Keppel REIT's (SGX:K71U) subsidiary, Keppel REIT Fin. Co., secured loan facilities guaranteed by HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore), according to a Thursday bourse filing.
The unit secured a SG$100 million revolving credit facility and an AU$65 million revolving credit facility.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea from June 8 to 9, Xinhua News Agency reported Friday, citing a spokesperson for the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.Xi's visit to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen to showcase the Chinese leader's ability to deal with all sides "in an increasingly fractured world," Bloomberg reported separately Friday.
South Korean biopharmaceutical company EuBiologics (KOSDAQ:206650) secured a contract from UNICEF for the supply of oral cholera vaccines, according to a Friday filing with the Korea Exchange.The contract, valued at 13.26 billion won, is valid until Aug. 3.Shares of EuBiologics fell nearly 1% in recent trade.
Alcoholic beverages manufacturer United Spirits (NSE:MCDOWELL-N, BOM:532432) has decided to cease factory operations at its Malkajgiri manufacturing unit in Hyderabad, India, according to a Thursday filing to the Indian stock exchanges.The move is part of an agility program approved by the company's board in 2023, under which the company intends to transfer the excise license issued by the Telangana Prohibition & Excise Department to another party.Following this, the factory operations at the unit will cease by Aug. 31.During the financial year 2025-26, the unit contributed around 5.99 billion Indian rupees or 2% of the company's revenue from operations.