SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it spent 139.3 billion yen (US$1.35 billion) repurchasing almost 20 million shares in October, part of a record buyback plan that has seen the group's shares touch two-decade highs.
CGS-CIMB has turned more positive on Singapore banks, as the brokerage expects credit costs to peak this year with asset quality holding steady moving forward.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday announced the launch of a S$35 million Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) to help smaller financial institutions adopt digital solutions for "more streamlined data reporting" to the regulator.
Amazon said on Monday it had opened three more logistics centers in Brazil to take advantage of the boost the COVID-19 pandemic has given to e-commerce in South America's largest economy.
Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world's first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, the company said on Sunday, a key safety test for technology it hopes will transform human and cargo transportation.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd may launch its flagship Galaxy S smartphones more than a month earlier than expected in a bid to grab market share from Huawei and fend off competition from Apple Inc, three sources familiar with the matter said.
REUTERS: Britain's GCHQ has begun an offensive cyber-operation to tackle anti-vaccine propaganda being spread online by hostile states, The Times reported. This latest move by GCHQ, which gathers communications from around the world to identify and disrupt threats to Britain, is an attempt to ...
Think Michelangelo vs Da Vinci. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Batman v Superman. Another epic rivalry is rejoined next week when Sony and Microsoft go head-to-head with the next generation of their blockbuster video-game consoles.
Luxury brands can mark up prices up to 20 times their cost and yet stay profitable in a pandemic. This has to do with the way they are structured, says one observer.
Managing your career is an individual responsibility, with or without a pandemic, says Paul Heng.
