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Dozens of objections over Scarborough retail park plan
Dozens of residents have objected to the building of a new major retail destination in a seaside town. Plans for the development including a supermarket, cafés, a petrol station and tanning salon at Filey Road in Scarborough have been…
Top Tech: One retailer is handing out £540 Samsung bundles
Samsung Galaxy fans can snap up savings and freebies worth hundreds of pounds this month as two major retailers go head-to-head with rival deals. The offers are available with Samsung's new Galaxy S26 series at Sky Mobile and Three Mobile. At Sky…
OCBC acquires HSBC's retail and wealth management in Indonesia
OCBC, the second-largest banking group in Southeast Asia, has agreed to acquire HSBC 's retail and wealth management operation in Indonesia through its subsidiary, PT Bank OCBC NISP Tbk, according to the Singapore lender. The acquisition would add…
Fuel price rises caused by cost of oil rather than retail margins - watchdog
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Soaring fuel prices amid the conflict in the Middle East…
KYBER1 Launches to Expand Access to Commerce Media for Retailers and Data Owners
KYBER1 was built to address that gap. The company enables retailers and data-rich organizations to transform first-party commerce signals into privacy-safe audiences that can be activated beyond owned channels. Its approach emphasizes governed…
Fuel price rises caused by cost of oil rather than retail margins - watchdog
Soaring fuel prices amid the conflict in the Middle East are being driven by the higher cost of oil rather than retailers increasing margins, an investigation has found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the difference between the…
Bank credit growth rises 15.9% in FY26, driven by retail, NBFC and industry segments: Report
The domestic banking sector recorded strong credit growth in FY26, with non-food credit (NFC) rising 15.9 per cent year-on-year, supported by broad-based growth across key segments, according to a report by ICICI Bank. The report noted that…
Hedge Fund Shuts the Door on Retail Brokerage, According to Latest SEC Filing
On May 4, 2026, Yong Rong (HK) Asset Management Ltd disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it sold its entire 5,000,000-share stake in Webull Corporation (BULL 1.60%), an estimated $32.39 million transaction based on…
Fitch Ratings: Persistent High Oil Prices Threaten Indian Fuel Retailers' Credit Health
Fitch Ratings has issued a stark warning that India's oil marketing companies face mounting credit pressure and eroded earnings if persistently high crude oil prices are not adequately passed through to domestic fuel prices, impacting their…
Omnibus account reforms spur foreign retail inflows, boost KOSPI rally
Improvements to the omnibus account system for foreign investors earlier this year led to a rise in foreign retail inflows into Korea's stock market, supporting the KOSPI's recent upward momentum, market experts said Tuesday. Korea introduced the…
Restaurants and Retail Stores Have Had Enough of Micro-looting
It has been less than two weeks since Maoist shock collar enthusiast Hasan Piker and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino discussed their views on micro-looting with the NY Times titled 'The Rich Don't Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?' What the…
April'26 auto retail sales rise 13% to 26.11 lakh units
The Indian auto retail industry in April 2026 retailed a total of 26,11,317 units up 12.94% Year on Year (YoY) as per data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) on Tuesday (May 5, 2026). “This is the…
Singapore retail sales growth slows to 4.8% in March
SINGAPORE – Retail sales rose in March, though the pace of growth eased from the previous month, with most sectors posting gains. Takings at the till increased 4.8 per cent year on year in March, after Chinese New Year festive spending…
Discerning among retail investors chase higher returns on RBI's Retail Direct platform
Search for better return on investment is leading the discerning among the retail investors towards investment in Government Securities (G-Secs) via the Reserve Bank of India's retail direct (RBI-RD) facility, going by the number of accounts…
With elections over, see some retail pass-through of higher fuel prices: MPC's Ram Singh
5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google While some pass-through of higher global energy prices due to the West Asia war has happened through a weaker rupee, the conclusion of state elections should lead to retail fuel prices being…
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