Posts by Yurie Miyazawa
How Smart Logistics Can Supercharge Your Startup’s Growth
Building a startup’s like racing a car you’re still tinkering with—product design and marketing get all the love, while logistics often ends up as an afterthought—big mistake. Logistics is the engine that keeps your business humming, delivering customer happiness, and fueling long-term wins. Get it wrong, and you’re stuck in the slow lane with cranky…
Read MoreNew wave of SME buyers mining for ‘diamonds in the rough’ in Singapore, Asean
[SINGAPORE] New types of buyers are emerging for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Unlike traditional private equity (PE) firms, these niche players are open to smaller deals and have longer, flexible investment horizons to find and polish these hidden, diamonds in the rough. SMEs tend to be overlooked in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) space.…
Read MoreCoca-Cola results beat estimates on price hikes, demand surge
[ATLANTA] Coca-Cola on Tuesday (Apr 29) reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for the first quarter, as the beverage giant benefits from price hikes and enjoys strong demand for its sodas, juices and milk offering Fairlife. The Sprite and Fanta maker also maintained its full-year organic revenue and comparable profit forecasts, unlike PepsiCo and Procter &…
Read MoreGM pulls forecast due to tariffs as nervous consumers rush to buy
[DETROIT] General Motors has pulled its annual forecast, reflecting the uncertain effects of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, even as it reported strong quarterly results. The Detroit automaker’s shares fell about 2.6 per cent in premarket trading. GM in January forecast net income between US$11.2 billion to US$12.5 billion for 2025, which did…
Read MoreWilmar reports higher earnings for Q1 2025 on better performance from business segments, associates
[Singapore] Wilmar reported a 13.5 per cent increase in earnings for Q1 2025 to US$343.9 million from US$302.9 million in Q1 2024 in a bourse filing on Tuesday (Apr 29). Revenue for Q1 2025 grew 3.3 per cent to US$16.2 billion from US$15.7 billion in the previous corresponding period. The growth in earnings was driven…
Read MoreNorway wealth fund CEO sees potential in real estate, renewables
[OSLO] Real estate and renewable assets are becoming more attractive in the face of stock market volatility, according to the head of Norway’s US$1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund. “The world is splitting into two and that means that we will probably see lower growth, and we will see higher inflation,” Nicolai Tangen said in a…
Read MoreNorway wealth fund CEO sees potential in real estate
[OSLO] Real estate and renewable assets are becoming more attractive in the face of stock market volatility, according to the head of Norway’s US$1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund. “The world is splitting into two and that means that we will probably see lower growth and we will see higher inflation,” Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)…
Read MoreCGSI upgrades OUE Reit to ‘add’ on improved outlook
[SINGAPORE] CGS International (CGSI) has upgraded its recommendation for OUE Reit to “add” from “hold”, and raised its price target marginally to S$0.33 from S$0.32. In a report on Monday (Apr 28), CGSI analysts Lock Mun Yee and Li Jialin said the Singapore-listed real estate investment trust (S-Reit) could see higher interest savings ahead,…
Read MoreChina says willing to cooperate with US firms after Boeing spat
Among airlines that are willing recipients of the aircraft rejected by the country is Air India Published Tue, Apr 29, 2025 · 01:11 PM [HONG KONG] China is willing to support normal cooperation between US companies, the country’s Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday (Apr 29), just days after Chinese airlines rejected taking delivery of…
Read MoreSome Chinese exporters hasten US dollar conversion amid trade war
[NEW YORK] Some Chinese exporters are speeding up the conversion of their US dollar income into yuan on bets the worst of the tariff-led loss in the local currency may be over. In a Bloomberg survey of 18 Chinese exporters this month, all of them said they’d already converted, or will immediately switch, their greenback…
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