Singapore announced plans on Thursday to overhaul its financial services industry by 2025 in a bid to cement its position in a "key battleground" to fight climate change, mobilising capital to support sustainable financing and green fintech.
Asia's stockmarkets were steady but fragile on Thursday, a day after their biggest drawdown in three months as investors weighed the risk of the Federal Reserve announcing a 100 basis point interest rate hike next week to tackle sticky inflation.
Samsung Electronics will invest over 7 trillion won ($5.02 billion) by 2030 as part of sweeping environmental initiatives aimed at making the company carbon neutral by 2050, the world's largest chip and mobile maker said on Thursday.
Tears as British public pays respects to queen's coffin
A 2-year-old child died in 2017.
Patagonia boldly announced that all of its profits will be donated towards fighting climate change.
AIG Inc's life insurance and retirement division Corebridge Financial Inc raised $1.68 billion on Wednesday in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) so far this year, braving market volatility and ending a seven-month lull in major listings.
The vast majority of Japanese companies expect the yen to firm against the dollar by year-end, a Reuters monthly poll showed on Thursday, suggesting further weakness in the local currency could catch businesses off guard.
California sues Amazon for allegedly thwarting lower prices
The secular decline in the U.S. labor force is due to the aging of the population, lower labor force participation, and tighter immigration.
The producer of Jim Beam bourbon, Beam Suntory, is investing $400 million into renewable energy systems to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions.
U.S. stocks closed up Wednesday, a day after the worst trading day since June 2020.
The tequila brand Cincoro owned by five different NBA team owners including Michael Jordan is releasing a "ultra-luxury" bottle called Cincoro Gold.
Zambia's international bondholders have criticised the International Monetary Fund's debt restructuring framework as "arbitrary" and for excluding the country's domestic debt, sources involved in the process have told Reuters.
Damaging US rail strike looms as W.House calls for talks to continue
Swedish PM resigns after right, far-right poll win
The Detroit Auto Show is shifting its focus on consumers as automakers scale back after the pandemic.
"My creative inspiration for the upcoming holiday season is hope, and naturally, the Star embodies this spirit," Melania Trump said.
Ford is looking to accelerate its EV push by cutting costs, increasing profits, and offering built to order vehicles.
Shops shut for queen's funeral but pubs to raise glass
The London Metal Exchange faces a struggle to regain its dominant position in global nickel trading as volumes slide and participants flee an increasingly volatile market in the wake of trade mayhem earlier this year.
History evoked as William, Harry walk behind queen's coffin
The recall was voluntarily issued by PepsiCo over the potential for metal fragments to have contaminated the coffee drink.
Costco will open two U.S. stores and one international location in 2023.
The prince will inherit a $1 billion trust called the Duchy of Cornwall.
Armenia, Azerbaijan peace process in peril after clashes
US sets up fund for Afghan money after Taliban talks flop
Google suffered one of its biggest setbacks on Wednesday after Europe's second-top court upheld an EU antitrust decision against the Alphabet company for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals.
Europe's battle with Big Tech: billions in fines and tough laws
Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine
