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Banijay France Combines Shine Fiction and Banijay Studios France to Create Scripted Powerhouse
Banijay France has combined Banijay Studios France and Shine Fiction to create a scripted powerhouse, which will be known as Shine…
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'I'll make £12.24 an hour in my new job - I live payday to payday'
Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter On Wednesday the chancellor will give an update on her plans for the economy. The government has…
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Chocolate Finance takes a S$500 million hit in ‘bank run’; looking to return to business as usual
CEO sees the orderly manner in which platform handled the deluge of withdrawals as a success Around S$500 million in net withdrawals were…
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Chocolate Finance takes S$500 million hit from 2 weeks’ run of redemptions; looking to return to business as usual
CEO sees the orderly manner in which platform handled the deluge of withdrawals as a success Around S$500 million in net withdrawals were…
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Japan's Nikkei snaps losing streak as tariff jitters ease
Japan’s Nikkei share average snapped a three-day losing streak on Tuesday (Mar 25), as indications that impending US tariffs may be more…
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EXCLUSIVE: Ib Kamara Parts Ways With Dazed
LONDON — Fashion stylist Ib Kamara will step down at Dazed as editor in chief after a four-year tenure, WWD has learned. His final issue…
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Temasek-backed insurance services firm Specialist Risk Group sets up Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore
London-headquartered Specialist Risk Group (SRG) announced the formal launch of its Asia-Pacific operations on Tuesday (Mar 25),…
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Spain’s Onza Distribution Appoints Erika Gómez as Head of Sales
Spanish content distributor Onza Distribution has named Erika Gómez as its new head of sales. Gómez, who has been with the company for…
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AstraZeneca seeks to move past China probe with Beijing R&D hub
Ever since AstraZeneca shocked investors in October with news its China chief was under investigation, the British pharmaceutical giant…
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Norinchukin becomes latest big Japan bank to quit climate group
Norinchukin Bank left the banking industry’s largest climate alliance, walking away from a group that’s already been abandoned by US and…
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Tesla’s EU sales plunge 49% year-on-year in first two months of 2025: industry body
European sales of Tesla electric cars dropped 49 per cent in January-February compared with the same period a year earlier, the ACEA…
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DFI could offer a special dividend after selling Cold Storage, Giant and other units: CGSI
could potentially issue a special dividend following its divestment its Singapore food business to South-east Asian retail conglomerate…
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HSBC CEO expects to double down in Asia, Middle East after exits
The bank will incur US$1.8 billion in charges over the next two years because of the global restructuring HSBC Holdings expects to double…
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Inside the Better-for-you Soda Boom, Following Pepsi’s $1.95 Billion Acquisition of Poppi
For years Andrea Baule, a home and design publicist in New York City, would drink a can of Sprite daily. With added sugar and fillers, she…
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What is Macrovalue – set to purchase Cold Storage and Giant – and who are its owners?
Supermarket and retail operator DFI Retail, which owns Cold Storage and Giant in Singapore, said on Mar 24 that it will sell its food…
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Malaysia’s Macrovalue is buying Cold Storage and Giant: Who are its owners and what’s the game plan?
Supermarket and retail operator DFI Retail, which owns Cold Storage and Giant in Singapore, said on Mar 24 that it will sell its food…
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Cold Storage, Giant customers can expect cheaper products, more variety after takeover, buyer says
Customers of Cold Storage and Giant can expect more value for money, a greater variety of merchandise and new outlets following the sale…
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Indonesia intervenes as rupiah falls to Asian crisis lows
Indonesia’s central bank stepped into the currency market to defend the rupiah on Tuesday (Mar 25), as growing concerns over politics,…
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Hyundai Steel unveils US factory plan, shares skid
Hyundai Steel will invest US$5.8 billion along with Hyundai Motor Group to build a plant in Louisiana in the United States with an annual…
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Cathay Pacific will comply with stricter rules on power banks
Cathay Pacific Airways has been forced fall into line with its airline peers on rules governing portable power banks after the Hong Kong…
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Asia: Most markets track Wall Street on tariff hope
Equities mostly rose in Asia on Tuesday, extending Wall Street’s rally on easing fears over Donald Trump’s planned tariffs, while traders…
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StanChart boosts private credit presence with new hires in India
The bank has also appointed Ankit Dokania as director for the same team, and S Siddharth as executive director for private and traded…
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China's electric carmaker BYD sales beat Elon Musk's Tesla
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has reported annual revenue for 2024 that has leapfrogged rival Tesla. The Shenzhen-based firm says…
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Alibaba’s chairman warns of a ‘bubble’ in AI data centre buildout
Alibaba Group Holding chairman Joe Tsai warned of a potential bubble forming in data centre construction, arguing that the pace of that…