HONG KONG: Lockdowns and travel restrictions prompted by the new coronavirus have been a boon to JOOX, Chinese tech giant Tencent's international music streaming platform, driving traffic to its karaoke services up by as much as 50 per cent, an executive said. Launched in 2015, JOOX is an overseas...
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday (Apr 6) it will begin the disclosure of its foreign exchange intervention operations in April to enhance the market's understanding of its monetary policy stance. The data on MAS' net foreign exchange purchases from its ...
The coronavirus-driven global shift to working from home is set to have boosted demand for Samsung Electronics' memory chips from laptop makers and data centres, but first-quarter profits are likely to remain flat as the outbreak weakened consumer electronics sales.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will release data on its foreign exchange (forex) intervention operations in April - three months earlier than previously announced.
HONG KONG: Companies in the Asia Pacific need to raise a near-record US$69.3 billion to refinance their existing borrowings in the second quarter, Refinitiv figures show, as the region's capital markets remain turbulent due to the coronavirus pandemic. The level of US dollar corporate debt due to ...
Engineers at Tesla Inc showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company's YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country overwhelmed by coronavirus patients face device shortages.
NEW YORK: Wall Street analysts and investors see a risk that stocks could retest recent lows in the coming days or weeks as they worry about the spread of the virus and its impact on the economy, although some spot glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel....
REUTERS: UK aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce will abandon its targets on profits, cash and deliveries, and suspend its dividend, due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Financial Times reported late on Sunday (Apr 5). Rolls-Royce is also aiming to announce new credit facilities in excess of 1 billion ...
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet Plc , has warned that he will not inject any fresh equity into the airline it terminates a contract with Airbus SE for 4.5 billion pounds (US$5.50 billion), according to a letter https://easy.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020-04-05-stelios-media-statement ...
REUTERS: Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners is preparing to seek at least US$16 billion from investors for its sixth flagship buyout fund, braving the economic uncertainty of the coronavirus outbreak, according to people familiar with the matter. Investing the money raised in the coming ...
