CONSUMERS in the Asia-Pacific have become more price sensitive towards insurance purchases amid concerns over their financial stability post-Covid.
Japan's factory output likely fell in May while retail sales rose for a third straight month, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, highlighting the uneven recovery in the world's third largest economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.
TOKYO :Panasonic Corp sold its stake in electric car maker Tesla Inc for about 400 billion yen (US$3.61 billion) in the year ended March, a spokesperson for the Japanese company said on Friday.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) will be extending enhanced training support measures. This includes course fee subsidies under certain schemes and training allowance grants.
Malaysian palm oil company IOI Corporation said on Friday it had been made aware of a letter from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about opening an investigation against the company on allegations of labour abuse.
Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing's planned US$4 billion New York debut will supercharge Chinese listings in the United States on the back of an all-time high in the first half the year, despite political sparring between the two countries.
Oil prices rose on Friday, heading for a fifth straight week of gains, with demand growth seen outstripping supply on bets that OPEC+ producers will be cautious in returning more output to the market from August.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said in a national address on Thursday that a recently passed law making bitcoin legal tender will take effect on Sept. 7.
TOKYO -Panasonic Corp sold all of its stake in Tesla Inc in the year ended March, filings from the Japanese firm showed on Friday. Panasonic bought 1.4 million Tesla shares at US$21.15 each in 2010 for about US$30 million. The stock is now worth US$679.82 apiece. The windfall likely...
Toshiba Corp kicked off its annual general meeting on Friday, with shareholders set to decide on whether to keep Osamu Nagayama as board chairman. The vote - expected to be very close - is seen by many as a referendum on corporate governance in Japan.
