<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>SINGAPORE (Dec 26): Q&amp;M Dental Group (Singapore) will not be making any changes to the company's business.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>This was the conclusion of a 10-month strategic review undertaken by financial adviser Religare Capital Markets Corporate Finance.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Over the course of the strategic review, Religare had examined the valuation impact of various aspects of the group’s business and had submitted its observations to the board... <a href="https://www.theedgesingapore.com/qm-dental-maintains-status-quo-after-business-strategic-review" target="_blank">(Click here to read the full story.)</a></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

SINGAPORE (Dec 26): Q&M Dental Group (Singapore) will not be making any changes to the company's business.

This was the conclusion of a 10-month strategic review undertaken by financial adviser Religare Capital Markets Corporate Finance.

Over the course of the strategic re...

Q&M Dental maintains status quo after business strategic review

Amicorp Group said it would fight 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) claim of more than US$1 billion filed in the British Virgin Islands court.

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When Riot Games first decided to make a TV show inspired by its hit game League of Legends, the video game publisher took the unusual step of developing and financing the project on its own. While most of its peers licence titles to Hollywood studios that have experience making TV, Riot wanted to maintain full control.

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Andy Gove, the long-serving CEO of Intel, wrote of how only the paranoid will survive. Such are the times we live in that his advice is probably a helpful starting point as we think about what Singapore will be like in coming years.

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The Hong Kong government cancelled the passports of seven overseas-based activists under the new national security law, and banned the handling of funds related to these individuals.

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China named a new political commissar for its large ground forces, an unexpected move that signals President Xi Jinping is tightening military discipline.

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China’s finance ministry reaffirmed it will increase public spending with a greater focus on boosting consumption to support the economy next year, ahead of growth headwinds from looming US tariffs.

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A US national security panel has deadlocked on its review of the sale of US Steel Corp to Japan's Nippon Steel Corp, a procedural development that opens the door for President Joe Biden to block the transaction.

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Japan is pushing through a new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2035, even as the plan faces criticism as lacking in ambition.

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Defaulted Chinese developer Shimao Group Holdings Ltd has slashed the asking price for a Sheraton-branded hotel property near Hong Kong’s airport by a quarter, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) wholly owned unit trust management company, Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), has announced a total income distribution of 5.75 sen per unit for Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2024 (FY2024).

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Singapore forged ahead with efforts to formulate a digital-assets hub in 2024, while rival financial center Hong Kong has struggled to gain traction.

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Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) wholly owned unit trust management company, Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), has announced a total income distribution of 5.75 sen per unit for Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2024 (FY2024).

Malaysia’s utilities stocks still have room to run as electricity demand surges from the proliferation of data centres and electric vehicles, Apex Securities said and told investors to "overweight" the sector.

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Amicorp Group said it would fight 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) claim of more than US$1 billion filed in the British Virgin Islands court.

The High Court has dismissed Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's leave (permission) application to commence legal action against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the government over RM730,300 in allocations for his constituency.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) shares touched a record high, as the world’s largest contract chipmaker is poised to cap its best annual stock performance in 25 years.

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Rain and thunderstorms are expected to hit Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Sabah, and Sarawak on Christmas morning.

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Stocks in Asia traded in tight ranges amid relatively thin holiday trading after a rally in some of the world’s largest technology companies boosted US benchmarks.

Asian stocks in narrow ranges after US tech boost

China’s real estate woes look set to get worse before they get better, raising the prospect of a miserable year for property shares despite a recent bounce.

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A rally in some of the world’s largest technology companies spurred a rebound in stocks, following a brief slide fueled by weaker-than-expected data on US consumer confidence.

In a thin trading session at the start of a holiday-shortened week, the S&amp;P 500 finished near session highs. Nvidia Corp., Meta Platforms Inc. and Tesla Inc. drove a gauge of the “Magnificent Seven” megacaps up almost 1.5%.

US stocks get boost from tech at start of Christmas week

Honda Motor Co’s shares climbed over 17%, the most since August, after the carmaker said it would repurchase up to ¥1.1 trillion (US$7 billion or RM28.58 billion) in shares by next December, ahead of a deal that amounts to an acquisition of ailing peer Nissan Motor Co.

Honda shares jump 17% as buyback eases concern over Nissan deal

British confectionery giant Cadbury has lost its status as supplier to the British Royal Family after 170 years and six monarchs, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti, citing the Daily Mail.

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Bitcoin is flagging in the last leg of a record-breaking year.

Bitcoin momentum ebbs heading into last stretch of record year

BYD Co has severed ties with a construction firm after Brazilian authorities halted construction of a new electric vehicle (EV) plant where workers were found working and living in “slavery”-like conditions.

Brazil halts BYD site after workers found in ‘slave’ conditions

Social media app Telegram is profitable for the first time after paying down “a meaningful share” of some US$2 billion (RM8.97 billion) in debt, CEO Pavel Durov said in a post on X Monday (Dec 23).

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Agrochemicals giant Syngenta Group Co signed a US$4.5 billion (RM20.2 billion) sustainability-linked loan, according to a company statement on Monday, in Asia’s largest such dollar facility this year.

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South Korea's consumer sentiment dropped sharply this month to hit the weakest level in more than two years on growing worries about political uncertainty following parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Saks Global completed its US$2.7 billion (RM12.11 billion) acquisition of Neiman Marcus, creating what the company says is a multibrand luxury giant that’s powered by the technology of its high-profile investors, Amazon.com Inc and Salesforce Inc.

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(Dec 24): Donald Trump hinted he still wants to buy Greenland, a self-ruling territory of Denmark, saying that US ownership and control of the island is an “absolute necessity” for national security.

The US President-elect reopened a debate from 2019, when he offered to buy what is the ...

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Australia’s balance of risks is tilted to the downside, including a potential stall in disinflation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, calling on the government to avoid excessive spending.