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Huibert Vigeveno, downstream director at Shell, said the company intends to grow its global electric vehicle charging stations network worldwide.

The IMF expects the five largest developing economies in Southeast Asia to collectively grow by 4.9% in 2021, down from its previous projection of 5.2%.

The hires will be a part of Dyson’s £2.75 billion ($3.7 billion) global technology investment plan to expand research into advanced robotics and AI.

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the Singapore economy to shrink 0.2% in the first quarter from a year ago.

The chief executive of the SGX, Loh Boon Chye, said 2020 was an inflection point as Asian firms gained greater awareness of sustainability issues.

Singapore’s deputy prime minister announced plans to step aside so that a “younger leader who will have a longer runway can take over.”

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat shocked the nation on Thursday, announcing he will step aside as the designated successor to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Singapore needs a “suite of measures” beyond Covid vaccinations in order to open up its economy, said S Iswaran, minister for communications and information.

Eat Just, best known for creating plant-based food products, has raised a $200 million fundraising round led by the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar.

Issues around the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine could hurt global trade — that’s bad news for Asia, said Steve Cochrane, chief APAC economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Investment bank JPMorgan expects cyclical stocks to lead the market higher in the medium- to long-term as the business cycle improves.

Both sides are watching for any potential spike in Covid-19 cases following the Lunar New Year festivities, said Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung.

Facebook’s decision was in response to a proposed media law in Australia that will require online platforms to pay news outlets for content.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the funds will be used to support Covid vaccination efforts and economic segments hit hard in the pandemic.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will announce Singapore’s budget for 2021 on Feb. 16.

Some Asian countries have bounced back from the economic pain of Covid-19 and that bodes well for the 2021 outlook, according to Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS.

Temasek is one of the world’s largest investors. Its portfolio value stood at 306 billion Singapore dollars ($230 billion) as of March 31 last year.

Investors are factoring in easy policy ahead in China despite authorities “explicitly” signaling a move toward normalization, warns BCA Research’s Jing Sima.

This latest state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas was announced last week, in a bid to combat the latest surge in coronavirus infections.

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, fell over 10% from a day earlier to $34,200, according to Coin Metrics data.