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Hidden inflation drives Japan consumers to price-tracking sites
[ad_1] Shoppers in the island nation are facing higher living costs for the first time since the burst of an asset bubble in the early 90s ushered in decades of...
Hasbro will move toy headquarters to Boston, creating 700 jobs
[ad_1] [BOSTON] Hasbro, the company behind the Monopoly board game, is moving its headquarters to Boston from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, boosting the city’s struggling business district and Massachusetts Governor Maura...
Europe: Shares end higher amid all eyes on French no-confidence vote
[ad_1] EUROPEAN shares finished higher on Monday, while French stocks also rose as investors stayed calm in the run-up to a no-confidence vote later in the day that lead to the...
VW unveils affordable EVs to take on Chinese rivals
[ad_1] Volkswagen has made considerable cost savings on the cars by sharing technology across the different models[MUNICH] Europe’s top car manufacturer Volkswagen on Monday (Sep 8) presented a series of...
Tesla market share in US drops to lowest since 2017 as competition heats up
[ad_1] The falling share reveals the company’s increasingly difficult choice of supporting sales using higher, profit-destroying incentives for buyers or maintaining profits and giving up market share[SAN FRANCISCO] Tesla’s US...
US mulls annual China chip supply permits for Samsung, Hynix
[ad_1] [WASHINGTON] The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix’s factories in China, a compromise aimed at preventing disruptions to the...
China can’t be counted on to absorb global crude surplus as Opec+ bumps up production: market watchers
[ad_1] Crude could trade at below US$60 a barrel by end-2025 as the world’s largest oil importer slows down stockpiling [SINGAPORE] The crude oil market is embracing a rising supply...
China’s e-commerce companies are getting singed by a price war
[ad_1] [SHANGHAI] The bitter battle among China’s major online companies to win the “instant retail” war is expected to further depress their short- to medium-term profits and contribute to deflationary...
Bank Indonesia, government allay concerns that ‘burden sharing’ deal will reduce independence
[ad_1] The deal has “the potential to damage BI’s reputation as an independent institution”[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s government and central bank sought to allay concerns on Monday (Sep 8) about their unusual...
Alibaba is No 1 for China traders ploughing HK$13.5 billion in stock
[ad_1] [SHANGHAI] Renewed optimism over Alibaba Group Holding’s potential in artificial intelligence has turned the stock into Chinese investors’ favourite investment.They bought a combined HK$13.5 billion (S$2.2 billion) worth of...
Japan’s Topix hits record high, yen and bonds fall on PM Ishiba exit
[ad_1] [TOKYO] Japan’s Topix share gauge reached a record high, the yen weakened and longer-dated bonds slid on Monday (Sep 8) after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation stoked speculation that...
Still ‘more things to be done’ to reap synergies across OCBC: CEO-designate Tan Teck Long
[ad_1] Asean growth prospects remain strong even with tariff uncertainty, says the lender’s incoming chief executive, who is also head of global wholesale banking[SINGAPORE] OCBC’s incoming chief executive wants to...