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Reuters
Singtel falls up to 3% after $2.3 billion impairment
The impairment provisions would lead to the telecom giant reporting a net loss for the second-half period and a lower net profit for the full-year ended March 31, 2024, according to Singtel. Shares of Singtel were down 2.5% during Monday midday at S$2.35 per share, underperforming the broader benchmark stock index's 0.2% decline. "Singtel highlighted that this won't impact its dividend which is based on 70% to 90% of the underlying net income while the non-cash impairment charges will be booked as one offs," Maybank Research analyst Hussaini Saifee wrote in a research note on Monday.
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AFP News
Chinese tech giant Huawei profit surges 564%, biting into Apple sales
Tech giant Huawei's first-quarter profits surged over fivefold year-on-year, a company filing showed Tuesday, as the US-sanctioned firm continues a rebound and bit into competitor Apple's sales in China.Net profit in the January-March period amounted to $2.7 billion, up 564 percent from the first quarter of last year, according to a results filing by Huawei's holding company on an official website and confirmed by a representative of the firm.
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Reuters SG
UPDATE 2-Singtel sees $2.3 bln impairment hit, net loss in 2024 second-half
Singapore Telecommunications on Monday forecast non-cash impairment provisions of S$3.1 billion ($2.28 billion) for second-half of 2024 which would lead to the telecom giant reporting a net loss for the period. The company also warned that it would report a lower net profit for the full-year ended March 31, 2024. About S$2 billion of the total impairment provision originates from its mobile network operation unit, Optus' goodwill, Singtel, Southeast Asia's largest telecom operator, said in its filing.
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Reuters
Chinese property shares rally on stimulus hopes
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AFP News
China's EV giant BYD misses Q1 revenue estimates
Major Chinese electric carmaker BYD reported lower-than-expected revenue for the first quarter of 2024 on Monday, as an aggressive domestic price war and Western regulatory pressure weighed on the company's growth.Its profit in the first quarter was 4.57 billion yuan, up 10.62 percent from a year ago, BYD said on Monday.
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Yahoo Finance
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INSIDER
Sorry, America, it's looking like higher interest rates are going to stick around longer
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Reuters
China's factory activity expands at fastest clip in 14 months, Caixin PMI shows
China's manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in 14 months in April, driven by a solid uptick in new export orders, a private survey showed on Tuesday, an encouraging sign for an economy still struggling to mount a robust recovery. The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing PMI rose to 51.4 in April from a 51.1 the previous month, marking the fastest pace since February 2023 and above analysts' forecasts of 51.0. Data including industrial profits, retail sales and property sales suggest China might struggle to meet its GDP growth target of around 5.0% for 2024, a goal analysts have described as ambitious.
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