April 21, 2021 9:33 am
Toshiba Corp’s (6502) board has decided against CVC Capital Partners’ $20 billion buyout proposal due to the lack of required details, the company said earlier this week. Yet, the conglomerate added that it remained open to “credible” offers. In a new letter, CVC, which had previously proposed to take Toshiba private, did not provide the […]
Read moreApril 21, 2021 7:33 am
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) plans to invest $1 billion in Malaysia over the upcoming five years in a new partnership with government agencies and domestic companies, the country’s Prime Minister announced earlier this week. As part of the Bersama Malaysia initiative, the US tech company will build its first datacentre region in Malaysia in order to […]
Read moreApril 19, 2021 7:32 am
Citigroup Inc (C) said last week that it intended to hire 300 new relationship managers in Hong Kong as it seeks to increase clientele threefold and assets under management twofold in its wealth management business in the key financial centre. The news comes one day after Citigroup announced plans to withdraw from consumer banking in […]
Read moreApril 15, 2021 7:47 am
Dollar General Corp (DG) on Wednesday announced plans to hire up to 20,000 workers this spring. It is the latest company to announce a hiring spree, with more segments of the US economy re-opening and fiscal stimulus kicking in. In a statement, the US company said that hiring events would be hosted later in April […]
Read moreApril 14, 2021 10:49 am
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) said on Tuesday that it intended to open a new office in the city of Birmingham, as it seeks to expand its office space in Britain at a moment when other banks are doing quite the opposite because of the coronavirus crisis. According to Goldman, the first employees are to […]
Read moreApril 14, 2021 7:53 am
According to a statement by Toshiba Corp. (6502), one of its key shareholders is calling for the consideration of other offers from potential suitors following CVC Capital Partners’ buyout bid of $20 billion. US hedge fund Farallon Capital Management said that the Japanese company should consider “the privatisation proposal in a sincere manner through a […]
Read moreApril 12, 2021 7:23 am
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) said last week that it planned to hire as many as 25,000 people at its restaurants across the US state of Texas this month. McDonald’s said it would hire for crew and management roles during a three-day event between April 13th and April 15th. In 2020, the company hired nearly 260,000 restaurant […]
Read moreApril 8, 2021 7:01 am
Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday that it projected a drop in its fuel sales during the first quarter, which indicated fuel demand recovery was still sluggish due to the re-imposition of COVID-19-related restrictions in some parts of the globe. The fuel retailer said that it now expected refined oil product sales within the range […]
Read moreApril 7, 2021 9:30 am
Fintech firm Stripe said on Tuesday that it had opened an office in UAE’s financial capital Dubai, its first expansion in the Middle East. Stripe also said that it was entering the market in a tie-up with payments processor Network International, based in Dubai. Established a decade ago by brothers Patrick and John Collison from […]
Read moreApril 7, 2021 7:44 am
Wells Fargo has initiated coverage on General Motors Co (GM) with an ”Overweight” rating, as it said the US auto maker was well positioned for the electrification of the automobile industry. The Wall Street bank also assigned a 12-month price target of $67, which is based off a 4 times multiple of 2022 core EBITDA […]
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