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SocGen doubles Q4 profit as retail unit rebounds
[ad_1] SOCIETE Generale (SocGen) said on Thursday (Feb 6) it had doubled fourth-quarter profits after a recovery in its retail bank and increased equity market trading, helping the French lender...
HSBC upgrades Grab to ‘buy’ on attractive valuations, growth drivers ahead
[ad_1] HSBC upgraded its rating on ride-hailing giant Grab to a “buy” on attractive valuations and “intact” growth drivers, while Maybank maintained its buy rating. On Tuesday (Feb 4), its...
Nomura soars to 16-year high as profit jump cements recovery
[ad_1] NOMURA Holdings’s shares jumped to their highest in 16 years after Japan’s biggest brokerage doubled third-quarter profit and beat market estimates on robust trading and cost cuts. The stock...
Workday to cut nearly 2,000 workers on profit focus
[ad_1] WORKDAY is cutting about 8.5 per cent of its workforce, making it the latest technology company to begin 2025 with headcount reductions.The cuts will amount to about 1,750 workers,...
Gold firms near record peak as trade war concerns linger
[ad_1] GOLD prices inched higher on Thursday (Feb 6) to hover near an all-time high hit in the last session, as Sino-US tariff war concerns boosted safe-haven demand, while investors...
Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity
[ad_1] Google is the latest tech company rethinking how it approaches diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace as businesses face more political pressure from President Trump to roll back...
Singapore shares rise at Thursday’s open; STI up 0.4%
[ad_1] SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territories on Thursday (Feb 6), mirroring global markets.As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) was up 0.4 per cent or 16.69...
Singapore shares rise as tariff concerns fade; STI up 0.4%
[ad_1] Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 352 to 186, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$1.1 billion change handsBUOYED by fading concerns about the economic threat posed by US...
CapitaLand China Trust’s H2 DPU falls 12% to S$0.0264
[ad_1] THE manager of CapitaLand China Trust (CLCT) on Thursday (Feb 6) posted a 12 per cent decline in distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.0264 for the second half ended...
Sonos cuts 12% of workers in bid to improve product organisation
[ad_1] Sonos said it’s cutting about 12 per cent of its staff, or 200 workers, in a bid to make its product teams “flatter, smaller and more focused”.Santa Barbara, California-based...
TikTok’s Chinese owner appears to be slow-rolling negotiations for sale: report
[ad_1] China is likely to take a hard-line approach, letting TikTok’s US operations die rather than approving a saleSHORT video app TikTok’s owner ByteDance seems to be slow-rolling negotiations for...
SoftBank nears deal to acquire chip designer Ampere
[ad_1] SOFTBANK Group is in advanced talks to acquire Ampere Computing, sources familiar with the matter said.The Japanese company is discussing a deal that could value the Oracle-backed chip designer...