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Australia's biggest pension fund mulls US infrastructure buys
SYDNEY (April 11): President Donald Trump’s plan to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure with US$1 trillion ($1.4 trillion) of private and public investment over a decade is drawing interest from 10,000 miles away.
April 11, 2017
Global Markets
US tariffs couldn't come at a worse time for India's largest paper maker
MUMBAI/HONG KONG (March 24): Creditors of India’s largest paper maker Ballarpur Industries Ltd. may face costly unintended consequences from punitive US duties on some of the company’s Asian competitors.
March 24, 2017
Broker's Calls
ETFs march on despite anxieties
SINGAPORE (March 21): Inflows into US-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last week continued at a record pace even as the global stock market powered to a new high, according to DBS Group Research.
March 21, 2017
Trump fires acting attorney general who defied immigration ban
(Jan 31): President Donald Trump fired the nation’s acting attorney general as the repercussions from the president’s executive order banning some immigrant travel to the U.S. continue to shake his administration in just its second week in office.
January 31, 2017
In print this week
Winners and losers under President Trump
SINGAPORE (Nov 11): If Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric is to be taken as a signal of what Americans want and what he plans to do, then the biggest worry is likely trade.
November 11, 2016