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Great Eastern privatisation is ‘natural progression’ in bank’s strategy: OCBC CEO Helen Wong
THE full integration of Great Eastern into OCBC will help the lender realise more synergistic value, by providing more opportunities for…
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Great Eastern Q4 profit falls 14% to S$134.8 million
GREAT Eastern on Tuesday (Feb 25) reported a net profit of S$134.8 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, down 14 per cent from…
Business
Great Eastern Q4 profit falls 14% to S$134.8 million, reflecting medical insurance provisions
GREAT Eastern on Tuesday (Feb 25) pointed to provisions made for its medical insurance business as the primary reason its net profit fell…
Business
Stocks to watch: Great Eastern, FCT, Yangzijiang Financial, PropNex, EC World Reit
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Feb 25). Great Eastern: The insurance…
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Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even…
Politics
Saudi Aramco boosts prices to Asia as Middle Eastern crude soars
SAUDI Arabia hiked the price of its flagship crude to Asia by the most in more than two years as the kingdom responds to surging premiums…
Business
Time for OCBC to offload Great Eastern
The breathing room Great Eastern and OCBC now have to address the insurer’s free float stretches beyond the likely dates of their upcoming…
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Great Eastern granted further extension to May 25 to explore options to return free float
GREAT Eastern now has until May 25 to explore options to comply with free float requirements under the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) listing…
Politics
Rwanda-backed rebels capture key eastern DR Congo town
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, according to various…
Business
UK activist investor Palliser takes protest against Great Eastern takeover to MAS, SGX
UK activist investor Palliser Capital is looking to disrupt the takeover of insurer Great Eastern by majority shareholder OCBC, the…
Business
Great Eastern Life prices US$500 million fixed rate perpetual capital securities
The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company has priced US$500 million fixed rate perpetual capital securities, first callable in 2032, to be…
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Sudanese army claims capture of key eastern city from rebels
The army in Sudan says it has captured a key city in the country's east, one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two-year-long war…
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Protests begin ahead of far-right AfD rally in eastern Germany
Planned protests organized by an alliance of activists have begun ahead of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) two-day party…
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More than 100,000 people displaced in eastern Congo since the start of the year, UN says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in eastern Congo as a result of a new…
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Bomb found during demolition of collapsed bridge in eastern Germany
Workers trying to dismantle the partially collapsed Carola bridge in the eastern German city of Leipzig have found an unexploded bomb,…
Culture
Where in Heaven and Hell and Eastern Europe Was Nosferatu Filmed?
Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features To create the dreadful world of Nosferatu, production designer Craig Lathrop designed and built some 60 sets…
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China Eastern to debut C919 on Shanghai-Hong Kong route in January
CHINA Eastern Airlines will launch the first commercial cross-border service operated by C919 between Shanghai and Hong Kong on Jan 1,…
Politics
Fierce battles over eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
Russian attackers and Ukrainian defenders have once again engaged in fierce battles over the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in…
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Cyclone Chido rips through French territory of Mayotte as it barrels toward eastern Africa
MORONI, Comoros (AP) — The French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean has suffered extensive damage from Cyclone Chido, officials…
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Southern African leaders resolve to keep troops in conflict-torn eastern Congo for another year
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Southern African leaders resolved Wednesday to extend for another year the presence of regional troops deployed to…
Politics
Russian troops continue attacks in eastern Ukraine
The Russian military has once again tried to break through the Ukrainian lines of defence around the town of Kurakhove on the edge of…
Politics
Heavy fighting reported from parts of front in eastern Ukraine
Heavy fighting has been reported from parts of the front in eastern Ukraine, the general staff in Kiev said Sunday. A total of 110 Russian…
Politics
German general says special mission on NATO's eastern flank on track
The commander of the German Army brigade that is to be stationed in Lithuania said plans for the large-scale troop deployment are…
Politics
Scholz says more eastern Germans should hold top jobs in companies
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says more people from the former East Germany should have senior posts in the nation's company boardrooms.…