(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Monday, fueled by Tesla Inc and other heavyweight growth stocks ahead of a deluge of earnings reports this week. The Nasdaq’s record high close confirmed the end of an 11% correction in the index that began after its previous record high close on […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The One-North Eden condominium in Buona Vista has reported that it is 85 per cent sold over the weekend – that is, 140 out of 165 apartments have been moved in a virtual launch as at Sunday 6pm. Sales across all unit types were strong, with the selling price working […]
OPINION: One of the main reasons why Labour Party MP Paul Eagle entered politics was to change the Adoption Act 1955. While practices have advanced, the legislation continues to undermine and discriminate against all parties, but particularly the child in question. This could all change under the Labour Government. Adoption is a personal issue for […]
(NYTIMES) – Ms Dani Rizzo and Mr Adam Hoyt are diligently saving for retirement. They are putting away money each month and monitoring their investments. They are looking ahead, as a couple, and trying to be socially responsible. She is 33, and he is 32, but they wonder: How many years of life could they […]
(BLOOMBERG) – Mr Ulf Erlandsson is not your typical climate campaigner: He prefers the trading desk to the picket line. He pushed Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, into divesting bonds in an Indian bank that was financing a coal mine, shamed HSBC Holdings for failing to hold that same bank to account, and pressured a […]
Protecting Kiwi inventions – everything from water balloons to space rockets – from global theft can be a daunting and expensive process. Jane Phare talks to experts and businesses owners, including toy giant Zuru, about the best way to protect intellectual property and whether it’s worth the expense. In a large manufacturing plant in Gisborne, […]
(Reuters) – President Joe Biden wants to put “real money” toward helping laid-off workers get new jobs in growth industries like green energy and healthcare as part of his $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure package, a top economic adviser said.FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event […]
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Panasonic Corp is pictured at the CEATEC JAPAN 2017 (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) -In its biggest acquisition in a decade, Panasonic Corp on Friday said it will buy U.S. supply-chain software company Blue Yonder in […]
FILE PHOTO: People queue inside a branch of the Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFJ) Financial Group’s bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in Tokyo, Japan, February 1, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japanese mega-bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has cut six members of its U.S. team, four in sell-side markets research, sales and trading, and two investment-banking […]
TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar was hemmed into a narrow trading range near multi-week lows against its major peers on Friday, as traders contemplate the next moves by major central banks ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week.FILE PHOTO: Sheets of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency are seen through […]