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Football 30 Mar 2025 | 10:04 AM

Soccer-RB Leipzig sack coach Rose, name Low until end of season

(Reuters) -RB Leipzig have sacked coach Marco Rose during a disappointing Bundesliga campaign and appointed Zsolt Low until the end of the season, the German side said on Sunday.

Analyst Reports 30 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Cheap China-made gloves expected to weigh on local producers

PETALING JAYA: The earnings recovery momentum of the local rubber glove sector may be halted as the sales volumes and average selling prices (ASPs) trended down in January and February.

Economy 30 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Holistic approach needed to fight inflation

PETALING JAYA: Complementary tools besides monetary policy is needed to control inflation, say economists, who believe that interest rate hikes by themselves may be ineffective to combat rising prices.

Corporate News 23 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Top Glove faces more competition from China

PETALING JAYA: Top Glove Corp Bhd may experience a slight slowdown in glove demand in the third quarter of its financial year ending Aug 31 (3Q25) as buyers from the United States had already been buying gloves ahead to the of higher US tariffs on Chinese gloves.

Aviation 23 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Competition watchdog approves Singapore-Tokyo deal

SINGAPORE: Singapore's competition watchdog on March 21 has conditionally approved a proposed commercial cooperation between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) after accepting their commitments to not infringe competition laws.

Technology 12 Feb 2025 | 10:44 AM

Lyft shares slide as lower pricing trends persist amid competition with Uber

(Reuters) - Lyft shares slumped about 9% on Wednesday after the ride-hailing company warned that lower pricing trends from late last year are expected to continue in 2025, as it tries to match prices with larger rival Uber.

Badminton 21 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM

Safety first as Tze Yong to begin comeback in lower-tier tourneys

KUALA LUMPUR: Men's singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong may have to start from the lower-tier tournaments to regain his touch after a long absence from competition.

Football 26 Mar 2025 | 07:55 PM

Soccer-Ruthless Lyon beat Bayern 4-1 to reach women's Champions League semis

(Reuters) - Eight-times winners Olympique Lyonnais put on a ruthless second-half display to defeat Bayern Munich 4-1 in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday, completing a 6-1 aggregate win.

Aseanplus News 21 Mar 2025 | 05:32 AM

Australian supermarkets grew profit margins as living costs soared, says regulator

SYDNEY: Australia's dominant supermarket chains have benefited from wider profit margins at a time of rapidly increasing shelf prices, the competition regulator said in a new report on Thursday (March 20), and called for measures to make the industry fairer.

Insight 1 Oct 2024 | 11:00 PM

Philippine electricity competition likely to lower prices

How can we lower the cost of electric power so that our producers can be more competitive and create more jobs, while also easing the burden on household power consumers?

Corporate News 13 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

MN Holdings on track to win more data centre jobs

MN Holdings Bhd's latest contract win from a US-based data centre client to undertake engineering, procurement and construction of a electrical substation in Johor could be the first of more contracts to come from other data centre operators, analysts say.

Tennis 17 Mar 2025 | 01:06 AM

Tennis-Draper lives out dreams with Indian Wells breakthrough

(Reuters) - Briton Jack Draper turned his childhood dreams into reality at Indian Wells on Sunday, claiming his maiden Masters 1000 title and catapulting himself into the top 10 for the first time after a rapid ascent through his sport.

Corporate News 9 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Private equity’s huge Walgreens bid is wild

THE deal just announced for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc is above all a massive transaction.

Technology 9 Oct 2024 | 03:58 PM

Online shopping returns to growth in Europe amid fierce competition

LONDON (Reuters) - Recovering consumer confidence has boosted online shopping in Europe this year, industry group Ecommerce Europe said on Wednesday, while low-cost marketplaces like PDD Holdings' Temu have heightened competition.

Vietnam 16 Feb 2025 | 03:20 AM

Vietnam to impose VAT on low-value express-imported goods

HANOI: Effective February 18, low-value imported goods sent via express delivery services will no longer qualify for a value-added tax (VAT) exemption, as announced by the General Department of Customs (GDC).

Corporate News 24 Feb 2025 | 05:25 AM

Sime Darby's 2Q core net profit rises 13% to RM305mil

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd group CEO Datuk Jeffri Salim Davidson noted an increasingly challenging market, with operations in China experiencing lower margins due to the intense competition.

Banking 13 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM

Banks likely to report weaker 4Q showing

In the run-up to domestic banks releasing their fourth-quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 (4Q24) and full-year financial results in the coming weeks, analysts are expecting weaker quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) earnings, although year-on-year (y-o-y) financial performance should hold up.

Technology 19 Sept 2024 | 10:37 AM

Booking.com's price curbs on hotels may hinder competition, EU top court says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Booking.com's restrictions against hotels offering lower rates on their websites or on rival sites are unnecessary and could reduce competition, Europe's top court said on Thursday in a ruling targeting a widely used industry practice.

Banking 13 Feb 2025 | 03:39 AM

NIM compression could impact banks' income

PETALING JAYA: In the run-up to domestic banks releasing their fourth-quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 (4Q24) and full-year financial results in the coming weeks, analysts are expecting weaker quarter-on-quarter (q-on-q) earnings although year-on-year (y-o-y), financial performance should hold up.

World 18 Sept 2024 | 05:40 PM

U.S. low-price shops pursue real-estate expansion: WSJ

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. dollar stores, where prices are very low and buying cost-effective, are contending with slowing sales and weaker earnings, but this is not stopping them from pursuing an aggressive real-estate expansion, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported earlier this week.

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