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A family fights to keep control of 157-year-old firm in Japan
Nearly half of Japan’s listed companies are tied to a founding family, many of which no longer have enough equity to guarantee control[TOKYO] Ishikawa is a remote, mountainous prefecture...
Stocks to watch: ThaiBev, Marco Polo Marine, Lendlease Reit, Centurion, HPL
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Feb 16): Thai Beverage : The mainboard-listed company on Friday posted sales revenue...
Positive reaction to market reforms opens door to broader enhancement of growth capital sector
The result could be a bigger pipeline of new listings, and some struggling listed companies going private[SINGAPORE] Back in November, this column said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)...
Visa-only Games highlights Europe’s payments headache
Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 06:14 AM[MILAN] Anyone trying to buy a souvenir at the official Olympic stores at the Milano Cortina Games will have been exposed to...
Hapag-Lloyd in talks to buy Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping; sale price to exceed US$3.5 billion
Zim will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange once the necessary regulatory and government approvals come through Published Sun, Feb 15, 2026 · 08:50 PMHAPAG-LLOYD is in...
GuocoLand chairman Quek Leng Chan builds interest
Over the five sessions spanning Feb 6 to 12, six primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$13.2 million[SINGAPORE] For the five trading sessions spanning Feb 6...
Wall Street banks are paying their CEOs like it’s 2006 again
Chief executives all received annual compensation of at least US$40 million, with their total pay surpassing records set in 2006 and 2021Published Sun, Feb 15, 2026 · 09:33 AMAFTER...
Gold reclaims US$5,000 as cooling inflation lifts Fed easing bets
Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 02:44 PM[NEW YORK] Gold advanced as traders raised bets on US Federal Reserve rate cuts after a tame inflation reading, with some investors...
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang falls out of world’s 10 richest ranking
Three members of Walmart’s founding Walton family overtake the tech billionairePublished Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 11:11 AM[NEW YORK] A weeks-long hot streak for Walmart shares has vaulted three...
Oil prices settle slightly higher
Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 10:34 AM[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled marginally higher on Friday (Feb 13) after data showed an overall slowdown in US inflation, helping offset supply...
