infrastructure

Saint-Gobain buys U.S.-based GCP to grow in construction chemicals

French construction materials company Saint-Gobain (SGOB.PA) on Monday said it would buy GCP Applied Technologies (GCP.N) in a deal that values the U.S.-based specialty…

4 years ago

-DBS CEO says tough for digital banks to muscle into Singapore

Singapore's digital banks will find it hard to carve out space in the city-state's saturated market, said Piyush Gupta, the…

4 years ago

Analysis: Amid Bukele’s bitcoin hype, not all Salvadorans ‘Feel the Bit’

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele took the stage last weekend at the end of "Bitcoin Week" to the cheers of…

4 years ago

Global need for copper, nickel will multiply over next 30 years -BHP

The global markets will need four times the nickel and double the copper in the next 30 years to facilitate…

4 years ago

KKR, Global Infrastructure Partners to take CyrusOne private for $11.5 bln

KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) will take U.S. data center operator CyrusOne Inc (CONE.O) private for $11.49 billion in…

4 years ago

Momentum grows for green hydrogen projects in Tasmania

Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX) said on Friday it has acquired land for a proposed hydrogen plant in Tasmania, one of three proposed hydrogen…

4 years ago

Toshiba set to announce split into three firms, shareholder reaction in focus

Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is set to outline plans on Friday to break up into three listed companies that will…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE No takers for Malaysia’s 5G plan as major telcos balk over pricing, transparency

None of Malaysia's major mobile carriers have agreed to use the government's 5G network yet due to transparency and pricing…

4 years ago

Biden infrastructure plan takes on EV charging’s inequality problem

The Biden administration has an ambitious $7.5 billion plan to expand electric vehicle charging to underserved areas, but it must…

4 years ago

Sydney Airport rejects improved $16.8 bln buyout bid, open to higher offer

Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (SYD.AX) on Monday rejected an improved A$22.80 billion ($16.81 billion) bid from a group of infrastructure investors,…

4 years ago