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BOJ’s Ueda says Japan is getting closer to sustainable inflation
[ad_1] Markets bet the central bank will lift rates to 0.75%, the highest since 1995, on Dec 19[TOKYO] Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank is...
EU launches antitrust probe into Google’s use of online content for AI purposes
[ad_1] It wants to know whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators[BRUSSELS] The European Commission has opened an antitrust probe to...
Warner Bros fight heats up with US$108 billion hostile bid from Paramount
[ad_1] Acceptance of the bid would trigger a US$2.8 billion breakup fee payable to Netflix[LOS ANGELES] Paramount Skydance on Monday (Dec 9) launched a hostile bid worth US$108.4 billion for...
South Korea police raid e-commerce giant Coupang over data leak
[ad_1] Personal information of 33.7 million customers had been leaked – almost two-thirds of the population[SEOUL] South Korean police raided the Seoul headquarters of e-commerce giant Coupang on Tuesday (Dec...
BHP strikes US$2 billion funding deal with GIP for iron ore power network
[ad_1] The two firms will form an entity in which BHP will hold a 51% stake and GIP the remaining 49% stake[MELBOURNE] BHP Group said on Tuesday (Dec 8) that...
Australia’s central bank holds rates steady, signals no rush to hike
[ad_1] The mood among consumers, long stuck in the doldrums, has turned positive in a boost to the outlook for household spending[SYDNEY] Australia’s central bank on Tuesday (Dec 9) left...
Google says first AI glasses with Gemini will arrive in 2026
[ad_1] Competition is heating up in the emerging category of AI and augmented reality, or AR, glasses[NEW YORK] Alphabet’s Google said that it’s working to create two different categories of...
Chinese clean-energy foreign investment surging, says think tank
[ad_1] CHINESE foreign investment in green power jumped to US$80 billion in the past year as Beijing leveraged its dominance in energy transition technologies, according to Climate Energy Finance (CEF).The...
Crypto exchange HashKey seeks up to US$215 million from Hong Kong IPO
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] HashKey Holdings, operator of Hong Kong’s largest licensed crypto exchange, is seeking to raise as much as HK$1.67 billion (S$279 million) through an initial public offering (IPO).The...
Stocks to watch: OCBC, Jardine Matheson, Mandarin Oriental, SingPost
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Dec 9): OCBC : The bank’s mezzanine capital unit announced on Monday that...
