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Mercedes Ruehl is the Financial Times' Singapore correspondent. 

She was the Asia Technology correspondent based in Singapore, and previously led the FT's newsletters and audience engagement team in Asia. Prior to that she spent six years reporting in Australia on business, finance and politics for The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
    News in-depthTelecoms
    South-east Asian telecoms merge into mega-groups to invest in 5G

    Lax regulators are allowing too much consolidation and harming competition, analysts warn

  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    Cryptocurrencies
    Singapore suspends crypto exchange caught in spat with K-pop group BTS

    Bitget was threatened with legal action by Korean boy band’s agency for promoting digital currency Army Coin

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    Grab Holdings
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    South-east Asian ‘super app’ drops in Nasdaq debut after record $40bn merger with blank cheque group

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Artificial intelligence
    World’s first ‘AI casino’ delayed by technical hitches

    Artificial intelligence leader SenseTime has run into problems with flagship Singapore project

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    #techAsia
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  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    Trade Secrets
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    The phenomenon has spread from China to Korea and Japan

  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
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    Shares in payments group plunge after debut, raising concerns it could derail flotations of other companies

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    DBS Group Holdings Ltd
    Singapore regulator warns DBS Bank over prolonged service outage

    Problems at south-east Asia’s biggest lender come as city seeks to gain edge as regional financial centre

  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    #techAsia
    Apple taps Taiwan’s TSMC for key iPhone tech Premium content

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  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    Fintech
    South-east Asian fintech fundraising surges after lockdown shopping spree

    Consumers turn to mobile banking and ecommerce during pandemic, fuelling investor interest

  • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
    InterviewBinance
    Binance in talks with sovereign wealth funds as it seeks investments

    Cryptocurrency exchange hopes ties would improve ‘perception and relationships’ with governments

  • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
    News in-depthMyanmar
    Companies struggling to exit Myanmar ventures face prospect of investor flight

    Campaign groups press multinationals to be ready to leave empty-handed

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    The Big Read
    Investors pivot to India after China’s tech crackdown

    Paytm’s $2.5bn listing is expected to be the country’s largest-ever IPO. But is its start-up sector already overheated?

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
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    Temasek ramps up agritech investment in Singapore food security push

    State-backed investment company has spent $8bn backing lab-grown meat and alternative food start-ups

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
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    Chinese tech fundraisings head for first slump in seven years

    Indian IPOs jump 550% as start-ups lure investors rattled by Beijing’s crackdown

  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
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    Restrictions may not be as severe as China’s but critics still believe curbs are too strict

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
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  • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
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  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
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  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
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  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
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    Rupiah rebound leads regional currencies as coal exports lift south-east Asia’s biggest economy

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
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    Abu Dhabi Investment Authority-led round lifts super app’s value by about 60% ahead of listing

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
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