SINGAPORE: Singapore's plan to fund infrastructure projects with green bonds is set to "spur" the private sector into action, paving the way for a steady supply and demand for green financing, industry experts told CNA. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced in his Budget speech on Tuesday ......
Walmart Inc expects full-year sales and profit growth to slow as it reinvests in its business and lockdowns end, after revenue soared to US$560 billion last year as people stocked up on groceries during the pandemic.
British supermarket group Asda ended its 22 years under Walmart ownership with accelerating underlying sales in the Christmas quarter, driven by strong demand for premium ranges.
Facebook's move to block all media content in Australia is a staggeringly irresponsible attempt to bully a democracy and will stiffen the resolve of legislators across the world to get tough with the tech giants, a senior British lawmaker said.
Nissan expects to invest more than 1 billion pounds (US$1.39 billion) in Britain in the coming years with the arrival of its e-power hybrid technology, the Japanese group's head of Europe said on Thursday.
U.S. private equity firm Apollo has enlisted ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton as its lead independent director as part of efforts to tighten governance controls in the wake of an inquiry into Chief Executive Officer Leon Black's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday as investors resumed a shift out of big technology firms ahead of data that is expected to show a steady recovery in the labor market.
Walmart Inc beat expectations for same-store sales growth on Thursday, as an early start to the holiday season and a boost from stimulus money late in the fourth quarter drove demand for electronics, toys and groceries.
REUTERS: Tesla Inc has reduced the price of its cheaper variants of the Model 3 sedan and the Model Y sports utility vehicle (SUV), while raising prices for their performance variants, the electric-car maker's website showed. The price of its Model 3 Standard Range Plus has been lowered to...
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance hurtled into the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth en route to a nail-biting landing attempt Thursday on an ancient, alien lake bed, where scientists hope to find signs of fossilized microbial life.
