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Some firms conduct share buybacks purely to support the vesting of awards under their share-based remuneration schemes This column received some negative feedback last week, following its…
Chinese companies are ready to return to Sudan at a moment's notice, according to a Chinese official, once security and stability are restored in the northeast African nation engulfed in a…
THIS month, the board of DBS set up a S$3 billion share-buyback programme, which involves purchasing its own shares from the open market. When these shares are cancelled, the bank’s equity…
CHINA’S Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday (Nov 13) that a US order to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to halt shipments of advanced chips to some Chinese customers…
COMPANIES of all stripes are diving into the debt market on Tuesday (Nov 12), taking advantage of robust demand and relatively favourable borrowing costs. Banks including Citi, Goldman…
FOR any company, the Asean economic bloc represents a business opportunity that cannot be ignored. The 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have a combined…
Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent member of the company’s board of directors, its…
THE Beijing Stock Exchange will help small and medium-sized tech companies with training and access to finance so they can list on the bourse, it said on Sunday (Oct 20), as part of…
TORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada, according to a proposed deal. Philip Morris International said…
THREE cryptocurrency companies and 15 people have been charged with engaging in widespread fraud and market manipulation following an investigation in which the FBI for the first time…
6 min read Last Updated : Oct 05 2024 | 12:12 AM IST Research and development (R&D) spending by BSE 100 companies has grown steadily, rising from 0.89 per cent of revenue in FY20 to 1.32…
France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has proposed €60b ($66b) worth of spending cuts and tax hikes to help shrink the country’s deficit to 5% of economic output, down from the 6.1%…
4 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:55 PM IST Management commentary on demand environment, and forward guidance will be in focus when Indian IT services players declare their…
For automobiles and auto components, the year 2023-24 turned out to be lacklustre as far as the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is concerned. Of the 18 players eligible for the…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says more people from the former East Germany should have senior posts in the nation's company boardrooms. The proportion of those in such jobs "can be…
5 min read Last Updated : Sep 29 2024 | 11:57 PM IST Manufacturing and trade support each other: Quality manufacturing increases export, and global-market access helps manufacturers grow.…
Besides focusing on worker safety, they can also look at quantifying impact of heat on productivity AS RISING temperatures impede the progress of construction projects in Singapore,…
SINGAPORE-BASED companies have made a strong showing in an inaugural list of Asean’s 30 top tech start-ups, accounting for 21 of them. The NextGen Tech 30 list, released on Sept 24 by tech…
3 min read Last Updated : Sep 25 2024 | 12:37 AM IST Mobile device makers are raising concerns about a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) notification issued on September 17, mandating…
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil withdrew 18.35 million reais ($3.3 million) from the bank accounts of Elon Musk’s X and Starlink to pay for fines imposed by the Supreme Court, continuing a dispute…
Namibia's state-owned power utility NamPower has partnered with two Chinese companies to commence the construction of the country's largest solar power plant, Reuters has reported. The…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has active investigations into alleged corruption totaling more than $7 billion at some of its top state-owned companies, according to a report…
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Leon Li used to play a discreet…
[Source] Some diaper companies in Japan are now shifting their focus to the adult market as the demographic crisis continues. Research firm Fuji Keizai predicted that Japan’s adult diaper…
