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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...
SoftBank races to fulfil US$22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end: sources
[NEW YORK/TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO] SoftBank Group is racing to close a US$22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes, including a sale of some...
ValueMax to defend claims of infringement by LV, says it doesn’t carry LV products currently
[SINGAPORE] ValueMax says it is vigorously defending claims of infringement and does not currently carry LV products at all its outlets, in response to queries after news broke that...
