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Purchase consideration will be satisfied by a combination of cash and new ordinary shares[SINGAPORE] Q&M Dental Group is proposing to acquire equity interest in a dental group in Thailand, the company said in a bourse filing on Wednesday (Oct 15).The group operates one of Thailand’s largest privately owned dental clinic networks, with more than 30 clinics across the country. These are located primarily in Bangkok and in major north-eastern provinces such as Udon Thani, Khon Kaen and Ubon Ratchathani.Q&M said the target company’s network focuses on accessible, standardised, and patient-oriented dental care in high-traffic urban and suburban areas.The purchase consideration will be satisfied by a combination of cash and new ordinary shares…

Arkansas coach John Calipari, whose one-and-done era at Kentucky saw NBA talent come and go nearly every season, criticized what he is seeing in the name, image and likeness portal era, saying he will not become a “transactional” coach or he “won’t do this anymore.”The 66-year-old Calipari said he welcomes some changes in college athletics more than others after three-plus decades of head coaching.”I want to help 25 to 30 more families,” Calipari said Tuesday at SEC basketball media days. “The only way you do that is to be transformational as a coach. If you’re not, you’re transactional. If I…

[BENGALURU / NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley’s third-quarter profit beat market expectations as investment bankers brought in more fees from advising on deals and by underwriting stock and debt sales, lifting revenue to a record.Shares of the bank rose 3.9 per cent in premarket trading on Wednesday. They have gained 23.6 per cent this year as at their last closing price.A string of large deals pushed global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity past the US$3 trillion mark this year. A resilient US economy, optimism around interest-rate cuts, and lighter regulations under the Trump administration have spurred businesses to do deals or…

ROME :Italy plans to apply an extra levy on some imported Chinese goods to help protect its fashion industry, government sources told Reuters on Wednesday.The move is aimed at avoiding unfair competition in the market for what is one of Italy’s key industries, the people said, asking not to be named.”We will present a measure to tackle the ultra fast fashion phenomenon: an invasion of low-cost foreign products that damage our producers and put consumers at risk,” Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said in a statement at the end of a meeting with fashion industry representatives in Rome.The government plans to…

With China being the world’s biggest car market, global carmakers may need to redesign models to fall in with the rules China draws up for its domestic market [HONG KONG] A fatality involving a Xiaomi SU7 electric sedan has renewed scrutiny of flush car door handles and is likely to reinforce China’s push for tougher safety standards.Bystanders were unable to open the doors to rescue the driver, who died in the vehicle that had burst into flames following the collision on Monday (Oct 13). Police suspect that the crash was caused by drink driving.While Chinese regulators began drafting new requirements…

The Czech Football Association fired coach Ivan Hašek on Wednesday following a humiliating 2-1 defeat to Faroe Islands in World Cup qualifying.It was not immediately clear who would replace Hašek.Czech FA president David Trunda said a coach would be named to lead the team until the end of the qualifying campaign. A foreign coach is then likely to take over on a permanent basis.Former Czech great Pavel Nedvěd has been asked to compile a list of potential candidates.Sunday’s upset loss against the Faroes, a territory with a population of 55,000, was the biggest for the Czechs in qualifying for a…

Stories you might have missedMarket sees higher ship refinancing amid conflicts between US and China[SINGAPORE] With the US levying fees on Chinese-related vessels and China retaliating with tit-for-tat port fees on US-affiliated ships, the shipping market is now experiencing a wave of refinancing activity.Developers’ sales fall 36.4% year on year in September; fewer units launched in Hungry Ghost month[SINGAPORE] Developers in Singapore sold 255 private homes (excluding executive condominiums or ECs) in September. This was down 88.1 per cent from the month before and 36.4 per cent lower than the 401 units sold a year earlier, showed data released by…

(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)HAVE REQUESTED APPROPRIATE PHOTOS(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)Turns out Thomas Tuchel was right.The soccer season was only a few weeks old when the England coach expressed his belief that old-school tactics were back in vogue.Long throw-ins. Long clearances by goalkeepers. Crosses into the box for tall strikers.“All these patterns are back,” Tuchel said, generating some mild surprise among an English soccer audience that has been enchanted over the past decade by a Pep Guardiola-influenced style of play where possession of the ball was king.Well, Tuchel’s assessment has proved to be accurate, with teams from the lucrative, glitzy Premier League — heck, even Guardiola’s slick…

KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the White House later this week.A delegation led by the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, Andrii Yermak, and Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko met with representatives of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, Yermak wrote in a Telegram post.Yermak didn’t disclose what was discussed during the talks, but said that his country’s cooperation with the two companies “continues to grow” as Ukraine looks…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to consider for the second time a long-running legal fight over Louisiana’s congressional map, a case that could have significant ramifications not just for political representation in the state, but also for its potential to weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.At issue in the case is whether state lawmakers’ intentional drawing of a second majority-minority district — undertaken to remedy a likely violation of Section 2 — runs afoul of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution.The high court initially heard arguments in March over whether to leave in…