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NTT Docomo to buy SBI’s net bank for 420 billion yen in cutthroat market
NTT Docomo to buy SBI’s net bank for 420 billion yen in cutthroat market
The move is part of a capital alliance between the state-backed telecom group and SBI HoldingsPublished Thu, May 29, 2025 · 05:35 PM[TOKYO] NTT Docomo is buying SBI Holdings’...
Nikkei ends at two-week high on US tariff relief, chip rally
Nikkei ends at two-week high on US tariff relief, chip rally
Published Thu, May 29, 2025 · 03:17 PM[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei ended trade on Thursday (May 29) at the highest point in more than two weeks after a US court...
Toyota sales hit second monthly record on US demand, tariff rush
Toyota sales hit second monthly record on US demand, tariff rush
Japanese carmakers are heavily reliant on the US auto market and could suffer as much as a US$19 billion impact from the leviesPublished Thu, May 29, 2025 · 02:11...
Aramco CEO will keep borrowing even as oil slump cuts cashflow
Aramco CEO will keep borrowing even as oil slump cuts cashflow
[DUBAI] Saudi Aramco is targeting more borrowings to finance growth and better leverage its balance sheet, chief executive officer Amin Nasser said, as the world’s biggest oil exporter raised...
Vietnam’s AI ambitions hinge on one US.8 billion tech company
Vietnam’s AI ambitions hinge on one US$6.8 billion tech company
[HANOI] Four decades ago, Truong Gia Binh set up a technology company using a single computer in a room loaned by his then-father-in-law, general Vo Nguyen Giap, revered for...
Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly: Mark Zuckerberg
Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly: Mark Zuckerberg
[SAN FRANCISCO] Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm’s generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) assistant on Wednesday, telling shareholders it is used by a billion people each month...
Sembcorp unit wins solar energy project to supply 150 MW of power in India
Sembcorp unit wins solar energy project to supply 150 MW of power in India
[SINGAPORE] Sembcorp Industries’ wholly owned renewables subsidiary, Sembcorp Green Infra, was awarded a solar energy storage hybrid project by SJVN, an Indian state-owned power company. Sembcorp Green Infra will...
Sembcorp unit wins solar energy project to supply 150 MW of power in India
Sembcorp wins solar energy project to supply power in India
[SINGAPORE] Sembcorp Industries’ wholly owned renewables subsidiary, Sembcorp Green Infra, was awarded a build-own-operate solar energy storage hybrid project by SJVN, an Indian state-owned power company. Sembcorp Green Infra...
US to ban foreign officials over ‘flagrant censorship’ on social media
US to ban foreign officials over ‘flagrant censorship’ on social media
[WASHINGTON] The US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, and he suggested the new policy...
Chevron to cut 200 jobs in Texas
Chevron to cut 200 jobs in Texas
Published Thu, May 29, 2025 · 08:23 AM — Updated Fri, May 30, 2025 · 07:22 AM[HOUSTON] Chevron will lay off 200 employees in Texas, according to figures from...