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Japan Nikkei hits record high last seen more than 30 years ago
JAPANESE stocks reclaimed a historic peak reached more than three decades ago as investors pour money into a country that’s finally escaped deflation and is on a path to...
Japan’s Nikkei breaks bubble-era record
JAPAN’S Nikkei 225 on Thursday (Feb 22) finally broke through a record high set just before the country’s asset bubble catastrophically burst in the early 1990s. The index of...
Roblox game developers earned a record US$741 million last year
VIDEO-GAME makers are earning more money than ever developing and distributing games on Roblox. In 2023, Roblox paid out a record US$740.8 million to game creators, according to a...
HSBC’s record annual profit marred by US$3 billion China hit; shares slide
HSBC Holdings reported a record annual profit on Wednesday (Feb 21), although it missed estimates because of a US$3 billion charge on its stake in a Chinese bank amid...
Europe: Shares slip on miners, energy drag; France’s Air Liquide hits record high
EUROPE’S benchmark stock index snapped a four-day winning streak on Tuesday, weighed down by basic resources and energy stocks, while French industrial gases firm Air Liquide jumped to an...
Record Japan profits show Nikkei is primed for all-time high
JAPANESE companies have logged record quarterly profits in the three months that ended in December, underpinning the Nikkei 225’s advance to near a historic peak. Net income at Topix...
Malaysian ringgit within a whisker of its 1998 record low
THE ongoing slide in the ringgit puts it a whisker away from a record low, and continued weakness in Malaysia’s exports as well as US dollar strength may just...
Chip giant TSMC helps power Taiwan’s stock index to record high
TAIWAN’S stock index hit a record high on Thursday (Feb 15), fuelled by a surge in tech titan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) after it reported strong sales that...
