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Local shares end Monday in the red amid profit-taking; STI down 0.4%
SINGAPORE stocks ended the first trading day of the week lower amid cautious investor sentiment and profit-taking across the market. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.4 per...
Nikkei secures all-time closing high as pharma excels
JAPAN’S Nikkei share average scaled to record highs for the second consecutive session on Monday (Feb 26), supported by upbeat performances in pharmaceuticals, although profit-taking limited the momentum in...
Japan’s Asahi eyes overseas M&A to quadruple sales of Super Dry beer
JAPAN’S Asahi Group Holdings is on the hunt for acquisition targets in the United States and elsewhere to quadruple overseas sales of its flagship Super Dry beer by 2030,...
Bitcoin-holder MicroStrategy’s X account hacked: security firm
MICROSTRATEGY, the largest publicly-traded corporate holder of Bitcoin, suffered a hack on its X account that tricked some people into handing over funds to the attacker, according to crypto...
Gold prices dip as firmer US dollar dampens appeal
GOLD prices inched down on Monday (Feb 26), pressured by a firmer US dollar, while investors awaited further clues on the US Federal Reserve’s timing of this year’s first...
Ryanair warns of summer schedule cuts on Boeing delivery delays
RYANAIR Holdings warned that it could be forced to pare back its schedule in the peak summer travel season amid fresh delivery delays of new jets from Boeing. The...
Great Eastern H2 profit falls 13% to S$337.4 million
INSURANCE provider Great Eastern’s profit for the second half of the year ended Dec 31, 2023, declined 13 per cent to S$337.4 million, from S$385.9 million for H2 2022....
Raffles Medical posts 63.8% drop in H2 profit to S$30.3 million
RAFFLES Medical Group posted a 63.8 per cent drop in net profit to S$30.3 million for the second half ended Dec 31, 2023, from S$83.7 million in the previous...
