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06-Mar-19 Singapore's Fortrec has completed the acquisition of and re-started its refurbished aromatic solvents refinery in Ulsan, Korea. The facility, with a 60,000 tonnes per year capacity, is the culmination of a nine-month acquisition by Fortrec. [image: Exsoft]
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02-Mar-19 Chubb Insurance has received approval from the China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission to increase its ownership in Huatai Insurance Group, making Huatai the first Chinese financial services holding company to convert to a Sino-foreign equity joint-venture. [image: Body Shop Business]
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28-Feb-19 Future Retail, which operates local retail chains such as Food Hall and Nilgiris, has secured a deal with 7-Eleven to set up the first 7-Eleven stores in India and will convert some of its existing operations into 7-Elevens. [image: Reuters / Toru Hanai]
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22-Feb-19 Thai energy company PTT plans to invest up to USD11.3 bn over the next five years to boost its natural gas portfolio and energy infrastructure. "We want to become a global LNG portfolio player," said Arawadee Photisaro, VP. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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21-Feb-19 After weathering storms of bad loans and profitability, Axis Bank has set its sights on an insurance business acquisition within a year, according to CEO Amitabh Chaudhry. Peers ICICI and HDFC already have life- and non-life insurance operations. [image: Business Today]
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