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Asia: Markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts
ASIAN markets rose on Thursday to claw back some of the previous day’s hefty losses as investors tracked a bounce on Wall Street sparked by jobs data that soothed...
Nissan sells Yokohama headquarters for 97 billion yen as part of restructuring
[TOKYO] Nissan Motor said on Thursday it has concluded a 97 billion yen (S$840 million) trust beneficiary rights transfer agreement to sell and leaseback its global headquarters in Yokohama,...
Lendlease Reit raises S$280 million in private placement
[SINGAPORE] The manager of Lendlease Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Thursday (Nov 6) announced the completion of a private placement of around S$280 million, up from...
Trump administration orders 10% of flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown
[WASHINGTON] US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order 10 per cent of flights at 40 major US airports to be cut starting on Friday...
Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centres
TECH firms are floating the idea of building data centres in space and tapping into the sun’s energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.US...
Europe: Shares close higher with earnings in spotlight; tech stocks waver
EUROPEAN shares recovered towards the close to end higher on Wednesday, after falling earlier in the session when a selloff in technology stocks weighed on markets, while investors assessed corporate...
Bill Gates doesn’t regret his controversial climate memo
Last week, Bill Gates published a 17-page memo on his personal website that critics said pitted climate and public health efforts against each other, when they should instead be...
Stuck in traffic? Google Maps has a smarter AI assistant for you
Drivers navigating traffic on their morning commutes will be able to do much more than just find directions and the nearest gas station on Google Maps.In the coming weeks,...
EV maker Seres steps out of Huawei’s shadow with Hong Kong listing debut
[HONG KONG] For years, Seres Group leaned on Chinese technology champion Huawei Technologies to transform an assembler of cheap minivans into the maker of the country’s top-selling luxury vehicle....
McDonald’s beats sales estimates as value meals pull in cautious diners
[NEW YORK] McDonald’s beat estimates for third-quarter global comparable sales on Wednesday (Nov 5) as affordable meal offers from the fast-food giant helped whet demand even as consumers remained...
