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Sea reports mounting losses, president Nick Nash to depart
SINGAPORE (Mar 1): Sea, operator of Southeast Asia’s biggest gaming platform, reported mounting losses amid investments for growth and said group president Nick Nash will leave his position at the end of the year.
March 01, 2018
Tech
Shorts sellers square off with analysts over still in the red Sea
(Feb 27): Sea, operator of Southeast Asia’s biggest gaming platform, has had a rough start as a public company.
February 27, 2018
Commentary
IPO boom feeds corporates. Will it benefit investors?
SINGAPORE (Dec 4): After a stellar performance in its first year as a publicly listed company, spray paint maker Samurai 2K Aerosol is raising more money at a valuation some five times above its IPO price. The Malaysian company, which makes coatings for t
December 04, 2017
Singapore economy
Singapore's entrepreneurial scene looks less boring with spate of megadeals
SINGAPORE (Nov 30): Back in 2002, as the city-state was emerging from its worst recession since 1964, the government was getting impatient over the economy's disproportionate reliance on multinationals and a handful of globally competitive state-back
November 30, 2017
Tech
Sea investors look to first earnings since NYSE IPO for growth
(Nov 21): Sea pitched itself as an emerging growth company in last month’s initial public offering, and investors are about to get their first chance to see if it lives up to the billing.
November 21, 2017
Tech
Life could get choppy for Sea after US$1 bil IPO
HONG KONG (Sept 25): Listed life can be rough. Sea, a Southeast Asian startup formerly known as Garena, has filed for a US initial public offering of up to US$1 billion ($1.35 billion). But larger deep-pocketed rivals are ramping up competition. An IPO at
September 25, 2017
Tech
Sea, former Garena, files for NYSE IPO
SINGAPORE (Sept 23): Sea, the internet company formerly known as Garena, is readying itself for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US.
September 25, 2017
Tech
Is the electronic games industry too big for its own good?
SINGAPORE (July 7): Every year in mid-June, a who’s who of the electronic entertainment and video game industry, from makers of consoles to game developers, descend on Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world and home to Hollywood, for E3, th
July 07, 2017
Saudi-led alliance moves to isolate Qatar over Iran tensions
RIYADH/WASHINGTON (June 5): Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries cut off most diplomatic and economic ties to Qatar in an unprecedented move designed to punish one of the region’s financial superpowers for its ties with Iran and Islamist groups i
June 05, 2017
IPO
Southeast Asia's biggest startup said to file for US$1 bil IPO
SINGAPORE (May 24): Sea, Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup, has filed confidentially for a potential US initial public offering that could raise about US$1 billion ($1.4 billion), according to people with knowledge of the matter.
May 24, 2017