Japan Cyberattack Wave Exposes 14 Million Records as Data Breaches Spread Across Companies

Japan Cyberattack Wave Exposes 14 Million Records as Data Breaches Spread Across Companies

Japan’s cybersecurity crisis is widening beyond individual companies, with more than 14 million citizens potentially caught up in a wave of cyberattacks and customer data breaches, as Yamato Transport, Nikkei, Park24, Keio, Fancl and Attenir disclosed fresh details. The latest disclosures highlight how ransomware, compromised cloud services and stolen identity documents are turning interconnected business…

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7-Eleven adds hot-food counters at 16 Singapore stores as DFI Retail sharpens growth focus

7-Eleven adds hot-food counters at 16 Singapore stores as DFI Retail sharpens growth focus

In Singapore, ready-to-eat products already account for a double-digit percentage of sales and are recording double-digit sales growth [SINGAPORE] Convenience store chain 7-Eleven is introducing hot-food counters at 16 outlets here, offering options ranging from customisable bowls to pizza and waffles as it expands its meal offerings in response to rising demand for more ready-to-eat…

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Insider stakes rise alongside S$40 million of buybacks

Insider stakes rise alongside S million of buybacks

[SINGAPORE] Over the five sessions to Oct 15, close to 90 filings relating to directors’ interests and substantial shareholdings were filed in 40 primary-listed stocks. Directors or CEOs reported 26 acquisitions and five disposals, while substantial shareholders recorded 15 acquisitions and three disposals.  The five sessions to Oct 15 had 29 primary-listed companies conduct buybacks,…

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AI trade reversal pierces Asia’s star picks-and-shovels stocks

AI trade reversal pierces Asia’s star picks-and-shovels stocks

Growing concern over whether hyperscalers, neo-cloud operators can keep financing the infrastructure needed to deploy them Published Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 09:49 AM A DEEPENING sell-off in US technology stocks is exposing a new vulnerability in Asia’s artificial intelligence trade: mounting financing costs could choke off the spending needed to sustain the boom, threatening…

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California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton makes ambitious homelessness pledge: ‘every encampment will be cleared’

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton makes ambitious homelessness pledge: ‘every encampment will be cleared’

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton unveiled a plan to clear every homeless encampment in the state by the end of next year at a San Diego news conference today. The plan calls for a network of Homeless Recovery Centers, using the Sunbreak Ranch project in San Diego County as the prototype, according to the Hilton…

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Russian passenger who attacked crew in midair meltdown learns fate

Russian passenger who attacked crew in midair meltdown learns fate

A Russian woman accused of biting and kicking United Airlines flight attendants during a booze-fueled midair meltdown has had all criminal charges against her dropped — because US immigration authorities deported her, according to reports. Kristina Kedysheva, 37, faced a maximum of 21 years behind bars on federal charges of interfering with a flight crew…

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