Samsung, Blue Ocean launch U.S. stock trading during South Korean business hours

Asian investors can now buy and sell U.S. stocks during Korean business hours in real time through a partnership between Samsung Securities (016360.KS) and U.S.-based off-exchange trading venue operator Blue Ocean Technologies LLC, the companies said on Monday.
Toshiba now plans to split into two, bumps up shareholder return targets

Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said it now aims to break up into two companies instead of three, while also unveiling a big boost to planned shareholder returns in an effort to appease angry investors.
In a time of rising inflation, tourism could be Turkey’s rescue

Turkey’s annual inflation rate has reached a 20-year high of 48.7%, according to government figures released last week. Turkey’s social and economic progress has been outstanding since the 2000s, resulting in increasing employment and earnings and elevating the country to an upper-middle-income status. Turkey increasingly urbanized throughout this time, maintaining strong macroeconomic and fiscal policy […]
Is this the start of Facebook’s real-time downfall?

Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook) had a historic fall last week, with Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s creator, losing almost $31 billion of his fortune, one of the entrepreneur’s largest personal losses in recent times. It is said to have dropped more than 20% last week after the social networking business issued a weaker-than-expected projection. As […]
EXCLUSIVE Mexican entrepreneur says hiring advisers for Citibanamex bid

A Mexican entrepreneur close to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told Reuters that he has begun hiring financial advisers and law firms to prepare a bid for Citibanamex, Citigroup’s (C.N) Mexican consumer banking arm.
Analysis: OPEC+ meets quickly, sticks to script, dodges debate on geopolitics

After a month in which oil prices surged 15% and geopolitical tensions seethed around the world, OPEC and its allies took a record-quick 16 minutes to decide that they would stick to their previously planned output increase.
Analysis: Traders scour markets for protection amid Ukraine tensions

Unnerved by the sabre-rattling between Russia and the West over Ukraine, traders are scouring global markets for investments that could provide them with protection against losses in case the conflict escalates.
Global tech stocks stage tentative recovery after Meta rout

Tech stocks staged a tentative rebound across financial markets on Friday as stellar results from Amazon (.AMZN) convinced traders not to give up on a sector weakened by a global monetary tightening cycle and the historic crash of Facebook owner Meta.
Analysis: Amazon notches up sunny sales, despite client shift to ‘multicloud’,

Amazon.com Inc has racked up four straight quarters of cloud computing sales growth, a streak analysts are calling impressive and easing concerns that a customer shift toward multiple cloud vendors would hurt its leading market share.
Corteva eyes annual sales above expectations on solid demand

Corteva Inc (CTVA.N) on Wednesday forecast 2022 sales above market expectations as the insecticide and seed maker benefited from strong demand and higher prices.