German broadcaster ProSiebenSat1 and German publishing house Axel Springer have reportedly rekindled talks for a merger, seeking to consolidate their push into digital media. As Sonia Legg reports, the companies have a combined market value of €14.43bln.
The yen fell amid volatile trade on Friday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its accommodative monetary policy stance at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting, while Asian shares rose in the broader market. Still, the Japanese yen fell to the weaker side of 156 per dollar in a knee-jerk reaction to the decision, and last stood at 156.045 per dollar. Focus now turns to BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda's news conference later on Friday for further details of the BOJ's policy outlook.
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NEW YORK (AP) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. The most obvious proof, Burke said: “Ten years ago we could not get a man like Harvey Weinstein into the courtroom."
Vietnam will delay the launch of the much-expected new stock trading system initially slated for next week, its State Securities Commission (SSC) said. The debut, which had been planned for May 2, has been pushed back due to regulatory roadblocks and the unreadiness to connect to the new system to provide trading services to investors from securities firms, the State Securities Commission (SSC) said in a document dated April 25. Vietnam's main Ho Chi Minh City exchange also failed to report the launch plan to the finance ministry and get needed approvals for information security, according to the document, without elaborating on a new timeframe for the launch.
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The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. - Southwest Airlines is ceasing operations at four airports, and reducing flights from others, in an effort to cut costs as its growth plans were also curtailed by fewer-than-expected plane deliveries from Boeing. - BHP Group, the world's largest mining company, has proposed a takeover of its rival Anglo American, in a deal valued at 31.1 billion pounds ($38.87 billion)that has the potential to shake up the industry at a time when demand for copper is soaring.
A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied allegations that she was trying to break her label away from HYBE, home to global sensation BTS, sending the K-pop giant's shares tumbling on Friday. The internal dispute at HYBE, South Korea's biggest music firm, has wiped over 12% off its share price since it became public and put a damper on expectations for an upturn from new releases by NewJeans, as well as the return of some BTS members from mandatory military service.
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The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) decision to keep interest rates around zero didn't come as a surprise, and focus now turns to Governor Kazuo Ueda's press conference late on Friday for further clues on next steps. Markets had their eye on the central bank's bond-buying amounts, where any scaling back of its aggressive purchases would have been regarded as quantitative tightening that could offer some reprieve for the battered yen. Yet, the BOJ said it will keep buying government bonds based on guidance decided in March, even as it removed a reference to the amount of government bonds it has roughly committed to buying each month.
The US passed a law this week to force the sale of the popular video app or be banned in America.
Microsoft and Google jumped on earnings late after the market rally attempt showed resilience Wednesday amid Meta's sell-off.
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STORY: The AI effect is giving big tech a boost. Demand for products like ChatGPT helped Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet to beat forecasts over the latest quarter. The Windows maker is a big backer of OpenAI, which created the popular chatbot. It saw revenue jump 17% to almost $62 billion, with earnings per share also doing better than expected. The tech giant said profits were driven by customers adopting AI services across its cloud computing products. One analyst said the numbers show Microsoft’s big bet on the tech is paying off. Shares in the firm rose over 4% in late trade. Meanwhile, Alphabet beat forecasts across sales, profits and advertising income. Revenue jumped above $80 billion. Boss Sundar Pichai said AI was already boosting results from its search engine. He said more and more people were using services driven by the technology. The robust numbers saw Alphabet declare its first ever dividend, and a big stock buyback. Its shares jumped nearly 16% in after-hours trade following the news. The only challenge for it and Microsoft appears to be the cost of building the new services. Alphabet said its capital expenditures almost doubled over a year earlier.
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