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Aside from weighing on Singapore’s economy, trade tensions between the U.S. and China have pushed back IPO deals in the country. Bangladeshi electricity generator Summit Power International Ltd shelved its IPO targeting $260m in April due to “recent market volatility”, nearly two weeks after a news report that Malaysian clinic operator Qualitas Medical Ltd delayed the pricing of its S$100m IPO.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June - July 2018 من Singapore Business Review.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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