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Venus Williams wants to get people walking. The tennis star, who recently released her health-focused book “Strive,” has joined the app WeWard as a brand ambassador and investor. Through…
Apple said Monday it plans to invest $500 billion in the United States, hire 20,000 people and open a new manufacturing factory in Texas over the next four years. “We are bullish on the…
This morning, Apple announced its largest spend commitment to date: A whopping $500 billion that’s set to be invested in American manufacturing, engineering, and AI efforts over the next…
Indonesia launched the Danantara investment fund on Monday (Feb 24), a high-stakes, multi-billion-dollar initiative designed to consolidate the country’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs),…
Top true-crime podcast company Audiochuck, founded by Ashley Flowers, has received $40 million in funding from Peter Chernin‘s the Chernin Group. It’s the first outside capital for…
SINGAPORE digital bank Trust Bank has hit the one-million-customer milestone, making up about 20 per cent of the adult population in the city-state. It crossed the milestone in February,…
PARIS — After tapping its first chief executive officer, Ahlem is taking on its first outside investor. The 10-year-old luxury eyewear company said Wednesday it had received a minority…
Facebook’s parent company Meta said it’s working on the world’s longest undersea cable as part of the social media giant’s efforts to connect more people to high-speed internet. Called…
I'm all for indulging in trends now and then—I work in fashion, after all—but there are certain items that will forever remain in my capsule wardrobe regardless of the season or current…
INVESTORS in HSBC are backing management attempts to shutter parts of its investment bank, even as US President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda fuels hopes for a boom in capital markets…
Given my job as Who What Wear UK's fashion editor, and my well documented shoe obsession, I'm often called upon in the office for extra intel when it comes to shoe shopping. Spending so…
META Platforms, after pushing into augmented reality and artificial intelligence (AI), has identified its next big bet: AI-powered humanoid robots. The company is making a significant…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s comments last week that Nippon Steel would invest in United States Steel instead of pursuing a takeover surprised shareholders. It turns out that his words…
LONDON— Following a grand-scale refurbishment that took two years and cost 46 million pounds, Sloane Street is ready for its close-up. The street, which stretches for one kilometer, or a…
NIPPON Steel slumped the most in four months after a closely watched summit between US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba heightened uncertainty over the…
It is making disciplined acquisitions without acting like ‘a kid in a toy store’, says CLI’s Manohar Khiatani ASSET manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) will invest more than US$700 million…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jan 22), with the benchmark S&P 500 just shy of a record high, as investors cheered streaming giant Netflix’s strong quarterly…
Indonesia's Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita reportedly held talks recently with Apple executives about the company's potential investment in the Southeast Asian country. This…
HONG Kong is easing the requirement of its capital investment entrant scheme, bolstering efforts to attract family offices and lift the city’s status as a global wealth hub. Investments…
Saudi Arabia energy major ACWA Power announced it is developing more than 1 GW of renewable energy projects in China. The company in reports published Dec. 31 said the portfolio includes…
INDONESIA claimed victory after Apple offered to increase its investment in the country to US$1 billion to get President Prabowo Subianto’s government to lift a ban on the sale of iPhone…
BEIJING’S mayor called on AstraZeneca to expand its research and development investment in the Chinese capital, signalling that a probe against some of its executives will not affect…
PROPERTY investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI), through its subsidiary The Ascott Ltd, has sold its stapled securities in CapitaLand Ascott Trust (Clas) for S$162 million, said…
Indonesia is expecting to get a US$1 billion investment commitment from tech firm Apple in a week, its investment minister said on Tuesday (Dec 3), following the ban on iPhone 16 sales for…
