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12-Feb-19 Singapore-based artificial intelligence and intelligent automation solutions provider AntWorks has announced a joint venture with Japan's SBI Neo Financial Services, to supply AntWorks' integrated intelligent automation platform to Japan, Korea and China, as well as Southeast Asia markets. [image: Agencia EFE]
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01-Feb-19 Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek has now raised more than USD1 bn with the close of its Series F funding round. Investors included tech giants Google and Tencent as well as Chinese e-commerce player JD.com and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. [image: afif c. kusuma / iStock Editorial / Getty Image]
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22-Jan-19 China’s tech boomtown of Shenzhen has eased Hong Kong out of Asia’s top five cities by economic output. The burgeoning southern metropolis booked a 2018 GDP of CNY2.4 tn (USD356 bn), representing a year-on-year surge of 7.5%. [image: Twitter]
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18-Jan-19 Malaysia’s reluctance to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership has resulted in a sharp slowing of investment. Malaysia approved 15 medical-device manufacturing projects in Jan-Sep 2018 for USD160 mn, notably lower than the 25 projects in 2017 worth USD500 mn. [image: Singapore Business Review]
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13-Jan-19 Vietnamese companies are branching out into new areas, in line with the government's goal of establishing the country as a manufacturing powerhouse by 2020. Real-estate conglomerate Vingroup has started manufacturing e-motorbikes, smartphones and is set to enter the car industry. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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