Leadership
Dividend payouts are latest sign of Big Tech’s financial muscle
AFTER years of chasing growth at all costs, tech firms are taking a page from the playbook of old-school value businesses – paying a dividend. Throwing off more cash...
Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Pfizer to announce French investments
AMAZON.COM, Pfizer and Morgan Stanley are among the companies poised to boost their presence in France, with a flurry of new foreign investments to be unveiled on Monday (May...
OCBC’s offer for Great Eastern is about responding to minority dissent, doubling down on its strategy
THIS column said last week that OCBC had three options to address the undervaluation of Great Eastern’s shares: it could organise a sale of the insurer, distribute a major...
Greenback up slightly after consumer sentiment data; CPI eyed
The greenback inched higher on Friday (May 10) following a reading on US consumer sentiment as investors sorted through a batch of comments from Federal Reserve officials, with the...
China to nurture stock rally by masking live foreign flows data
China is set to switch off a live feed of foreign flows for stocks as early as Monday (May 13), the latest policy move to shore up confidence by...
Tech giants start to treat South-east Asia like next big thing
Long considered a tech hinterland, South-east Asia is fast emerging as a centre of gravity for the industry.The chief executive officers of Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia are among the...
Apple says no major app developers accept new outside payments
No major app developers have signed up to use outside payment options that Apple introduced earlier this year for its App Store because the fees they pay would be...
Apple scores win in labor case involving fired retail workers
The National Labor Relations Board sided with Apple in a high-profile case involving fired retail store employees, a rare outcome for the iPhone maker.Last year, the company terminated five...
Europe: Stocks close at record high on earnings, rate cut optimism
Europe’s main stock index closed at a record high on Friday (May 10), on track for its biggest weekly gain since late January, as risk appetite was bolstered by...
Explore the Journeys of 2024’s Top 10 Resilient Entrepreneurs: Innovators Redefining the Business Landscape
In the dynamic realm of Entrepreneurship, a fresh wave of innovators is revolutionizing sectors, demolishing obstacles, and fueling transformation. Entrepreneur’s esteemed compilation reveres the creativity and grit of these extraordinary...