‘Growth recession’ beckoning for the US

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The latest jobs report is in, and the good news is Federal Reserve policy on inflation appears to be working. The bad news is Fed policy on inflation appears to be working. The March 2023 jobs report reveals that the US economy added 236,000 jobs during the month – roughly in line with expectations. A […]Continue Reading

Samsung spending billions to keep OLED lead on China

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Samsung Display plans to more than double its OLED flat panel display manufacturing capacity over the next three years to maintain its world’s leading position in the face of intense competition from China. On April 4, at a ceremony attended by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the company agreed […]Continue Reading

MRANTI gathers 20 5G stakeholders to discuss issues

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The goal was to cultivate efforts in forwarding enterprise 5G 
Roundtables attended by executives and CEO of several companies Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation (MRANTI) today brought together 20 stakeholders to discuss issues, connect, and collaborate on 5G progress, design, development, and deployment in the industry and enterprise.
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Will Ueda reverse Kuroda’s profligate BOJ ways?

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TOKYO — Since 2013, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has been morphing the Bank of Japan into the world’s biggest hedge fund – and, all in all, it’s not going well. On Saturday (April 8), Kuroda will leave BOJ headquarters, handing successor Kazuo Ueda the worst job in international finance. As Ueda gets to work, all eyes […]Continue Reading

Russia-China trade remains strong despite Western pressure

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This week European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron are visiting China as part of an effort to influence Beijing’s foreign policy regarding Ukraine after Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow. China has positioned itself as a “neutral” player in the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the start, seeking to act as […]Continue Reading