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L’Oreal sales miss estimates as China demand remains weak
L’OREAL’s fourth-quarter sales fell short of analysts’ estimates after demand in the US failed to make up for a continued downturn in China.Sales overall rose 2.5 per cent on...
Amazon offers weak outlook on rising spending for AI
AMAZON.COM projected profit in the current quarter that fell short of analysts’ estimates, suggesting the company continues to ramp up spending to support artificial intelligence (AI) services.Operating income will...
Keeping boards relevant in a changing world
A FUNDAMENTAL principle of change management is that an organisation’s internal rate of change must surpass the external rate of change for it to thrive. This concept applies to...
BRC Asia Q1 profit after tax rises 13.9% to S$19.5 million
This is despite revenue falling 12.4% year on year to S$349.8 million, from S$399.2 millionSTEEL fabricator BRC Asia on Thursday (Feb 6) announced its profit after tax rose 13.9...
Japan Foods sinks into the red with 9M loss of S$2.9 million
JAPAN Foods sank into the red with a net loss of S$2.9 million for the nine months ended Dec 31, 2024, compared with a net profit of S$668,000 in...
HSBC’s head of global banking for Asia-Pacific is exiting lender
HSBC Holdings’s head of global banking for Asia-Pacific, Christina Ma, is leaving the bank, according to people familiar with matter, as the lender restructures its business to keep a...
IHH unit may seek higher compensation in lawsuit against Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo over Fortis deal
AN INDIRECT, wholly owned subsidiary of integrated healthcare player IHH Healthcare, Northern TK Venture (NTK), on Thursday (Feb 6) submitted an additional brief to the Tokyo District Court, including...
CapitaLand Ascendas Reit H2 DPU rises 3.2% to S$0.07681
THE distribution per unit (DPU) of CapitaLand Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Clar) for the second half ended Dec 31, 2024, was S$0.07681 – 3.2 per cent higher than...
DeepSeek fever fuels patriotic bets on Chinese AI stocks
CHINESE investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to a boom in the sector and give the initiative to...
Maersk Q4 profit beats forecast, expects softer 2025 earnings
The Danish company, viewed as a barometer of world trade, said it expects an underlying Ebitda result of between US$6 billion and US$9 billion this yearMAERSK on Thursday (Feb...
