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A family fights to keep control of 157-year-old firm in Japan
Nearly half of Japan’s listed companies are tied to a founding family, many of which no longer have enough equity to guarantee control[TOKYO] Ishikawa is a remote, mountainous prefecture...
SoftBank-backed analytics firm Patsnap weighs dual listing in Hong Kong and Singapore
Published Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 09:42 PM[SINGAPORE] Patsnap, an intellectual-property data provider, is mulling a dual listing in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to people familiar with the...
SoftBank stops talks to buy data centre firm Switch
Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 02:48 PMTOKYO] SoftBank Group has halted talks about an acquisition of US data centre operator Switch, a setback to founder Masayoshi Son’s ambition...
JPMorgan eclipses Dimensional as world’s biggest active ETF firm
The bank’s asset management arm currently controls nearly US$257 billion in active ETFs worldwide[NEW YORK] JPMorgan Asset Management has a new superlative: The firm now hails as the world’s...
Nam Cheong sells vessel for US$20.5 million to Vietnam firm
The sale is expected to contribute positively to the group’s earnings for the financial year ending 2025[SINGAPORE] Malaysian offshore support vessel builder Nam Cheong will sell a 4,000 deadweight...
Chinese AI firm MiniMax to launch Hong Kong IPO in early January
The firm develops multimodal AI models which can process text, audio, images, video and music[HONG KONG/BEIJING] Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm MiniMax is seeking to launch a Hong Kong...
Grab to acquire Chinese firm Infermove to expand in AI robotics
[SINGAPORE] Grab Holdings has acquired Chinese tech company Infermove to expand in artificial intelligence-enabled robotics for food delivery.Grab sees Infermove’s solutions will complement its first- and last-mile delivery capabilities,...
Trump Media, fusion power firm TAE Technologies combine in US$6 billion deal
Under the deal, shareholders of both companies will own about 50% of the combined entity [NEW YORK] US President Donald Trump’s social media firm is entering the fusion-power business...
