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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...
Cloud Hosting: What Your IT Guy Won’t Tell You
Cloud hosting is everywhere these days, and it’s often marketed as the ultimate solution for businesses. But is it the silver bullet it claims to be? While it offers...
Indonesia’s new Danantara investment fund readies for launch
A SWEEPING overhaul of how Indonesia runs its powerful state companies will create a multibillion-dollar investment vehicle that could give President Prabowo Subianto a major cache of funds to...
