Leadership
Big Mac goes Big Tech, with a few hiccups
WHEN McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash...
Nvidia’s historic rally extends to a record-setting 10th straight week
NVIDIA’S historic 2024 rally keeps piling on records. The stock rose 0.4 per cent over the latest week, making for the chipmaker’s 10th straight positive week, the longest such...
Oil: Prices dip, but set for weekly gain of over 3%
OIL prices dipped on Friday (Mar 15), a day after topping US$85 a barrel for the first time since November, but prices were expected to finish more than 3...
China central bank approves Tencent’s Tenpay capital boost to 15.3 billion yuan
CHINA’S central bank has approved Tencent Holdings’ online payment platform Tenpay boosting its registered capital to 15.3 billion yuan (S$2.8 billion), according to a central bank statement on Friday...
China’s JD.com walks away from bidding for Currys
CHINESE online retailer JD.com said on Friday (Mar 15) that it would not make an offer for British electricals group Currys, days after US investor Elliott Advisors walked away...
Qatar Airways mulls up to 150 widebody orders from Boeing, Airbus
QATAR Airways is in early talks with Boeing and Airbus to order as many as 150 widebody jets and renew its fleet of ageing long-distance aircraft, according to people...
TikTok’s US revenue hits US$16 billion as Washington threatens ban
CHINA’S ByteDance-owned TikTok posted revenue of about US$16 billion last year in the United States, where the viral video app that has hooked Gen Z users is at the...
Rivals Nissan and Honda sign MOU on EV partnership
JAPANESE auto rivals Nissan Motor and Honda Motor are considering a strategic partnership to collaborate on producing key components for electric vehicles and artificial intelligence in automotive software platforms,...
