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New breed of bitcoin NFTs sell for millions
Reuters, Published on 14/03/2023
» BENGALURU, India: Imagine digitally inscribing three dimensional images of objects such as multi-coloured spheres onto a tiny fragment of bitcoin. Then imagine selling them for US$16.5 million.
Asian equities face biggest foreign outflows in March in 2 years
Reuters, Published on 05/04/2022
» Asian equities witnessed steep foreign outflows in March, hit by worries over higher inflation as commodity prices soared due to an escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Toyota books best quarterly profit in 2½ years
Reuters, Published on 03/08/2018
» TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp on Friday posted a 19% profit jump for the first quarter, beating estimates and clocking its best quarterly performance in 2½ years on the back of higher sales and cost reductions in Asia.
Tropical Singapore rugs up as temperatures drop
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: A dip in temperature in Singapore has prompted an unusual parade of fur jackets, scarves and other winter items in the streets of the perennially balmy city-state, as more northern parts of the globe shivered under Arctic conditions.
Uproar over bitcoin crackdown bid divides S.Korea
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2018
» SEOUL: With a tech-savvy population quick to adopt the latest gadgets and a young generation facing dim prospects in the conventional workplace, South Korea has been a fertile ground for virtual currencies.
US pickup truck sales lift Ford's Q3 profits
Reuters, Published on 26/10/2017
» DETROIT: Ford Motor Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly net profit on Thursday, driven by sales of high-margin pickup trucks and SUVs in the US market and cost-cutting, and raised the low end of its full-year earnings forecast.
In Kim Jong Un's summer palace, fun meets guns
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2017
» SEOUL: In the seaside city of Wonsan, North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach, go fishing, and eat royal jelly flavour ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un, the resort is a summer retreat, a future temple to tourism, and a good place to test missiles.
In rough terrain, Payless emerges as rare bankruptcy survivor
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/08/2017
» CHICAGO: Payless ShoeSource Inc is set to emerge from bankruptcy this week, one of the largest retail chains to do so, and is banking on a strategy focused primarily on bricks-and-mortar sales at a time when e-commerce is casting an ever-growing footprint on retail sales.
Death of owner plunges chain into uncertainty
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/10/2016
» MILAN: The owner of Italy's fourth-largest supermarket chain Esselunga, 90-year old Bernardo Caprotti, died on Friday, plunging the future ownership of the group into uncertainty.
Samsung 'to sell refurbished phones'
Business, Reuters, Published on 23/08/2016
» SEOUL/SINGAPORE: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to launch a programme to sell refurbished used versions of its premium smartphones as early as next year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.