Category: General

MBK Partners to acquire Japanese drugmaker Alinamin

Private equity firm MBK Partners will acquire Japan’s Alinamin Pharmaceutical for 2.9 trillion won (US$2.1 billion), industry sources said Wednesday.

MBK Partners will buy the Japanese supplement maker from U.S. investment fund Blackstone in a stock…

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Police vow to speed up probe into deadly car crash

Police investigating the deadly car crash that killed nine people in downtown Seoul earlier this week said Wednesday they will speed up the probe as soon as the injured perpetrator’s physical condition improves.

The Seoul Namdaemun Police Station sa…

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RINGGIT CLOSES MARGINALLY HIGHER VERSUS US DOLLAR

KUALA LUMPUR, The ringgit closed marginally higher against the greenback on Wednesday as the US Dollar Index slipped slightly to 105.641 points following US Federal Reserve (Fed) chairman Jerome Powell’s acknowledgement that the United States is back…

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