James Hardie (JHX.AX), the world’s largest fibre cement maker, on Monday raised its annual profit forecast for the fourth time this fiscal year, and guided to even higher earnings next year, driven by a boom in the housing sector in North America.
After years of struggling to emerge from the shadows of regional rivals, Singapore Exchange is looking to establish itself as the hub for blank-cheque firms, riding on regulatory overhaul, support by state firms, and a tech boom in its back yard.
Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the final quarter of last year as consumption perked up following the easing of anti-virus mobility restrictions and as stronger commodity prices pushed exports to record highs.
Taiwan’s central bank has allowed Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) to start trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards again, three sources told Reuters, after it suspended them as part of a crackdown on speculation last February.
The European Central Bank could end its stimulus programme earlier than planned but it is unlikely to raise its main interest rate in July as investors are expecting, ECB policymaker Martins Kazaks told Reuters.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
James Hardie (JHX.AX), the world’s largest fibre cement maker, on Monday raised its annual profit forecast for the fourth time this fiscal year, and guided to even higher earnings next year, driven by a boom in the housing sector in North America.
After years of struggling to emerge from the shadows of regional rivals, Singapore Exchange is looking to establish itself as the hub for blank-cheque firms, riding on regulatory overhaul, support by state firms, and a tech boom in its back yard.
Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the final quarter of last year as consumption perked up following the easing of anti-virus mobility restrictions and as stronger commodity prices pushed exports to record highs.
Taiwan’s central bank has allowed Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) to start trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards again, three sources told Reuters, after it suspended them as part of a crackdown on speculation last February.
The European Central Bank could end its stimulus programme earlier than planned but it is unlikely to raise its main interest rate in July as investors are expecting, ECB policymaker Martins Kazaks told Reuters.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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