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Bloomberg Singapore’s Treasury bills saw strong demand at Thursday’s auction, with bids more than twice what was offered amid fierce bidding from retail investors and money-market funds. The city state sold S$4.8 billion ($3.5 billion) of six-month T-bills after drawing cumulative bids worth S$11.9 billion. The securities were sold at an average yield of 3.9% on Thursday, edging down from ...

Bloomberg Truck drivers are on strike in South Korea for the second time in less than a year, targeting major ports in a bid to disrupt key exports from autos to petrochemicals. The strike began Thursday morning, with demonstrations at 16 sites across the country. The union, which represents 25,000 workers, didn’t disclose details of the work actions in a ...

  Bloomberg Paytm, India’s leading digital payments brand, posted a wider second-quarter loss after it spent more to grow its business. The net loss in the July-September period swelled to 5.71 billion rupees ($69.7 million) from 4.73 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said on Monday. Revenue rose 76% to 19.14 billion rupees, while total costs increased 60% to ...

  Bloomberg Five new fine-dining restaurants in Thailand have won the prestigious Michelin star ratings, adding to the Southeast Asian nation’s gastronomic appeal that may help cement a post-pandemic tourism recovery. Potong, which serves Thai-Chinese cuisine from a shop house that was once a pharmacy in Bangkok’s China town, and contemporary Thai restaurant Baan Tepa were among the five winners ...

Bloomberg Hundreds of workers at Apple Inc.’s main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak. Workers at the Foxconn Technology Group plant streamed out of dormitories in the early hours of Wednesday, jostling and pushing past the white-clad guards they vastly outnumbered, ...

  Bloomberg Adani Enterprises Ltd., the flagship firm of Asia’s richest person, is considering issuing at least $1.8 billion in new shares, according to people familiar with the matter. Billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate is working with advisers on the follow-on issue and could sell the shares as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified as ...

  Bloomberg Singapore’s core inflation gauge eased for the first time in eight months in October, giving policymakers reason to refrain from tightening monetary policy amid mounting risks to economic growth. Core inflation, which excludes private transport and accommodation and is closely watched by the central bank, rose 5.1% from a year ago, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and ...

  Bloomberg Chinese authorities are planning to impose a fine of more than $1 billion on Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co., paving the way for the ending of a regulatory overhaul of the financial technology firm, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The central bank is preparing the penalty, which could land in the second quarter of next ...

  Bloomberg India is looking for takers for $2.4 billion in government aid it’s offering to stimulate domestic manufacturing of solar power equipment. The state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India is seeking bids from solar manufacturers for 195 billion rupees of financial incentives, according to documents published on the agency’s website. The government is seeking to grow the country’s module-making ...

Bloomberg JD.com Inc. is slashing salaries for about 2,000 managers by 10% to 20% and diverting some of those savings toward a $1.4 billion employee benefits fund, aligning China’s No. 2 online retailer with Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” campaign to share the wealth. Billionaire JD.com founder Richard Liu will donate 100 million yuan ($14 million) of his own money toward ...