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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

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

WPP's Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network

25 Apr 2025

Source: © Anglo American Kumba Anglo American has had a strong start to the financial year with copper and iron ore the star performers for the first quarter ended 31 March 2025

Copper and iron ore give Anglo American a strong start to the year

24 Apr 2025

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Sales of the PS4 have boosted Sony's first quarter profits to $261m. Image:

Sony makes $261m in three months on PS4 sales

1 Aug 2014

Billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal wants to see Africa as a major market but its operations there lost $137m in the June quater. Image: Wikipedia

India's Bharti makes $184m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata slashed his salary by 50% in January to atone for the company's poor performance. But Ninetendo still reported a loss of $97m in the June quarter. Image:

Nintendo's loses $97m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Microsoft's Shanghai offices – along with three others – were raided by the SAIC in terms of its probe into anti-competitive behaviour. Image:

Microsoft probed for 'monopolising' China

30 Jul 2014

Flipkart's Sachin Bansal has raised US1bn to maintain dominance in India's market and attempt to fight off Amazon's entry into the market. Image:

India's Flipkart takes on Amazon with a $1bn warchest

30 Jul 2014

MtGox's Chief Executive has refused to travel to the USA, fearing further prosecution after the exchange failed and investors lost million before the company went bankrupt. Image:

Angry investors demand Bitcoin answers from MtGox

24 Jul 2014

Workers at Foxconn's Taipei factory have helped boost Taiwan's exports by 10.6% as markets in the USA and Europe recover and demand for electronic products rises sharply. Image:

Mobile demand boosts Taiwan's exports by 10.6%

22 Jul 2014

Line, Japan's major messaging app with 400m users is likely to list in Tokyo later this year with an initial value of $9.8bn. Image:

Japan's Line messaging app worth $9.8bn ahead of listing

16 Jul 2014

Diversification should switch the entrepreneurial lights on!

Diversification should switch the entrepreneurial lights on!

Jose Capelo 27 Jun 2014

Toyota's new fuel cell vehicles will go on sale in Japan in March and will be available in Europe and the US by the middle of 2015. Image:

Toyota's fuel cell car will cost $70 000

26 Jun 2014

Allen Lew of Group Digital Life says the company has spent about 25% of the Sg$2bn set aside to boost its digital advertising business. Image:

SingTel buys mobile advertisers businesses

12 Jun 2014

Suphachai Chearavanont has agreed to sell an 18% stake in True Corp to China Mobile for 28.6bn baht. Image: Wikipedia

China Mobile buys stake in True Corp

11 Jun 2014

CNET's Nic Healey says the new HTC One M8 is an exceptionally versatile phone. Image: CNET

HTC pins its hopes on M8 to make money

9 Jun 2014

AiQ has made a lycra T-shirt interwoven with stainless steel fibres to monitor the body's vital signs. Image: Computex

Smartwear may make people healthier

6 Jun 2014

IATA's Tony Tyler says that airline profits are improving but and airline only makes about US$6 per passenger carried. Image:

IATA predicts airline profits of US$18bn this year

3 Jun 2014

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