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Tokyo: Nikkei index tumbles 3% in morning trade
TOKYO’S key Nikkei index plunged more than three per cent in morning trade on Friday, following falls in tech shares on Wall Street and as Middle East tensions rattle...
Gazelle Ventures makes cash offer for No Signboard shares at S$0.0021 apiece
NO SIGNBOARD’S investor Gazelle Ventures has made a mandatory unconditional cash offer to acquire all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares of the Catalist-listed restaurant operator, excluding those already...
Higher gross rental income, lower expenses boost CICT’s Q1 NPI by 6.3% to S$293.7 million
CAPITALAND Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) on Friday (Apr 19) posted a 6.3 per cent rise in net property income (NPI) to S$293.7 million for its first quarter end :...
Oil holds near 3-week low as US sanctions interrupt easing tensions
OIL prices held near a three-week low on Thursday as investors weighed mixed US economic data, US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran and easing tensions in the Middle East.Brent futures...
Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model
META Platforms on Thursday (Apr 18) released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users...
TSMC estimates losses of US$92.4 million due to Taiwan earthquake
TAIWAN chipmaker TSMC said the biggest earthquake in at least 25 years that struck the island on April 3 caused estimated losses of US$92.44 million to the company in...
US: Wall St opens higher as some chip stocks bounce back after selloff
WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Apr 18) as some chip stocks rebounded, while investors digested commentary from Federal Reserve officials to ascertain the outlook for interest-rate...
Blackstone reports 1% rise in Q1 earnings
BLACKSTONE, the world’s largest private equity firm, said on Thursday (Apr 18) its first-quarter distributable earnings rose 1 per cent year-on-year, supported by growth in fee-related earnings that was...
