(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market on Thursday snapped the six-day winning streak in which it had jumped almost 55 points or 3.7 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just beneath the 1,570-point plateau although it figures to reverse those losses on Friday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is cautiously optimistic on hopes for an end to the U.S.-Iran war. The European markets w...
(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market on Thursday snapped the six-day winning streak in which it had jumped almost 55 points or 3.7 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just beneath the 1,570-point plateau although it figures to reverse those losses on Friday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is cautiously optimistic on hopes for an end to the U.S.-Iran war. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to follow the latter lead. The SET finished slightly lower on Thursday as losses from the food, property, resource and technology sectors were mitigated by support from the service and industrial stocks. For the day, the index slipped 1.98 points or 0.13 percent to finish at 1,568.97 after trading between 1,552.85 and 1,571.56. Volume was 11.751 billion shares worth 62.570 billion baht. Among the actives, Advanced Info rose 0.28 percent, while Thailand Airport advanced 0.92 percent, Asset World tanked 2.59 percent, Banpu declined 0.85 percent, Bangkok Bank slumped 1.15 percent, Bangkok Dusit Medical stumbled 1.09 percent, Bangkok Expressway was down 0.96 percent, CP All Public climbed 1.09 percent, Charoen Pokphand Foods skidded 1.04 percent, Energy Absolute plunged 3.39 percent, Gulf retreated 1.20 percent, Kasikornbank collected 0.25 percent, PTT Oil & Retail lost 0.80 percent, PTT shed 0.68 percent, PTT Exploration and Production fell 0.35 percent, SCG Packaging improved 0.84 percent, Siam Commercial Bank sank 0.74 percent, Siam Concrete dropped 0.87 percent, Thai Oil contracted 1.08 percent, True Corporation added 0.74 percent, TTB Bank tumbled 1.71 percent and Krung Thai Bank, Krung Thai Card, PTT Global Chemical, B. Grimm and BTS Group were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is upbeat as the major averages opened lower on Thursday but quickly moved to the upside to finish with varying degrees of gains to close at fresh record highs. The Dow added 24.69 points or 0.05 percent to finish at 50,668.97, w...
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He added that insurers, providers and partners each play distinct but interconnected roles within the health ecosystem and that when they work closely together, they can help make healthcare more seamless, transparent and reassuring for patients.His remarks reflected broader patient concerns captured in the Patient Voices Hong Kong survey , an independent report by Economist Impact supported by Pr...
He added that insurers, providers and partners each play distinct but interconnected roles within the health ecosystem and that when they work closely together, they can help make healthcare more seamless, transparent and reassuring for patients.His remarks reflected broader patient concerns captured in the Patient Voices Hong Kong survey , an independent report by Economist Impact supported by Prudential. The study found that 53 per cent of Hong Kong respondents are concerned about their ability to afford the care they need. “As the population ages and healthcare needs become more complex, the way patients experience care, how supported they feel and how clearly they can navigate the system is becoming increasingly important for all of us,” he said. In his welcome remarks, Lawrence Lam, CEO of Prudential Hong Kong Limited, said that patient experience is at the heart of what Prudential does. Prudential Hong Kong convened the event to bring together healthcare experts, providers, regulators and patient advocates from Hong Kong and the rest of the Greater Bay Area to explore ways to deliver better care in an increasingly complex healthcare landscape. Greater clarity on costs, stronger co-ordination between public and private sectors, and more comprehensive support for patients emerged as the central themes at the Prudential Health Summit held on March 27. [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] “Healthcare services is one of the few areas where consumers begin treatment without knowing the final cost,” he said, while pointing out that separate charges from different providers add to the confusion and calling for greater transparency so that patients can make informed choices. The report further reveals that almost three in five Hong Kong respondents admitted they had postponed medical care in the past year. Advertisement Dr Yannie Soo, Assistant Chief Hospital Manager at Union Hospital, explained the risks of delaying care. Dr Yann...
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TokenHub, Tencent Cloud's Model-as-a-Service platform, provides developers and enterprises with API access to a single gateway covering Tencent's Hy models and leading third-party models. Reflecting Tencent's open approach to AI, the platform helps enterprises aggregate multiple models and optimize for both performance and cost through centrally managed access and flexible token allocation. Tencen...
TokenHub, Tencent Cloud's Model-as-a-Service platform, provides developers and enterprises with API access to a single gateway covering Tencent's Hy models and leading third-party models. Reflecting Tencent's open approach to AI, the platform helps enterprises aggregate multiple models and optimize for both performance and cost through centrally managed access and flexible token allocation. Tencent Design Miora is an AI-native creative studio that features persistent memory to help design teams maintain strict visual consistency across brands and campaigns. From a single brief described in natural language, Miora orchestrates multiple Skills to deliver a complete, production-ready asset pack spanning graphics, video, 3D elements and user interfaces, compressing production cycles from weeks into hours. Tencent WorkBuddy, the agentic AI workspace, helps users take on complex office work, from data analysis to content creation, turning a single instruction into a complete, ready-to-use deliverable. It runs multiple tasks and agents in parallel, supports flexible multi-model integration via APIs and can also be controlled remotely from messaging apps such as Discord, Slack and Telegram. Three new products take center stage at Cloud Day Hong Kong today, each addressing a different layer of how enterprises put AI to work: "As we enter the next phase of AI, business leaders are now asking how to deploy AI agents with clear business objectives, using the right models on the most efficient infrastructure to deliver real outcomes. At Tencent Cloud, we focus on bringing together infrastructure, models and agents in ways that help enterprises unlock the true value of AI in their businesses," said Dowson Tong, Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent and CEO of the Cloud and Smart Industries Group (CSIG). "We look forward to partnering with more global enterprises to modernize, adopt AI with confidence and power global innovation." Convened under the theme "AI in Action," the ...
Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th anniversary report Reveals Structural Shift in the Local Talent Market Taiwan's talent market has officially shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market, with critical skills increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the core measure of talent value. AI adoption and global supply chain restructuring are accelerating salary polarisation. Professio...
Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th anniversary report Reveals Structural Shift in the Local Talent Market Taiwan's talent market has officially shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market, with critical skills increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the core measure of talent value. AI adoption and global supply chain restructuring are accelerating salary polarisation. Professionals in semiconductors and high-tech industries are seeing salary increases of 15–20% when changing jobs, while those with AI, HPC and cross-border supply chain expertise can command increases of up to 30%. Career priorities are evolving beyond compensation. 54% of professionals cite learning and development opportunities as a key reason for staying with their current employer. By 2030, Gen Z is expected to account for 30–33% of Taiwan's workforce, making flexibility, work-life balance and transparent workplace culture critical factors in talent attraction and retention. TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 May 2026 - Taiwan's talent market has gradually shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market through globalisation, digital transformation and pandemic-driven disruption. Meanwhile, the rapid advancement of technology and AI is not only accelerating demand for critical skills, but also reshaping industry structures and redefining the rules of talent competition.Robert Walters, the world's most trusted talent solutions business, said in its latest 15th anniversary report, Taiwan's Talent Market: The New Rules of Competition , that "critical skills" are increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the primary indicators of talent value and compensation. Particularly as Taiwan's semiconductor industry strengthens its strategic position within the global technology supply chain, professionals with in-demand capabilities are seeing salary growth significantly outpace the broader market, making salary polarisation an increasingly structural feature ...
Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th anniversary report Reveals Structural Shift in the Local Talent Market Taiwan's talent market has officially shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market, with critical skills increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the core measure of talent value. AI adoption and global supply chain restructuring are accelerating salary polarisation. Professio...
Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th anniversary report Reveals Structural Shift in the Local Talent Market Taiwan's talent market has officially shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market, with critical skills increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the core measure of talent value. AI adoption and global supply chain restructuring are accelerating salary polarisation. Professionals in semiconductors and high-tech industries are seeing salary increases of 15–20% when changing jobs, while those with AI, HPC and cross-border supply chain expertise can command increases of up to 30%. Career priorities are evolving beyond compensation. 54% of professionals cite learning and development opportunities as a key reason for staying with their current employer. By 2030, Gen Z is expected to account for 30–33% of Taiwan's workforce, making flexibility, work-life balance and transparent workplace culture critical factors in talent attraction and retention. TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 May 2026 - Taiwan's talent market has gradually shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market through globalisation, digital transformation and pandemic-driven disruption. Meanwhile, the rapid advancement of technology and AI is not only accelerating demand for critical skills, but also reshaping industry structures and redefining the rules of talent competition. Robert Walters, the world's most trusted talent solutions business, said in its latest 15th anniversary report, Taiwan's Talent Market: The New Rules of Competition, that "critical skills" are increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the primary indicators of talent value and compensation. Particularly as Taiwan's semiconductor industry strengthens its strategic position within the global technology supply chain, professionals with in-demand capabilities are seeing salary growth significantly outpace the broader market, making salary polarisation an increasingly structural feature ...
The logo of an Apple Store is seen reflected on the glass exterior of a Samsung flagship store in Shanghai, China Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Wang Gang | Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of Samsung Electronics surged as much as 6.51% after the company said it had begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory chip to its customers globally. Samsung's 12-layer HBM4E ch...
The logo of an Apple Store is seen reflected on the glass exterior of a Samsung flagship store in Shanghai, China Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Wang Gang | Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of Samsung Electronics surged as much as 6.51% after the company said it had begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory chip to its customers globally. Samsung's 12-layer HBM4E chip, which it described as an industry first, can reach speeds of up to 16 Gigabits-per-second "with improved energy efficiency and thermal performance," the company said in a press release. High Bandwidth Memory chips, such as those produced by Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are used in advanced artificial intelligence systems. They help processors handle large amounts of data quickly, required by AI accelerators such as Nvidia 's Rubin and Google' s Ironwood Tensor Processing Unit. Samsung's 12-layer HBM4E, which stacks Dynamic Random-Access Memory vertically, has a 48-gigabyte capacity, representing more than a 30% increase compared with the previous generation, the company said. The South Korean chipmaker added that there are plans to expand the lineup to include an 8-layer 32GB and a 16-layer 64GB configuration, depending on customer requirements. "Through our advanced manufacturing capabilities and preemptive infrastructure investments, we will continue to drive the growth of the global AI memory market," said Sang Joon Hwang, executive vice president and head of memory development at Samsung Electronics. The news comes after Samsung began shipping HBM4 chips to customers in February, as it seeks to narrow the gap with SK Hynix and strengthen its position in the next-generation AI memory market. Shares last traded 3.67% higher at 310,500 won. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images I've been covering the storage REIT space for some time—my investments into companies such as Public Storage ( PSA ) go back many years, and I've usually been able to get in and out of these investments at relatively good rates of return. I currently have small investments in key operators in the space, but I've been negative or neutral on others. One o...
Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images I've been covering the storage REIT space for some time—my investments into companies such as Public Storage ( PSA ) go back many years, and I've usually been able to get in and out of these investments at relatively good rates of return. I currently have small investments in key operators in the space, but I've been negative or neutral on others. One of the operators that I've been negative or neutral on is Extra Space Storage ( EXR ). My last article was published during a time when I did an update on the space and on the company. My analyst peers, including those here on Seeking Alpha, tend to view the company with relatively positive outlooks—the average is a "BUY" rating, and Wall Street echoes this "BUY" rating, with only Quant being at a "HOLD". So, wherein lies the difference in opinions, and what are the risks to this? In my last article, found here , I go through some of these when I give my "HOLD" rating. The company has, as I expected, underperformed the average but still has a good return, meaning it's positive at least (even if under market). Seeking Alpha EXR RoR In my last article, I pointed to risks such as the compressing AFFO growth relative to top-line growth, expense growth, debt servicing, and vacancy rates, which all come together to mostly limit the impressive profit and AFFO expansion that some bullish analysts seem to expect from the company. I also want to make it clear that while the company's yield is about 4.5%, which is good, it is by itself not really enough as an argument to me, because the current T-bill rates are close enough to this rate that a capital appreciation at least needs to be in the cards for this to be an attractive investment. It's my conviction that this is not the case at this time. In this article, I will therefore update my thesis, look at the latest results, see if anything has actually changed, and see what we can look at here. Let's get going. Extra Storage Space: Cha...