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CNA
4 days ago
- Business
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Was the bid for Japan's 7-Eleven doomed from the start?
By withdrawing its US$46 billion bid for the Japanese convenience store leader, the Canadian firm Couche-Tard showed how unprepared it always was. Was the bid wrong from the start? Andrea Heng and Hairianto chat with Dr Roy Larke, Professor and Co-founder at to find out.
CNA
16-07-2025
- Business
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Can China sustain its 5% GDP growth target as US tariff risks mount?
China's GDP grew 5.2 per cent in the April to June quarter from a year earlier, slowing from 5.4 per cent in the first quarter, but just ahead of analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a rise of 5.1 per cent. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Sarah Tan, Assistant Director Economist at Moody's Analytics, to examine the factors that have contributed to this unexpected growth and whether China would be able to maintain its 5% GDP growth target in the face of a trade war.
