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Bain is said to near 500 billion yen deal for Mitsubishi pharma unit
BAIN Capital is nearing a deal to buy Mitsubishi Chemical Group’s pharmaceutical unit, sources familiar with the matter said, adding to a…
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Guide: How to spawn Treasure Fleets in Civilization 7
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors If you're striving to become the world's richest empire in…
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HSBC upgrades Grab to ‘buy’ on attractive valuations, growth drivers ahead
HSBC upgraded its rating on ride-hailing giant Grab to a “buy” on attractive valuations and “intact” growth drivers, while Maybank…
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Nissan seeking new partners with Honda deal set to collapse
NISSAN Motor is seeking out a new partner as it prepares to end negotiations to form a joint holding company with Honda Motor, sources…
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Nissan seeking new partners with Honda deal set to collapse: sources
NISSAN Motor is seeking out a new partner as it prepares to end negotiations to form a joint holding company with Honda Motor, sources…
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Nomura soars to 16-year high as profit jump cements recovery
NOMURA Holdings’s shares jumped to their highest in 16 years after Japan’s biggest brokerage doubled third-quarter profit and beat market…
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Workday to cut nearly 2,000 workers on profit focus
WORKDAY is cutting about 8.5 per cent of its workforce, making it the latest technology company to begin 2025 with headcount reductions.…
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BlackRock to list Bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe
BLACKROCK, the world’s largest asset manager, is preparing to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) tied directly to Bitcoin in Europe,…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy has another loss before accounting shift kicks in
MICHAEL Saylor’s Strategy, the new name announced earlier today for MicroStrategy, had a fourth consecutive quarterly loss as the company…
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Best Jobs for Empaths: Where Feelings Meet Finance
Ever feel like you soak up the emotions around you like a sponge? You might be an empath. For folks who feel the world deeply, finding a…
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Friend spends hours helping bride, then learns "uncomfortable truth"
A college friendship fractured when a woman unexpectedly realized she wasn't invited to a wedding, despite years of shared experiences and…
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Gold firms near record peak as trade war concerns linger
GOLD prices inched higher on Thursday (Feb 6) to hover near an all-time high hit in the last session, as Sino-US tariff war concerns…
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Jimmy Butler, Warriors Agree to Extension Following Blockbuster Trade
ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania has reported that the Miami Heat have sent star forward Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors…
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Singapore shares rise at Thursday’s open; STI up 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territories on Thursday (Feb 6), mirroring global markets. As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times…
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Singapore shares rise as tariff concerns fade; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 352 to 186, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$1.1 billion change hands BUOYED by fading…
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US Federal Reserve releases its Wall Street bank stress-test plans
THE US Federal Reserve released hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress tests, which seek to evaluate the resilience of big banks and…
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Amazon’s cloud business faces crucial test after rivals Microsoft, Google stumble
THE pressure is on Amazon.com to deliver on lofty expectations for cloud computing in its fourth-quarter results on Thursday (Feb 6),…
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Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify
The tech giant offers several versions of Gemini that vary in price and performance ALPHABET’S Google on Wednesday (Feb 5) announced…
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CapitaLand China Trust’s H2 DPU falls 12% to S$0.0264
THE manager of CapitaLand China Trust (CLCT) on Thursday (Feb 6) posted a 12 per cent decline in distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.0264…
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Sonos cuts 12% of workers in bid to improve product organisation
Sonos said it’s cutting about 12 per cent of its staff, or 200 workers, in a bid to make its product teams “flatter, smaller and more…
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Stocks to watch: SGX, CLCT, CapitaLand China Trust, Frasers Hospitality Trust
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Feb 6): Singapore Exchange: The…
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SGX’s H1 net profit rises 20.7% to S$340 million
Cash equities and equity derivatives segment leads the group’s broad-based performance THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Thursday (Feb 6)…
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SGX’s H1 net profit rises 20.7% to S$340 million following high growth in all revenue segments
THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Thursday (Feb 6) posted a net profit of S$340 million for the first half ended December, up 20.7 per cent…
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SoftBank nears deal to acquire chip designer Ampere
SOFTBANK Group is in advanced talks to acquire Ampere Computing, sources familiar with the matter said. The Japanese company is discussing…