business

HSBC bank sells Canadian ops for over US$10 bn

London, United Kingdom (AFP) HSBC has agreed to sell its Canadian division to Royal Bank of Canada for US$10.1 billion,…

Mazda pulls out of Russia joint venture over Ukraine war

  Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Japanese carmaker Mazda said Thursday it is pulling out of its joint venture in…

Drugmaker GSK profit rockets on consumer health spinoff

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Wednesday British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that third-quarter net profit rocketed almost ten-fold to…

Ex-convict Samsung heir takes top job after pardon

  Seoul, South Korea | AFP | by Kang Jin-kyu The once-disgraced heir to the sprawling Samsung empire was on…

Adidas puts partnership with Kanye West ‘under review’

Berlin, Germany | AFP | German sportswear giant Adidas put its partnership with Kanye West under review Friday after the…

Optimism wanes among Japan’s major manufacturers

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Business confidence fell among Japan's largest manufacturers for the third straight quarter, a closely-watched survey showed…

Starbucks Singapore says customer database breached

Singapore, Singapore (AFP) Starbucks Singapore said Friday its customer database was breached online, with local media reporting that 200,000 people's…

Google, Meta face record fines in South Korea over privacy violations

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users'…

PHL signs various deals with Singapore, including those on business, data privacy, water collaboration

  (Eagle News) – Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has secured several agreements in Singapore, including those on business,…

Japan’s GDP expands in Q2 after Covid curbs lifted

  by Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's economy expanded in the three months to June,…

Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares: document

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to legal filings…

Supply crunch, inflation deflate Japan Inc confidence

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Confidence among Japan's largest manufacturers sagged for a second quarter on rising costs and supply constraints,…

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