November 2025 – Page 109 – From Inside Asia

Bitcoin ETF investors in the red after cryptocurrency’s US$89,600 level breaks

The bitcoin rally that welcomed a wave of new investors through easy-to-access exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has officially gone underwater. Advertisement Investors in US ETFs...

by Bloomberg November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Ant Group unveils AI assistant that builds ‘flash apps’ in 30 seconds

Fintech giant Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has unveiled what it called China’s first multimodal artificial intelligence assistant capable of producing...

by Danielle Popov November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Japan considers fines for men who buy sex in major policy shift

Published: 3:20pm, 18 Nov 2025Updated: 3:35pm, 18 Nov 2025 Japan’s government is weighing the introduction of penalties for men who buy sex, marking a...

by SCMP’s Asia desk November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Hongkongers to pay ‘2% less for electricity’ from January 2026

Published: 3:12pm, 18 Nov 2025Updated: 3:14pm, 18 Nov 2025 Hongkongers will pay about 2 per cent less for electricity in 2026, the Post has...

by Lo Hoi-ying November 17, 2025 0 comment

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China team’s super-efficient catalyst turns coal to plastic and other synthetics

Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that can turn biomass and coal-derived syngas directly into building blocks for plastic and synthetic rubber with higher...

by Victoria Bela November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Opinion: The private credit paradox

November 18, 2025 Roushana Sjahsam, a senior board adviser, Asean, at investment firm Zagga, has shared an opinion piece with FinanceAsia. Zagga is a...

by Roushana Sjahsam November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Clifford Capital prices $705.5m infrastructure asset-backed securities

by Andrew Tjaardstra November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Murderer slathers Australian state with lawsuit over Vegemite ban in prison

Published: 2:40pm, 18 Nov 2025Updated: 2:49pm, 18 Nov 2025 Simply tasting Australia’s Vegemite spread might seem like cruel and unusual punishment to some, but...

by Agence France-Presse November 17, 2025 0 comment

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Why Trump won’t let Thailand keep tariff, border talks separate

Thailand’s insistence trade negotiations with the US can proceed separately from talks over a fractious border dispute with Cambodia has been met with deep...

by Maria Siow November 17, 2025 0 comment