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PropNex H2 profit down 14.9% at S$21.9 million; proposes special S$0.025 per share anniversary dividend
REAL estate agency PropNex reported a 14.9 per cent year-on-year fall in net profit for its second half ended Dec 31 to S$21.9 million, from S$25.8 million. Its revenue...
Brookfield makes US$1.7 billion bet on power needs by AI, data
BROOKFIELD Asset Management agreed to spend US$1.7 billion in a deal to expand its US onshore renewables business as the company bets there will be increasing demand for electricity...
Chevron reorganises business structure, reshuffles leadership
CHEVRON said on Monday it would reorganise some of its business structures and reshuffle the leadership team, the latest move by the US energy major to simplify its operations.The...
Starbucks cuts 1,100 corporate jobs in bid to speed turnaround
STARBUCKS is eliminating 1,100 corporate jobs in a move aimed at increasing efficiency and quickly enacting changes to revitalise the company.
The cuts represent about 7 per cent of the...
Apple plans Texas factory for AI servers, 20,000 research jobs
APPLE on Monday (Feb 24) said it plans to help bring online a quarter-million-square-foot factory in Texas by 2026 to build artificial intelligence servers and will add about 20,000...
Singapore shares slip on Monday after MAS unveils stock market measures; STI down 0.1%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 298 to 286, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion change hands SINGAPORE stocks closed marginally lower at the end of the...
Adani plans 1.1 trillion rupees of new investments in India growth push
Billionaire Gautam Adani said his group is planning more than 1.1 trillion rupees (S$17 billion) of new investments in India, signalling the conglomerate’s focus on growing in its home...
Chinese firms dump Europe for Hong Kong to raise funds
CHINESE companies that once pursued additional listings in Europe are abandoning those plans after Beijing’s securities regulator tightened some rules, pushing many issuers to sell shares in Hong Kong...
GIC, Silver Lake complete US$1.7 billion acquisition of billing software firm Zuora
A GIC affiliate and global technology investor Silver Lake have completed their US$1.7 billion acquisition of US-billing software company Zuora.Shareholders of the Silicon Valley-based firm approved the all-cash deal...
