Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has reduced her stake in Amazon.com Inc. by 42% over the past year, according to a regulatory filing made public on Tuesday. The filing, dated September 30, shows Scott now holds 81.1 million Amazon shares, down from 139 million a year earlier. Based on Tuesday’s closing price, the reduction is valued […]
Singapore companies have committed to invest S$5.5 billion ($4.23 billion) in a joint special economic zone in Malaysia’s Johor state since January last year, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said. The special economic zone, which was first agreed in January last year and formally inked a year later, has made good headway and […]
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus plans to buy German software firm PSI Software for more than 700 million euros ($813.26 million), the companies said on Monday. Reuters first reported on both a nearing takeover of PSI on Friday and Warburg Pincus’ offer for the software company on Sunday. PSI’s software helps run power and gas […]
Foreign investors extended their net buying streak for the second consecutive week across Asian markets last week, recording net purchases of US$904.8 million (RM3.82 billion), which was 4.12 times lower than the previous week’s inflow of US$3.73 billion. MBSB Investment Bank Bhd’s (MBSB IB) fund flow report for the week ended Oct 10, 2025 showed […]
China’s Commerce Ministry on Sunday slammed the Donald Trump-led US government’s plan to impose another 100% tariff on Chinese imports (up and above the existing levies), calling it a “classic case of ‘double standards’.” Amid rising trade tension between the two trade giants, Beijing restated its consistent stance and said it does not “want to fight, but are […]
Copper struck $11,000 per metric ton on Thursday, a milestone not seen for 16 months as investors piled into the metal after a series of disruptions to mine supply led to fears of shortages, while aluminium hit a more than three-year peak. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 3.1% to hit the […]
Swiss medical technology company Ypsomed said on Friday it will establish its first manufacturing facility in the United States with an initial $200 million investment in the town of Holly Springs, North Carolina. Ypsomed, a maker of self-injection systems, said it plans to create about 100 new jobs and wants to roughly double that number […]
HSBC is shelling out £10bn to take its Hong Kong subsidiary private, in a move it said was designed to take advantage of the financial hub’s role as a “super-connector” between China and global markets. The deal will result in Hang Seng Bank’s shares being taken off the local stock exchange as London-headquartered HSBC doubles […]
Fifth Third Bancorp said Monday it will acquire fellow regional bank Comerica for $10.9 billion in an all-stock deal that will create one of the largest U.S. banks by assets. When the deal closes, it will create the ninth-largest U.S. bank — with roughly $288 billion in assets. The transaction is expected to finalize in […]
Spot gold smashed through US$4,000 (RM16,876) an ounce for the first time, as concerns over the US economy and a government shutdown added fresh momentum to a scorching rally. It’s a milestone for bullion, which traded below US$2,000 just two years ago, with returns that now outstrip those for equities this century. Gold has jumped […]