Clinics now allowed to purchase, prescribe antiviral drugs
The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for clinics to purchase and prescribe molnupiravir and other antiviral drugs for Covid-19 patients.Continue Reading
Clinics now allowed to purchase, prescribe antiviral drugs
The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for clinics to purchase and prescribe molnupiravir and other antiviral drugs for Covid-19 patients.Continue Reading
China fines Didi Global US$1.2bil for violating data security laws
HONG KONG/BEIJING: China’s cybersecurity regulator on Thursday fined Didi Global Inc $1.2 billion, concluding a probe that forced the ride-hailing leader to delist from New York within a year of its debut and made foreign investors wary about China’s tech sector. Read full storyContinue Reading
Chinese district regulator inspects Pizza Hut stores over food safety issues
BEIJING: A Chinese district regulator said it is carrying out inspections of 45 Pizza Hut stores in Beijing after one was accused by the media of food safety breaches. The market regulator of Beijing’s Haidian district said late on Wednesday (Jul 20) that it had visited the branch in questionContinue Reading
South Korea to cut taxes for companies, workers and retail investors
SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday (Jul 21) proposed a series of tax cuts for companies, workers and retail investors in stocks to support private-sector led economic growth as President Yoon Suk-yeol had pledged in the election campaign. In his first annual tax code revision, the Yoon administration proposed cutting theContinue Reading
Chinese headphone maker in Dongguan shuts down, intensifying country’s woes in manufacturing, cross-border ecommerce
Dongguan Koppo Electronics Co has decided to cease operations partly because of delayed payments by cross-border ecommerce merchants. The Bluetooth headphone maker, which has been in business for 12 years, is expected to lay off 100 workers. Read full storyContinue Reading
Johor Ruler visits site of RTS Link in Singapore during official visit
JOHOR BARU: Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar has visited the site of the Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link at the Woodlands North terminal in Singapore during his three-day visit to the island republic. Read full storyContinue Reading
Facebook’s growth woes in India: Too much nudity, not enough women
NEW DELHI: On Feb. 2, when Meta Platforms reported Facebook’s first-ever quarterly drop in daily users, its finance chief identified higher mobile data costs as a unique obstacle slowing growth in India, its biggest market. On the same day, the U.S. tech group posted the findings of its own researchContinue Reading
Facebook’s growth woes in India: Not enough female users, too much nudity
NEW DELHI: On Feb 2, when Meta Platforms reported Facebook’s first-ever quarterly drop in daily users, its finance chief identified higher mobile data costs as a unique obstacle slowing growth in India, its biggest market. On the same day, the US tech group posted the findings of its own researchContinue Reading
‘Spend US$22,200 a day’: influencer cancelled after vulgar display of wealth such as helicopter travels is latest target of China celebrity crackdown
Wang Xuancheng has three million followers and regularly posts pictures of her lavish lifestyle and boasts about how much money she spends. A recent post of her posing with a police helicopter triggered a backlash and raised questions about her access to government aircraft. Read full storyContinue Reading