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Japan's Takeda forecasts surprise full-year operating profit

Japan's Takeda forecasts surprise full-year operating profit

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said it now expects an operating profit for the full year, as opposed to its earlier projection for a loss, due to stronger sales and cost savings from its integration with Shire Plc.



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Hyundai to suspend South Korea production on China virus impact

Hyundai to suspend South Korea production on China virus impact

Hyundai Motor plans to gradually suspend production at its South Korean factories from Tuesday, the first global major automaker to do so outside China, due to supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak.



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Carlsberg sees mid-single-digit operating profit growth in 2020

Carlsberg sees mid-single-digit operating profit growth in 2020

Danish brewer Carlsberg on Tuesday reported full-year sales broadly in line with expectations, helped by stronger sales in Asia, and said it expects to deliver mid-single-digit organic operating profit growth in 2020.



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Korean Air CEO's mother, younger sister back him amid family feud

Korean Air CEO's mother, younger sister back him amid family feud

Korean Air CEO Cho Won-tae's mother and younger sister said on Tuesday they support the flag carrier's current leadership headed by Cho.



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Wall Street rebounds from virus fears, helped by factory strength and tech stocks

Wall Street rebounds from virus fears, helped by factory strength and tech stocks

U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, boosted by heavyweight technology shares and on surprise strength in U.S. manufacturing activity, following a sharp selloff last week on concerns about the economic impact from the fast-spreading coronavirus out of China.



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Asia stocks find footing as China markets recoup some losses

Asia stocks find footing as China markets recoup some losses

Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday with Chinese markets reversing some of their previous plunge amid official efforts to calm virus fears, although sentiment remained fragile with oil near 13-month lows.



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AirAsia's Fernandes denies Airbus bribe involving his former F1 team

AirAsia's Fernandes denies Airbus bribe involving his former F1 team

AirAsia Group Bhd's Tony Fernandes on Tuesday denied a now-defunct Formula 1 racing team formerly co-owned by him had any links to a bribery scandal involving the Malaysian airline's only plane supplier, Airbus SE .



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Tesla's battery supplier stocks surge on Panasonic's first Gigafactory profit

Tesla's battery supplier stocks surge on Panasonic's first Gigafactory profit

Shares of Asian companies in Tesla Inc's battery supply chain surged on Tuesday after Panasonic Corp's report on the first profit at its battery venture with Tesla boosted investor confidence in the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker.



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U.S. finalizes rule to slap duties on countries that undervalue currencies

U.S. finalizes rule to slap duties on countries that undervalue currencies

The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday finalized a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar, including potentially China.



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Asia stocks find footing as China markets restore some losses

Asia stocks find footing as China markets restore some losses

Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday with Chinese markets reversing some of their previous plunge amid official efforts to calm virus fears, although sentiment remained fragile with oil near 13-month lows.



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Shares of AirAsia, AirAsia X fall after CEO, chairman step aside

Shares of AirAsia, AirAsia X fall after CEO, chairman step aside

Shares of budget airline AirAsia Group and its long-haul subsidiary, AirAsia X , fell in early trade on Tuesday after the group's CEO Tony Fernandes and Chairman Kamarudin Meranun said they would step aside for two months.



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Oil prices rebound from China virus slump amid ginger recovery across markets

Oil prices rebound from China virus slump amid ginger recovery across markets

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, matching moves in other financial markets as investors regained calm after Monday's sharp sell-off on fears of the impact of the China coronavirus on demand sent crude to its lowest level in more than a year.



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California lawmaker introduces bill to make PG&E a publicly owned utility

California lawmaker introduces bill to make PG&E a publicly owned utility

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at making PG&E Corp a publicly owned utility, a year after liabilities from wildfires traced back to some of its equipment pushed the power producer into bankruptcy.



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Alphabet shares fall as Google misses on sales, YouTube revenue disappoints

Alphabet shares fall as Google misses on sales, YouTube revenue disappoints

Alphabet Inc's new Chief Executive Sundar Pichai unveiled sales figures that investors have long demanded, but shares fell 5% as Google's advertising business and the new data about YouTube and Google Cloud broadly disappointed.



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Compliance, clients to drive new tech

Compliance, clients to drive new tech

Investment Executive | Greg Dalgetty | Jan 31, 2020 Firms also can use technology to facilitate client onboarding and to make client reporting more engaging and interactive The Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) revised client-focused reforms (CFRs), published last November, could give financial advisory firms a kick in the pants when it comes to implementing new

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