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The Tokyo Stock Exchange is considering extending trading hours to attract individual and overseas investors, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday.

SINGAPORE: Private home sales in Singapore dipped 2.6 per cent in April, with one analyst saying the performance of the overall market is "healthy" despite the slight decrease.  According to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday (May 17), a total of 1,262 private ...

Japan's biggest lender, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said on Monday it will aim for net zero emission in its finance portfolio by 2050 and in its own operations by 2030, amid a push by governments to deal with climate change.

Japan's top lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) posted on Monday a 47.1per cent rise in full-year net profit, after last year's earnings were hit by an impairment charge on its units in Southeast Asia.

SINGAPORE: Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia announced a multi-billion dollar merger of their businesses on Monday (May 17), creating a technology powerhouse called GoTo Group in the country's largest-ever deal. The deal comes as Gojek and Tokopedia ...

Staffing agency Recruit Holdings Co Ltd said on Monday it aims to have women in half of its senior executive roles within 10 years, setting an industry-leading target in Japan where corporate leaders are overwhelmingly male.

SINGAPORE: Bitcoin dropped to a three-month low on Monday (May 17) as investors sold cryptocurrencies in the wake of Tesla boss Elon Musk's hinting over the weekend that the carmaker is considering or may have already sold some of its bitcoin holdings. Musk has boosted crypto markets with his...

ARA Asset Management has raised US$500 million in a round of equity financing, with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) as the lead investor. It is also welcoming SMBC as its new strategic shareholder, the asset fund manager announced on Monday.

SINGAPORE: Singapore must create new frontiers in the digital realm and seize opportunities in a growing green economy, said a government task force on how Singapore can chart its economic recovery in a post-pandemic world. The Emerging Stronger Taskforce also recommended that a new public-private ...

BANGKOK: Thailand's economy shrank in the first quarter from a year earlier as coronavirus outbreaks hurt consumption and tourism, but the fall was less than expected. Southeast Asia's second-largest economy contracted 2.6 per cent in the March quarter from a year earlier, data from the National ...