By Noel Randewich and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp and Google-parent Alphabet Inc talked up investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the second quarter in a row but their results on Tuesday suggested that any substantial additions to sales will be slow. The tech behemoths have launched an array of products that they promise are…
WARSAW (Reuters) – Microsoft will build a data centre in Poland, the company’s President for Europe, the Middle east and Africa (EMEA) said on Wednesday at the European Economic Congress in the southern city of Katowice. (This story has been corrected to say that the data centre has been launched, instead of that it will…
By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Sompo Holdings Inc will place more focus on integrating domestic and overseas operations for further growth after a spell of acquisitions abroad boosted the global presence of Japan’s No. 3 non-life insurer group, a senior executive said. “We rapidly shifted capital allocations to overseas to secure…
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -French aero engine maker Safran unveiled stronger than expected quarterly revenues on Wednesday, buoyed by a swift recovery in air travel, but predicted problems with aviation’s supply chain could drag into next year. “The (pandemic) demand crisis is well and truly behind us,” Chief Executive Olivier Andries said after reporting…
By Bill Trott (Reuters) -Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting “Day O” in his 1950s hit song “Banana Boat” before turning to political activism, has died at the age of 96. Belafonte died of congestive heart failure at his home in New York on Tuesday with his…
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Nomura Holdings Inc, Japan’s biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported a 76% drop in its quarterly net profit as worries about a global banking crisis roiled the global markets and hit its investment banking business. Nomura joined Wall Street investment banks such as Goldman Sachs Group in reporting a slump…
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s customs-based exports contracted less than expected in March as some key shipments improved, and the commerce ministry said on Wednesday it was expecting some export growth for the full year. Exports, a key driver of growth, dropped 4.2% in March from a year earlier, far better than the forecast for a year-on-year…
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s growth outlook in 2023 appears uncertain amid global headwinds, the central bank said on Wednesday, but price pressures may ease as rents, a key component of inflation in the city-state, moderate in coming quarters. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a semi-annual report the economy is expected…
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Growing wealth inequality and rise of the digital economy may well have combined to undermine the entire banking system – in an intriguing connection that potentially helps tie up some loose ends in world markets. Many investment strategists have for years seen the ebb and flow of world liquidity…
LONDON (Reuters) -Canadian miner Teck Resources, the target of an unsolicited takeover bid by Glencore, narrowly missed first-quarter estimates on Wednesday, hit by lower prices, weak copper and zinc sales and higher expenses. Teck reported adjusted profit of C$1.81 per share for the three months to March 31, compared with an average analyst estimate of…
