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SoftBank group firm PayPay Securities aims to double accounts
SoftBank group firm PayPay Securities aims to double accounts
July 8, 2024
PAYPAY Securities aims to double the number of its brokerage accounts to two million by the end of this fiscal year to March from about one million now, backed...
Pound firm as investors embrace ‘boring is good’ with Labour win
Pound firm as investors embrace ‘boring is good’ with Labour win
July 4, 2024
THE pound held firm on Thursday after exit polls suggested Keir Starmer’s Labour party was set to win a massive majority in the UK general election, affording investors some...
Europe: Shares rise as Fed rate cut bets firm; focus on elections
Europe: Shares rise as Fed rate cut bets firm; focus on elections
July 3, 2024
EUROPEAN shares rose on Wednesday, as dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and fresh US economic data firmed rate cut expectations, while investors awaited the second round of...
BYD seals EV pact with leasing firm Ayvens to expand in Europe
BYD seals EV pact with leasing firm Ayvens to expand in Europe
July 2, 2024
The corporate fleet market is key to BYD’s push to break through in Europe, where the the world’s biggest maker of electric cars has struggled to gain traction BYD...
Google buys stake in Taiwan solar power firm owned by BlackRock
Google buys stake in Taiwan solar power firm owned by BlackRock
July 1, 2024
GOOGLE said it has taken a stake in Taiwan’s New Green Power and could buy up to 300 megawatts of renewable energy from the BlackRock fund-owned firm to help...
US law firm Dechert considering shuttering offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, say sources
US law firm Dechert considering shuttering offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, say sources
July 1, 2024
US-FOUNDED law firm Dechert is considering closing its offices in Hong Kong and Beijing, becoming the latest foreign firm to scale back in Greater China, two people said, amid...
Gold prices hover near two-week low on firm US dollar, yields
Gold prices hover near two-week low on firm US dollar, yields
June 27, 2024
GOLD prices held steady on Thursday (Jun 27) after falling to a two-week low in the previous session as the US dollar and Treasury yields held firm ahead of...
South Korea crypto investment firm Hashed expands to Abu Dhabi
South Korea crypto investment firm Hashed expands to Abu Dhabi
June 26, 2024
HASHED Ventures is the latest digital-asset company to expand its footprint in Abu Dhabi, where an advantageous regulatory environment has made it one of the hottest global crypto hubs. The...
Gold flat as dollar, yields firm; investors seek more US data
Gold flat as dollar, yields firm; investors seek more US data
June 26, 2024
GOLD prices were flat on Wednesday (Jun 26) as the US dollar and Treasury yields held firm ahead of a key inflation reading due later this week, which could...
Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says
Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says
June 22, 2024
MULTIPLE artificial intelligence (AI) companies are circumventing a common web standard used by publishers to block the scraping of their content for use in generative AI systems, content licensing...