energy

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At close to 200 years old, this company is seeking young blood

SINGAPORE (July 7): As one of Singapore’s oldest companies, Boustead Singapore has cycled through numerous businesses including commodity trading, tin smelting, shipping and the distribution of consumer goods.

Saudi Aramco trading arm hiring staff for Singapore push

SINGAPORE (June 1): The trading arm of oil giant Saudi Aramco is looking to step up hiring for its Singapore office as it pushes into the regional energy hub, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

This is what Noble Group has left to lure a strategic investor

(May 30): Noble Group is seeking a strategic investor to drag the beleaguered commodities trader out of what it calls an “incredibly difficult environment.”

A tiny island off Singapore may hold answers to energy's future

SINGAPORE (May 25): On a small island off the southern coast of Singapore, a French energy company is experimenting with what it hopes will be the future of renewable power storage.

Global Markets

Risky and complex US loan wagers are red hot in low-yield Asia

NEW YORK (May 19): Asia’s yield-hungry investors have a lot riding on the financial engineers of Wall Street.

Results

AusGroup swings back to profitability with $3.4 mil of 3Q earnings on lower costs

SINGAPORE (May 12): AusGroup, the integrated solutions provider to the energy, industrial and mining sectors across Australia and Southeast Asia, posted earnings of A$3.3 million ($3.4 million) for the third quarter ended March 31 – reversing from its l

Commodities

The electric-car boom is so real even oil companies say it's coming

NEW YORK (April 26): Electric cars are coming fast -- and that’s not just the opinion of carmakers anymore. Total SA, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is now saying EVs may constitute almost a third of new-car sales by the end of the next de

Commodities

Electric grid study ordered by US energy chief to boost coal

WASHINGTON (April 17): US Energy Secretary Rick Perry is ordering a study of the US electric grid, with an eye to examining whether policies that favor wind and solar energy are accelerating the retirement of coal and nuclear plants critical to ensuring s

Investing strategies

What lies ahead for Asian economies and currencies this year: Deutsche

SINGAPORE (March 28): Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has highlighted rising inflation as a particular area for Asia to watch in the year ahead, which has the potential to become a policy issue but is not an immediate problem.
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Commodities

Armed with US$11 billion, Thailand oil giants hunt for investments

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE (March 20): The Asian energy companies sitting on the largest horde of cash outside China are ready to put it to use.
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