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Tokyo Gas to Sell US Shale Gas stake to Shizuoka Gas for $130M

Tokyo Gas to Sell US Shale Gas stake to Shizuoka Gas for $130M

Tokyo Gas, Japan's biggest city gas supplier, will sell its 25% stake in an Eagle Ford shale gas project in south Texas to Shizuoka Gas for $130 million under an asset portfolio review to improve efficiency, it said on Friday. The move will leave it to focus on its U.S. unit, TG Nat...


February 21, 2025
Sibanye Shares Slump after Second Loss in Two Years
Sibanye Shares Slump after Second Loss in Two Years

Sibanye Stillwater's shares slumped to their lowest this year after it suffered its second consecutive full-year loss in two...

StanChart Pledges to Cut Emissions Linked to Oil and Gas Bonds
StanChart Pledges to Cut Emissions Linked to Oil and Gas Bonds

Standard Chartered on Friday pledged to cut the emissions linked to the bonds it sells for oil and gas companies and will press ahead with its...

Chinese Bubble Tea Chain Mixue Aims to Raise $443M in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese Bubble Tea Chain Mixue Aims to Raise $443M in Hong Kong IPO

China's largest bubble tea and drinks firm, Mixue Group, is seeking to raise HK$3.45 billion ($443.66 million) in a Hong Kong initial public...

February 20, 2025
Brazil Steelmaker Gerdau Rethinks Mexico Mill after Trump Tariffs
Brazil Steelmaker Gerdau Rethinks Mexico Mill after Trump Tariffs

Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau may opt to bump up its output capacity in the United States instead of building a new plant in Mexico, its CEO...

Walmart Forecast Disappoints, Shares Fall on Consumer Spending Worries
Walmart Forecast Disappoints, Shares Fall on Consumer Spending Worries

Walmart on Thursday forecast sales and profit for the current year below Wall Street estimates, citing the need for caution in navigating an...

Coca-Cola Looks to Bowl out Pepsi in Champions Trophy Marketing Contest
Coca-Cola Looks to Bowl out Pepsi in Champions Trophy Marketing Contest

Coca-Cola is attempting to capitalise on Pakistan hosting its biggest cricket event in nearly 30 years, and steal the spotlight away from the host...

Birkenstock Flags Tariff Risk after Strong Holiday Sales
Birkenstock Flags Tariff Risk after Strong Holiday Sales

Birkenstock, famous for its cork-based sandals, reported strong sales over the Christmas holiday shopping season but stopped short of raising its...

Alibaba Plans Major AI Investment as Revenues Rebound in Q3
Alibaba Plans Major AI Investment as Revenues Rebound in Q3

Alibaba on Thursday flagged plans to invest more in its "core businesses" of e-commerce and AI-powered cloud computing after...

Quanta Beats Q4 Profit Estimates on Strong Infrastructure Demand
Quanta Beats Q4 Profit Estimates on Strong Infrastructure Demand

Energy contractor Quanta Services beat fourth-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, on higher demand for its services related to power and...

Fidelity Launches Two all-ETF Model Portfolios for Wealth Managers
Fidelity Launches Two all-ETF Model Portfolios for Wealth Managers

Fidelity Investments said on Thursday that it has launched two all-ETF model portfolios for use by wealth management firms looking for help...

HF Sinclair Posts Bigger-than-Expected Loss as Refining Margins Shrink
HF Sinclair Posts Bigger-than-Expected Loss as Refining Margins Shrink

Refiner HF Sinclair on Thursday posted a bigger-than-expected loss for the fourth quarter, becoming the latest energy company to take a hit...

Campari Plans Restructuring to Ensure Financial Health
Campari Plans Restructuring to Ensure Financial Health

Italian spirits group Davide Campari, led by its new Chief Executive Simon Hunt, said on Thursday it needed to take some "tough decisions,...

February 19, 2025
State Street Relinquishes Title of Biggest ETF to Vanguard
State Street Relinquishes Title of Biggest ETF to Vanguard

Vanguard Group's Standard & Poor's 500 ETF overtook rival State Street Global Advisors' SPDR S&P 500 Trust, on Tuesday to...

Apple Reveals 1st Custom Modem Chip, Shifting Away from Qualcomm
Apple Reveals 1st Custom Modem Chip, Shifting Away from Qualcomm

Apple on Wednesday revealed its first custom-designed modem chip that will help connect iPhones to wireless data networks, a move that will...

Nikola Goes Bankrupt, to Sell Assets in latest EV Market Turmoil
Nikola Goes Bankrupt, to Sell Assets in latest EV Market Turmoil

Nikola said on Wednesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and would pursue a sale of its assets, the latest electric-vehicle...

Microsoft Develops AI Model for Videogames
Microsoft Develops AI Model for Videogames

Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence model of a videogame which can help generate visuals and actions, the company announced on...

JetBlue Still in Talks with Multiple Airlines for Partnership
JetBlue Still in Talks with Multiple Airlines for Partnership

NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways said on Wednesday that it is still in talks with multiple airlines to establish a partnership and...

Nicknames Bloom in China's Tech Renaissance
Nicknames Bloom in China's Tech Renaissance

Six Little Dragons, Seven Sisters and the Terrific Ten. These are some of the nicknames being bestowed on China's cast of home-grown heroes as...

India ONGC Plans Foray into Ethane Carrier Business, Seeks Partner
India ONGC Plans Foray into Ethane Carrier Business, Seeks Partner

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp is seeking joint venture partners to build very large ethane carriers (VLECs) to ship feedstock for its...

HSBC Ditches 2030 net-Zero Emissions Target
HSBC Ditches 2030 net-Zero Emissions Target

HSBC is ditching its target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions across its business by 2030 because of slow change in the real economy, it...

Orano Looks to Mongolia as new Source for Uranium
Orano Looks to Mongolia as new Source for Uranium

French nuclear fuels company Orano is looking to increase output of uranium from new mines in Mongolia and elsewhere to meet rising demand from the...

Glencore Oil Trading Volumes Rose in 2024, Results Show
Glencore Oil Trading Volumes Rose in 2024, Results Show

London-listed global commodity trader and miner Glencore traded more oil in 2024 than in the previous year, preliminary results showed on...

February 18, 2025
China's Electric Vehicles are Around 3-5 yrs ahead, BYD CEO
China's Electric Vehicles are Around 3-5 yrs ahead, BYD CEO

China's electric vehicles are around three to five years ahead of the competition in terms of products, technology and the industrial chain,...

Uber Adopts Smaller Rivals' Model for India Autorickshaw Rides to Weather Competition
Uber Adopts Smaller Rivals' Model for India Autorickshaw Rides to Weather Competition

Ride-hailing platform Uber has moved to a zero-commission model for its autorickshaw drivers in India and will instead charge them a...

Tesla Picks Showroom Sites in New Delhi, Mumbai to Start India Sales, Sources
Tesla Picks Showroom Sites in New Delhi, Mumbai to Start India Sales, Sources

Tesla has selected locations for two showrooms in the Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, moving closer to its long-delayed plans to sell...

Restaurant Brands Takes Full Control of Burger King China
Restaurant Brands Takes Full Control of Burger King China

Restaurant Brands International said on Tuesday it has bought stakes in Burger King China from its local franchisee for about $158 million,...

Air Liquide and TotalEnergies to Invest more than 1B Euros in Green Hydrogen Projects
Air Liquide and TotalEnergies to Invest more than 1B Euros in Green Hydrogen Projects

French industrial gases company Air Liquide on Tuesday announced a joint investment with French oil major TotalEnergies to develop two...

KKR to Buy Additional 5% Stake in Eni Biofuel Business
KKR to Buy Additional 5% Stake in Eni Biofuel Business

U.S. fund KKR has signed an agreement with Italy's Eni to buy an additional 5% stake in Eni's biofuel business Enilive for 587.5...

Samsung Electronics to Cancel $2.11 bln Worth of Own Shares
Samsung Electronics to Cancel $2.11 bln Worth of Own Shares

 Samsung Electronics has decided to cancel 3.05 trillion won ($2.11 billion) worth of its own shares that it had acquired previously, the...

February 17, 2025
Conagra Brands Trims 2025 Profit Forecast on Supply Constraint Woes
Conagra Brands Trims 2025 Profit Forecast on Supply Constraint Woes

Conagra Brands trimmed its annual profit and operating margin forecasts further on Monday, citing supply constraints and foreign exchange...

Dubai-Based Huda Beauty Sells Fragrance Line KAYALI to co-Founder and General Atlantic
Dubai-Based Huda Beauty Sells Fragrance Line KAYALI to co-Founder and General Atlantic

Dubai-based Huda Beauty will sell its popular fragrance brand KAYALI to its co-founder and General Atlantic in a move that allows the beauty...

UniCredit says Banco BPM Offer at Risk if Anima Bid Cost Rises
UniCredit says Banco BPM Offer at Risk if Anima Bid Cost Rises

UniCredit reminded Banco BPM shareholders on Monday it could withdraw its buyout offer for their bank if BPM investors agreed to back a...

UK's Assura Rejects $2B Buyout Bid from KKR, Pension Fund
UK's Assura Rejects $2B Buyout Bid from KKR, Pension Fund

British healthcare property developer Assura has rejected a 1.56 billion pound ($2 billion) acquisition bid from KKR and pension fund...

HSBC Investors Back CEO's Investment Banking Retrenchment
HSBC Investors Back CEO's Investment Banking Retrenchment

Planned cuts and fears of more dent morale, sources say Annual savings estimates range between $1.5 bln and $3.8 bln US tariffs cast shadow over...

China's Tech Rally Rests on 'Hot Money'
China's Tech Rally Rests on 'Hot Money'

China's apparent breakthrough in AI and rapprochement with tech giants has sent Hong Kong stocks and internet giants soaring, but the buyers...

Stellantis to Produce Transmissions for Hybrid Vehicles in Termoli, Sources
Stellantis to Produce Transmissions for Hybrid Vehicles in Termoli, Sources

Stellantis will start making dual-clutch transmissions for hybrid vehicles also in Termoli, Southern Italy, two sources said, in a move that could...

New Downloads of DeepSeek Suspended in S.Korea, Data Protection Agency Says
New Downloads of DeepSeek Suspended in S.Korea, Data Protection Agency Says

South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after...

Anglo Platinum Pays Top Up Cash Dividend ahead of Spinoff Plans
Anglo Platinum Pays Top Up Cash Dividend ahead of Spinoff Plans

Anglo American Platinum said on Monday it will pay an additional $856 million cash dividend ahead of its planned spinoff into a standalone...

February 14, 2025
Crypto Scams Likely Set new Record in 2024 Helped by AI, Chainalysis
Crypto Scams Likely Set new Record in 2024 Helped by AI, Chainalysis

The rise of "pig butchering" scams and the increasing use of generative artificial intelligence likely lifted revenues from crypto scams...

Oil Refiners Adding Renewable Feedstock to Produce Cleaner Fuels, Executives
Oil Refiners Adding Renewable Feedstock to Produce Cleaner Fuels, Executives

Oil refiners are increasing their efforts to blend renewable feedstocks such as used cooking oil into their crude refining streams to meet global...

Birkin Bag Maker Hermes End of Year Sales Jump
Birkin Bag Maker Hermes End of Year Sales Jump

French luxury group Hermes reported an 18% rise in fourth quarter sales on Friday, showing robust appetite from wealthy shoppers for the most...

Eneos Seeks Up to $3 bln in Biggest Japan IPO since 2018
Eneos Seeks Up to $3 bln in Biggest Japan IPO since 2018

JX Advanced Metals (JXAM), a wholly owned metals unit of Japan's Eneos Holdings, won approval to list its shares in a $3 billion share...


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