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Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

Source: © LinkedIn In March, the gold sector recorded the highest average increase in input cost inflation, although benefiting from strong market prices - with gold averaging $2,986/oz

Downward mining input cost trends suprising given volatility in economy

6 May 2025

Source: © Ask Traders WPP CEO Mark Read says WPP's financial performance in Q1 was in line with expectations, and performance is anticipated to improve in the second half

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25 Apr 2025

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Singapore Post's Lim Ho Kee says that they will be able to benefit from Alibaba's e-commerce experience. Image:

Alibaba buys stake in Singapore Post for USD249m

29 May 2014

Toyota has recalled 520,000 vehicles and most of the faults relate to a cable on the Sienna that can corrode, causing the vehicle to lose it spare wheel. Image: Wikipedia

Toyota recalls 520,000 vehicles globally

27 May 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says producing localised content for the Chinese market will be fundamental to the company's success. China has an estimated 500m gamers. Image:

PlayStations to be sold legally in China

27 May 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says the company will use its 4K and 2K technology to change the fortunes of its television unit. Image:

Sony counting on high-definition television for rescue

23 May 2014

Universal's Max Hole says that music streaming is likely to change the way that music is distributed to consumers worldwide. Image:

Music streaming gives record companies a boost

23 May 2014

The Apple iPhone 4 infringed Samsung's data transmission patent. Image:

No clear winner in Samsung-Apple court battle in Japan

19 May 2014

Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Chief Executive of Malaysia Airlines admits that there have been hundreds of cancellatiions on its flights sinceMH370 disappeared. Image:

Loss of MH370 has huge impact on Malaysia Airlines profits

16 May 2014

Leong Keng Thai, Deputy Chief Executive of the IDA has imposed a record fine on SingTel for its nine-day service disruption. Image: IDA

SingTel fined a record US$4.8m for service disruption

8 May 2014

MtGox's Mark Karpeles has handed control of the failed exchange over to administrator Nobuaki Kobayashi. Image:

MtGox bust, placed under administration

17 Apr 2014

Oman's Finance Minister Darwish al-Balushi. Image: Oman Air

Oman to privatise airline, telecommunications companies

24 Mar 2014

Accused computer hacker, Farid Essebar has been arrested in Thailand. Image:

Thailand arrests infamous hacker wanted by Switzerland

19 Mar 2014

Toshiba has instituted legal action against SK Hynix over corporate spying. Image:

Toshiba sues South Korean rival for corporate spying

17 Mar 2014

Denial-of-service attacks crippled MtGox in the days leading up to its bankruptcy proceedings. Image:

MtGox faced 150,000 attacks per second says report

11 Mar 2014

Autumn Radtke, chief executive of First Meta, Singapore's Bitcoin exchange, has been found dead. Image:

Bitcoin exchange CEO found dead in Singapore

7 Mar 2014

Hackers managing to break into Flexcoin and steal US$600,000. Image: Chanpipat

Japan eyes Bitcoin regulations, taxes

6 Mar 2014

A shop selling Bitcoins has opened in Hong Kong. Image: AA+W

'World's first' Bitcoin shop opens in Hong Kong

4 Mar 2014

A huge theft at MtGox is being probed after the Japanese exchange was closed. Image:

Japan probing bitcoin exchange after huge reported theft

27 Feb 2014

Bitcoin's credibility has been damaged after the MtGox website inexplicably disappeared. Image:

Bitcoin website vanishes amid huge theft claim

26 Feb 2014

HTC has been hurt by falling sales, recording a loss in the first quarter of this year. Image:

Taiwan's HTC forecasts first-quarter loss

12 Feb 2014

Nissan's Carlos Goshn talking to workers in Nissan's factory. Image: Wikipaedia.

Nissan profits from rise in North America, China sales

11 Feb 2014

Strong sales of Range Rover and Jaguar models have increased Tata's profits in the third quarter of the year. Image: Jaguar

Tata Motors' profit triples on JLR sales

11 Feb 2014

Google has bought a US$750m stake in Lenovo following the sale of its Motorola unit to the Hong Kong company. Image: Lenovo.

Google buys 5.94% stake in Lenovo

10 Feb 2014

Sony has sold its computer business to JIP and will no longer be doing any work in computer development. Image: Amazon.

Sony cuts 5,000 jobs, exits PC business after US$1bn loss

7 Feb 2014

Panasonic has returned to profitability even though sales of some products, like digital cameras, have fallen quite sharply. Image: Wiki Images.

Panasonic, Sharp point to better times ahead

5 Feb 2014

Sales of digital cameras have fallen resulting in Canon missing its profit forecast for the year. Image:

Canon misses profit forecast on poor camera sales

30 Jan 2014

4G services have boosted SK Telecom's results by 44%. Image: Style Photography de.

SK Telecom's profit jumps 44%

29 Jan 2014

The 6-litre bottle of whisky similar to the one that sold for a record price in Hong Kong. Image:

Malt whisky sells for record-breaking US$628,000

21 Jan 2014

New Delhi skyline. (Image: , via Wikimedia Commons)

Top India Bitcoin operator halts trade after bank warning

30 Dec 2013

Bitcoin, a virtual currency, has seen values soar and fall. It is not underpinned by any asset other than trading by owners. Image: ]

Chinese investors seek to mine Bitcoin's volatility

11 Dec 2013

At least US$5,7bn spent on China's Singles Day. Image: Scottchan

China Singles Day sees shoppers spend US$5.7bn

13 Nov 2013