DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar Investment Authority aims to raise investments in the United States to $45 billion in the next two years from around $30 billion now, its chief executive said on Sunday. The fund was looking to balance investment, so the level of U.S. investment is closer to that in Europe, Mansour Ibrahim al-Mahmoud […]
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China will reduce restrictions on foreign investment and address difficulties facing foreign companies investing in the country, the commerce minister said, according to a transcript of an interview he gave to state media. Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said China would allow full foreign ownership of companies in more areas of the economy […]
At least 21 miners died when a roof collapsed in a coal mine in northern China, officials say. Sixty-six miners were rescued after the accident on Saturday at the Lijiagou mine near the city of Shenmu in Shaanxi province. The cause of the collapse is under investigation, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Mining accidents […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has expressed its confidence in the current momentum of engagement between Malaysia and Singapore and stressed that it is committed to strengthen bilateral ties with the Republic. In a statement released on Sunday (Jan 13), Malaysia said that its Minister of Economic Affairs Mohamed Azmin Ali would meet his Singapore counterpart, […]
KUALA LUMPUR – An annual bilateral meeting between Singapore and Malaysia set for Monday (Jan 14) has been postponed following the intrusion by Johor’s Menteri Besar into Singapore waters off Tuas. Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday that Datuk Osman Sapian’s presence on a Malaysian vessel in Singapore’s territory on Wednesday had […]
Annual Singapore-Malaysia meeting postponed after Johor Menteri Besar intruded into Singapore waters
SINGAPORE – A scheduled annual bilateral meeting between Singapore and Malaysia has been postponed following the intrusion by Johor Menteri Besar into Singapore territorial waters off Tuas, said Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Saturday (Jan 12). The intrusion into Singapore’s waters off Tuas by Datuk Osman Sapian on Wednesday has made the 14th […]
BOSTON (Reuters) – With securities regulators largely sidelined during the partial U.S. government shutdown, corporate executives may have to decide on their own what shareholder resolutions should go to a vote this spring. Many corporate boards will meet starting next month to choose which proposals to list on their proxy statements for annual shareholder meetings. […]
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Bovespa has rocketed to a 6.6 percent gain so far this year, making it the world’s second-best performing stock market, but exchange data shows a persistent exodus of foreign capital in the early days of a new market-friendly administration. Many foreign investors remain reluctant to raise their exposure to Latin […]
BOSTON (Reuters) – With securities regulators largely sidelined during the partial U.S. government shutdown, corporate executives may have to decide on their own what shareholder resolutions should go to a vote this spring. Many corporate boards will meet starting next month to choose which proposals to list on their proxy statements for annual shareholder meetings. […]
NEW DELHI — India has nine of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, according to one World Health Organization measure, with choking urban smog that researchers estimate killed 1.24 million people in 2017. But until this week, it did not have nationally set targets for reducing hazardous air pollution. That changed this week, when the […]