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Oil prices settle higher on force majeure at Kazakh field, slow Venezuela exports
Oil prices closed 0.5 per cent higher on Wednesday on optimism around tighter supply after a temporary shutdown at two large fields in…
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Business
Shares in Primark Parent ABF Begin Slow Recovery After Shock Profit Warning
LONDON – Shares in Primark’s parent Associated British Foods began a slow recovery following Thursday’s shock profit warning due to…
Business
Boot Sales Had a Slow Start This Fall, But Business Is Now More Brisk as Winter Takes Hold
Winter weather has arrived, setting the stage for boot-selling season. Tall boots, short boots, booties, block heel boots and square toe…
Business
Asian utilities slow to confront climate risk
ASIA might need to grow up when it comes to protecting its power sector against climate-related loss and damage, a new report has…
Business
Philippines' slow growth raises chance of December rate cut, says central bank chief
Data last month showed annual growth slowed to a four-year low of 4.0% in the third quarter A slower growth outlook for the Philippines…
Business
UK financial sector makes slow progress on preparations for new settlement system
40% of respondents in a survey say they will miss an interim deadline of Dec 31, 2026 Four in 10 financial businesses in Britain expect to…
Business
US: Wall Street tumbles as Nvidia slides, investors fret that Fed may slow rate cuts
WALL Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with steep losses in Nvidia and other AI heavyweights, as investors scaled back expectations…
Business
Honda cuts annual operating profit outlook on EV cost hit, slow Asia sales
It cut its operating profit forecast for the year through March 2026 to 550 billion yen (S$4.67 billion) from 700 billion yen Honda Motor…
Business
Applied Materials to cut 4% of global staff after sales slow
Applied Materials, the largest US producer of chipmaking equipment, plans to cut 4 per cent of its global workforce as it copes with a…
Business
Hong Kong funding cost seen sliding on Fed cuts, slow lending
Bank loans as a proportion of deposits have risen since June, but they still remain near the lowest level since 2009 The cost of overnight…
Business
Amazon’s AWS CEO chides staff for slow product rollouts
Amazon Web Services’ top executive admonished staff on Thursday for what he called slow product rollouts by the cloud computing provider…
Business
BOJ removes Japan stocks overhang with slow sell-down of ETFs
Global investors have contributed to the advance in Japanese stocks as they seek to diversify their portfolios A large overhang that…
Business
Thai central bank intervenes to slow currency moves
The currency’s strength relative to regional peers is seen as a threat to exports and tourism Thailand’s central bank has intervened to…
Business
Thailand to weigh tax on gold trades to slow baht rally
Officials are discussing ways to tax gold bought and sold through various online channels and settled in baht Thai authorities are…
Business
Chinese insurers’ stock buying bolsters case for slow bull run
Authorities have also raised insurers’ equity investment cap, reduced their capital requirements to hold stocks and improved their ability…
Business
CGSI downgrades Grab to ‘hold’ with earnings growth expected to slow in H2
CGS International (CGSI) has downgraded its rating on Grab Holdings to “hold” from “add”, anticipating a slowdown in earnings growth in…
Business
China’s GDP growth set to slow, raising pressure on policymakers
China’s economy is expected to have slowed down in the second quarter from a solid start to the year. This comes as trade tensions with…
Fashion
Slow Fashion Bags Gain Momentum as ‘Luxury Fatigue’ Continues
As some shoppers grow weary of heritage designs and macroeconomic instability continues to push consumers away from the luxury market,…
Business
Slow rate hikes could cause wage-price spiral, Bank of Japan paper says
Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of an upward spiral in wages and consumer prices,…
Business
Bank of Japan urged to keep or slow bond taper pace from fiscal 2026
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) received a sizeable number of requests to maintain or slightly slow the pace of tapering in its bond purchases…
Business
Crumbling bridges slow traffic and the economy in Germany. Can more money fix the problem?
BAD SCHANDAU, Germany (AP) — Germany's reputation for efficiency is taking a hit from crumbling concrete. Cracks and collapses are also a…
Business
DBS, OCBC, UOB tumble on potential rate cuts if economies slow
Shares of Singapore’s three local banks continued to slide on Monday (Apr 7), leading a broader market sell-off triggered by concerns over…
News
The long, slow road to a ceasefire, with no guarantee of success
After three days of talks in Saudi Arabia, at last some progress. Two separate texts outlining agreements between the US and Russia, and…
Business
Slow traffic, fast food: study links road delays with unhealthy eating
Have you ever been hungry, stuck in traffic, and decide to pick up some fast food for dinner? If you have, you are not alone, as…