receive S$11.3m investment to boost Nature's Farm business
THE investor is Qiren Holdings, a wholly-owned company of Lin Qiren, who also owns and leads financial service organisation Qiren Organisation.
Keppel DC Reit to acquire second data centre in London for £57m
THE property, which will be named "London Data Centre", is the real estate investment trust's (Reit) second acquisition of a data centre in Greater London, and its third in the UK.
US Bankruptcy Court confirms EHT's Chapter 11 plan to liquidate entities
DBS Trustee, in its capacity as trustee of EH-Reit, said on Monday (Dec 27) the effective date of the plan will be on or before Dec 31.
The STI today
Singapore stocks dip in quiet start to week amid festive season; STI falls 0.1%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) dipped 0.1 per cent or 4.04 points to close at 3,104.24 points on Monday, amid quiet trading due to the festive season.
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International
China passes tariff law as tensions with trading partners simmer
Blinken meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing
South Korea’s public finances no longer a credit rating ‘strength’: Fitch
UK consumer confidence improves as inflation and taxes fall
Inflation in Japan’s capital falls below BOJ target, slows for second month
China firms are investing abroad at fastest pace in eight years