TOKYO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as investors took an optimistic attitude for the domestic earnings season over positive results reported by Japanese firms. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 220.85 points, or 0.61 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 36,286.71. The […]
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Indian stock indices started Tuesday’s session marginally in the red after a sharp jump during the previous session. Benchmark Sensex and Nifty were about 0.1 per cent lower than their previous day’s closing at the opening bell today. The marginal fall in the benchmark indices could be attributed to […]
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Tier-II cities in India emerged as new ground for flex office operators, real estate consulting firm CBRE South Asia said in a report. The report highlighted that nearly 26 major flex office operators recorded presence across 10 Tier II cities in 2023. Flex space can generally be defined as […]
Kenya is grappling with a five-year streak of business closures linked to high taxes that critics blame on a government “borrowing spree” that most recently saw Nairobi awarded a $941 million loan from the International Monetary Fund. Some 2,000 companies were struck off over the last financial year due to high operating costs and uncompetitive […]
The country’s stocks have been selling off of late despite a series of government stimulus measures Investors poured nearly $12 billion into Chinese equity funds in the week ending this past Wednesday, Reuters reported on Friday, citing data compiled by Bank of America. It was the largest weekly inflow since 2015 and the second largest […]
BETHESDA, Maryland: Due to ongoing supply chain issues, Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-35 jets, said this week that its 2024 profit will be below Wall Street expectations. As a result of rising tensions between China and the Philippines, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, and conflict in the Middle East, U.S. defense firms are seeing […]
Seoul [South Korea], January 25 (ANI): South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his party has been caught in a controversy after the surfacing of hidden camera footage which appears to show the country’s first lady accepting a handbag worth USD 2,250 by luxury brand Dior, reported The Strait Times. Yoon won the election in 2022 […]
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises rose about 3 per cent on Wednesday, after a whopping 30 per cent lower circuit it went through during the previous session following the cancellation of the merger deal with Sony Pictures. The lower circuit is the lower possible price that the stock of […]
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises tanked 10 per cent to hit the lower circuit in the Tuesday morning session, a day after the cancellation of the merger deal with Sony Pictures. At 10.55 am, the shares were 9.98 per cent lower at Rs 208.30. So far in 2024, the […]
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis on Monday arrived in New Delhi on a five-day visit to India to advance India-UN ties. The UNGA President was received at the airport by India’s permanent representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj. “A warm welcome to @UN_PGA Dennis Francis as […]
