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Record Japan profits show Nikkei is primed for all-time high
The strong earnings suggest the rally that’s pushed major share indexes toward record highs has more room to run
February 20, 2024
Global stocks
Invest like the Karate Kid
Investors should not be deterred by Nikkei‘s rout. Japan may fight back like the Karate Kid.
September 15, 2022
Drivers of the future
From supply chain to supply loop
How will supply chains change in the future? Experts say it will not be a 'chain', but a 'loop'.
September 25, 2020
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Grab raises US$150 mil from Yamaha
SINGAPORE (Dec 17): Grab is attracting more global backers after the ride-hailing service defeated Uber Technologies Inc. in Southeast Asia. A motorcycle maker has become the latest investor.
December 14, 2018
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
By plowing millions into Uber, Toyota eyes the future of cars
(Sept 27): Toyota Motor Corp, Asia’s biggest carmaker, is preparing for a potential future where people don’t buy cars.
September 27, 2018
Tech
Ride-hailing giant Grab expects to double revenue in 2019
(Sept 6): Singapore’s Grab outlined ambitious fundraising plans and predicted that sales will double next year, adding to evidence that Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup is expanding well beyond its roots as a ride-haling app and intensifying a r
September 06, 2018
Japan's Kobe Steel feels the heat for data falsification
(Oct 10): Kobe Steel unleashed an industrial scandal that reverberated across Asia’s second-largest economy after saying its staff falsified data related to strength and durability of some aluminum and copper products used in aircraft, cars and potentia
October 10, 2017
Tech
Shell and Toyota partner on California fueling stations for hydrogen cars
MICHIGAN/TOKYO/CHICAGO (Feb 21): Royal Dutch Shell Plc will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor Corp., laying down their latest bet on the demise of the internal-combustion engine.
February 21, 2017
Global Markets
Trump hits Toyota in latest broadside against carmakers and Mexico
WASHINGTON (Jan 6): US President-elect Donald Trump targeted Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday, threatening to impose a hefty fee on the world's largest automaker if it builds its Corolla cars for the US market at a plant in Mexico.
January 06, 2017