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Bank of Japan upbeat on consumption, service price outlook
JAPANESE service prices are rising and bumper pay hikes offered by firms will boost household income later this year, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said, underscoring its conviction the...
Brokers’ take: KGI initiates Winking Studios with ‘outperform’, S$0.34 target price
KGI Securities has started coverage on Winking Studios : WKS 0% with an “outperform” rating on the notion that the Acer-backed game-art outsourcing company is poised to expand its...
Bangkok airports set for US$4.8 billion expansion as tourism booms
THE operator of Bangkok’s two main airports plans to spend about US$4.8 billion to more than double capacity by the end of the decade to cope with a surge...
Singapore Airlines could post highest-ever earnings of about S$2.7 billion for FY2024, says analyst
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) : C6L 0% might post its highest-ever net profit of almost S$2.7 billion for FY2024 and reward shareholders with a final dividend of S$0.38 a share,...
Fifth money launderer gets longer jail term of 15 months
ZHANG Ruijin, one of the 10 individuals embroiled in Singapore’s largest money laundering case, has been sentenced to 15 months’ jail, the longest term handed in this case thus...
Ex-Binance chief set for sentencing in US court
US FEDERAL prosecutors are calling for ex-Binance chief Changpeng Zhao to be sent to prison when he appears on Tuesday for sentencing on money laundering charges.Zhao, a Canadian, resigned...
Barclays says it is winning Asia banking business from US firms
BARCLAYS said that it is gaining market share in Asia from some US rivals after it hired almost a dozen senior sales and trading staff in the past year...
Why China’s electric cars are piling up at European ports
CHINA’S automotive industry has undergone a revolution over the past decade, from producing basic Western clones to making cars that equal the world’s best. As the manufacturing powerhouse of...
