Posts by Yurie Miyazawa
A Full Guide To Practical Funding Methods For Expanding Your Brand
Scaling a brand is an exhilarating phase. You’ve found your product-market fit, the customers are asking for more, and the opportunity is staring you right in the face. But there is one universal hurdle that separates vision from reality: cash flow. You can’t grow an empire on revenue alone, especially when you have to pay…
Read MoreEurope’s STOXX 600 hits record high on earnings boost; ECB in focus
Pan-European index is at 626.36 by 0945 GMT, with all major regional benchmarks in the black Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:11 PM THE STOXX 600 rose 0.8 per cent to hit a record high on Wednesday (Feb 18) as defence and banking shares gained while investors assessed corporate updates and reports of leadership…
Read MoreBillionaire Henry Cheng’s units agree settlement with Hong Kong regulator
The SFC says that the settlement is in the public interest and underscored the need to comply with takeover rules Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 01:30 PM [HONG KONG] Business units owned by one of Hong Kong’s richest families have agreed to pay as much as HK$1.5 billion (S$242 million) to shareholders of clothing…
Read MoreNvidia to sell Meta millions of chips in multiyear deal
It also includes standalone installations of its Grace and Vera central processors Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 07:37 AM [SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia on Tuesday (Feb 17) said that it has signed a multiyear deal to sell Meta Platforms millions of its current and future artificial intelligence (AI) chips, including central processing units that compete…
Read More7 reasons saying “yes” too early is the biggest founder trap
You tell yourself it is momentum. The customer wants a custom feature. An investor offers a small check with complicated terms. A potential partner promises “exposure.” In the early days, every opportunity feels like oxygen. So you say yes. Then three months later, your roadmap is bloated, your burn rate is creeping up, and you…
Read MoreMiniMax shares surge 25% as optimism over Chinese AI firms grows
Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 03:47 PM [HONG KONG] MiniMax Group shares surged in Hong Kong, buoyed by growing investor confidence in the technology offered by China’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups. The stock gained as much as 30 per cent, before closing up 25 per cent in the city’s shortened trading session on…
Read MoreSIA Group’s passenger traffic up 0.7% in January
Singapore Airlines and Scoot carried 3.7 million passengers in January, 4.1% higher year on year [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) on Monday (Feb 16) posted a 0.7 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in January 2026 for the two carriers it operates. Passenger traffic, which measures the demand for an airline’s service, is determined…
Read MoreAlibaba leads tech slide after Pentagon briefly shows blacklist
The 1260H list now includes more than 130 entities accused of working with the Chinese military Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 11:33 AM [HONG KONG] Alibaba Group Holding led a Chinese tech-share sell-off after the Pentagon added some of the country’s biggest names to a list of companies aiding the military, only to withdraw…
Read MoreUber targets US$1 billion boost with 2026 European expansion
The company expects the move to generate an additional US$1 billion in gross bookings over the next three years Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 10:26 AM [BENGALURU] Uber plans to expand its food-delivery business into seven new European markets in 2026, launching services in markets including the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania, a company…
Read MorePositive reaction to market reforms opens door to broader enhancement of growth capital sector
The result could be a bigger pipeline of new listings, and some struggling listed companies going private [SINGAPORE] Back in November, this column said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) ought to slow-walk the allocation of billions of dollars to fund managers under the Equity Market Development Programme (EQDP). With stock valuations becoming stretched, and…
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