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13-Sep-19 Malaysia's Hong Leong Financial and PE firm TPG will acquire Columbia Asia Hospitals in Southeast Asia for USD1.2 bn. They will own Columbia's 17 hospitals in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, but not its 11 hospitals in India. [image: New Traits Times]
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06-Sep-19 Singaporeans have an average nightly sleep of 7 hours 5 minutes, according to Fitbit, making them the third most sleep deprived after Japanese and Indians. They also sleep later than users in most other countries: 12:11 AM on average. [image: Fitbit]
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19-Aug-19 IKEA is launching an e-commerce online delivery system in India ahead of the opening of its first physical store in Mumbai. The company will be working in partnership with the IndoSpace Industrial Park in Chakan, Pune for distribution. [image: CNBC TV18]
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06-Aug-19 Amazon is reported to be in talks to acquire 26% of Reliance Retail. Reliance, which serves 5 million customers a week, was previously in talks with China’s Alibaba but the deal fell through because of differences in valuation. [image: Shutterstock / Retail In Asia]
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28-Jul-19 India’s automobile leader, Mahindra & Mahindra with local partner Ideal Group, will launch the first automobile manufacturing and assembly plant with in Welipenna next month, with an eye on the export market. The JV will commence with the KUV100 cars. [image: Mahindra / Sunday Observer]
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