Posts by Yurie Miyazawa
ECB officials sticking to steady-rates plan after trade deal
[FRANKFURT] European Central Bank (ECB) officials are increasingly convinced they can keep interest rates unchanged in September, according to sources familiar with the matter who do not see the trade deal between Brussels and Washington causing major economic concerns. Since rates were left at 2 per cent last month, growth and inflation have developed largely…
Read MoreEmbracing the Ugly Truth Will Set You Free
Curiosity leads us to truth, but that truth isn’t always pretty. In fact, it’s often a nightmare—raw, ugly, and exposing. When we face our deepest truths, we confront parts of ourselves we’ve tried to hide, even from our own awareness. I’ve learned through my entrepreneurial journey that avoiding truth is the surest path to stagnation.…
Read MoreHow To Cope With The Aftermath Of A Surgical Error
“After all these years, why has patient safety not improved?” So starts an editorial by Helen Haskell, president of the nonprofit group Mothers Against Medical Error. A mother who lost her son to complications of his sunken chest surgery, Haskell published the editorial in 2024 following a Harvard study that year that revealed over a…
Read MoreThai Beverage 9-month Ebitda falls 4% to 45 billion baht
[SINGAPORE] Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) posted a 4 per cent drop in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) to 45 billion baht (S$1.8 billion) for the nine months ended Jun 30, from 46.9 billion baht in the same period in the previous year. The reported figures for the nine months ended Jun 30, 2024,…
Read MoreSime Darby seeks loan to build Malaysian data centre for Google
The AI frenzy has fuelled demand for funding the centres in Asia, resulting in a series of record-breaking loans for operators Published Thu, Aug 14, 2025 · 01:48 PM [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian developer Sime Darby Property is in talks with banks for a loan of as much as RM3 billion (S$912 million) to fund the…
Read MoreWhy Direct-to-Consumer Only Brands Are Setting Themselves Up for Failure
The ecommerce landscape is constantly shifting, and there’s a concerning trend among new brands. While many industry voices continue to herald the death of retail and the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) business models, my experience tells a different story. After years of working with hundreds of ecommerce brands, I’ve come to a clear conclusion: DTC-only…
Read MoreLendlease Global Commercial Reit to divest office component of Jem to Keppel for S$462 million
[SINGAPORE] Lendlease Global Commercial Reit will be divesting the office component of the Juong commercial-retail development Jem to Keppel for S$462 million, with the proceeds to be used to pay down debts and potentially for distribution to unitholders. In a regulatory statement published on Monday (Aug 4), the manager of the real estate investment trust…
Read MoreChina polysilicon firms plan 50 billion yuan fund to shut a third of industry capacity
[BEIJING] Chinese producers of polysilicon, a building block for solar panels, are in talks to create a 50 billion yuan (S$8.9 billion) fund to acquire and shut down roughly a third of production capacity and restructure part of the loss-making sector, GCL Technology Holdings said. The top polysilicon producer said on Thursday (Jul 31) that…
Read MoreBarclays latest British lender to quit climate banking alliance
The NZBA lists more than 100 members on its website, including leading international financial institutions Published Sat, Aug 2, 2025 · 09:36 AM [LONDON] Barclays has become the latest British lender to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), the bank said on Friday (Aug 1), arguing that the departure of several global lenders has…
Read MoreUS: Wall St sell-off sparked by Trump tariffs, Amazon results, weak payrolls
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes declined sharply on Friday (Aug 1) as new US tariffs on dozens of trading partners and Amazon’s unimpressive earnings weighed on sentiment, while a weaker payrolls report added to risk aversion. Hours ahead of the tariff deadline, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing duties on US imports…
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