Leadership
Paramount’s new offer for Warner Bros is not sufficient, major investor says
The investors now have until Jan 21 to accept or reject the so-called tender offer[LOS ANGELES] Paramount Skydance’s latest offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery still is not good...
Mitsui OSK inks financing deal for Singapore LNG terminal with banks including DBS, OCBC
The deal is for a newbuild floating storage and regasification unit that will be operated by Singapore LNG Corporation [SINGAPORE] Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a project finance...
Volare triggers mandatory offer for Alpha Integrated Reit following acquisition of ESR stake
Volare and its concert parties now control 41.27% of the total issued units by AI-Reit, formerly known as Sabana Reit[SINGAPORE] Mindarie Investment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss-based Volare...
Telefonica to cut 5,500 jobs with total cost of 2.5 billion euros
The Spanish carrier has signed an agreement with unions to implement the exit plans[MADRID] Telefonica will book a cost of 2.5 billion euros (S$3.8 billion) to pay for the...
Ever Glory United to move to SGX mainboard on Dec 29; public offer 7.6 times subscribed
[SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed engineering services provider Ever Glory United will transfer to the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Dec 29. Trading in its shares on the mainboard will...
SingPost’s 2024 fraud incident allegedly involved e-commerce shipments bound for Canada
[SINGAPORE] More details have emerged about Singapore Post’s (SingPost) parcel delivery fraud incident that came to light in 2024. The Business Times understands the major client involved was Cainiao,...
Uniqlo’s owner boosts new graduate pay as Japan faces inflation
UNIQLO owner Fast Retailing will raise base salaries for new graduates in Japan by as much as 12 per cent, stepping up efforts to secure and retain talent as...
Why investors are betting on nuclear fusion even as it remains elusive
Interest in fusion has been further fuelled by the proliferation of data centres, as tech firm hunt for sources to power their cloud computing and AI operationsNUCLEAR fusion has...