Egypt has signed a non-disclosure agreement with the Japanese owner of a megaship that blocked the Suez Canal in March as it finalises a compensation agreement, the canal authority chief said.
Microsoft Corp will show off on Thursday the first major revamp of its Windows operating system since 2015.
SEOUL: South Korean property developer SJ Co Ltd has acquired budget airline Eastar Jet for 110 billion won (US$97 million), Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. SJ paid a deposit of 11 billion won and plans to issue new shares to complete the transaction, the report said. Eastar Jet...
TOKYO: A Japanese finance ministry panel consisting of academics and corporate executives that has offered long-term proposals on fixing the country's finances held its final meeting on Thursday, a finance ministry official said. The official also said a new forum to discuss the country's ...
SINGAPORE: Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine have agreed to explore a potential combination of Sembcorp with Keppel’s offshore and marine (O&M) business. “The objective of these discussions is to create a stronger combined entity and sustainable value over the long term for Keppel O&M and Sembcorp ...
A senior member of Japan's ruling party on Thursday accused activist investors in Toshiba Corp of focusing only on short-term profits and called for better monitoring of such investors to protect economic security.
US lawmakers debated into the early hours Thursday over details of legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws.
IBM Corp is developing tools that would ensure online advertising algorithms do not unfairly show ads to only specific groups such as mostly men or wealthy people, aiming to address discrimination concerns that have drawn industrywide scrutiny.
REUTERS: Illumio said on Thursday it raised US$225 million in a funding round led by private equity firm Thoma Bravo that valued the cybersecurity startup at US$2.75 billion. The pandemic has driven up venture capital investments into the cybersecurity space, as businesses increasingly turn to ...
Payments technology company Visa Inc said on Thursday it had signed a deal to buy European open banking platform Tink and would pay 1.8 billion euros (US$2.15 billion) for the acquisition.
