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Japan’s finance minister says authorities are looking at factors behind yen moves
Japan’s finance minister says authorities are looking at factors behind yen moves
JAPANESE Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday authorities were analysing not just recent yen levels but factors that are driving the currency’s moves.In a press conference, Suzuki also...
Google alums go big in Japan with months-old startup Sakana AI
Google alums go big in Japan with months-old startup Sakana AI
SAKANA AI, a Tokyo-based startup founded by former Google researchers, is capitalising on a surge in interest among Japanese firms seeking to catch up in artificial intelligence.Japan has given...
Oil settles lower as rate cut hopes moderate, Brent holds near US/barrel
Oil settles lower as rate cut hopes moderate, Brent holds near US$90/barrel
OIL prices settled lower on Thursday as sticky inflation dampened hopes for near-term US interest rate cuts, but worries that Iran might attack Israeli interests kept crude near six-month highs.Brent...
‘Dreadful’ Catalist performance, but hidden gems remain, say analysts
‘Dreadful’ Catalist performance, but hidden gems remain, say analysts
DESPITE the Catalist board’s “dreadful” performance over the last decade, there remain “hidden gems” for investors on Singapore’s junior board, analysts have said.Of particular interest are stocks in the...
‘Dreadful’ Catalist performance, but hidden gems remain, say analysts
‘Dreadful’ Catalist performance, but hidden gems remain, say analysts
DESPITE the Catalist board’s “dreadful” performance over the last decade, there remain “hidden gems” for investors on Singapore’s junior board, analysts have said.Of particular interest are stocks in the...
Sabana Reit unitholders urge EGM requisitionists to respect trust deed, court process
Sabana Reit unitholders urge EGM requisitionists to respect trust deed, court process
A FEW unitholders of Sabana Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust : M1GU 0% (Sabana Reit) have expressed concerns about Quarz Capital and four other unitholders who are requisitioning a...
Generative AI boom will be built on AWS: Amazon CEO
Generative AI boom will be built on AWS: Amazon CEO
AMAZON.COM chief executive officer Andy Jassy said his company’s cloud infrastructure will become an essential part of the generative artificial intelligence boom. “While we’re building a substantial number of GenAI...
US: Wall St opens higher as fresh inflation data allays rate jitters
US: Wall St opens higher as fresh inflation data allays rate jitters
WALL Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Thursday (Apr 11) after softer-than-anticipated producer prices data soothed investor fears about sticky inflation, keeping hopes of rate cuts from the...
Gucci names new deputy CEO as Kering seeks to stem sales decline
Gucci names new deputy CEO as Kering seeks to stem sales decline
GUCCI appointed a new deputy chief executive on Thursday (Apr 11) as the Italian fashion house, part of the luxury group Kering, tries to turn around sliding sales. Gucci said...
Jardine Cycle & Carriage names Jean-Pierre Felenbok as independent director 
Jardine Cycle & Carriage names Jean-Pierre Felenbok as independent director 
JARDINE Cycle & Carriage (Jardine C&C) on Thursday (Apr 11) announced that Jean-Pierre Felenbok will join the company’s board from Apr 29 as a non-executive independent director. In a filing...