Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd let go of 9,241 employees in the three months to June, according to the company’s latest filing. Read full storyContinue Reading
Unlike in the NBA, WNBA teams aren’t permitted to use charter planes for travel. And, much like other airline passengers flying commercial these days, that has caused headaches for WNBA teams in the midst of travel.Continue Reading
This post was first published simply by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for its Big Story newsletter to get stories like this one within your inbox. Law teacher Lev Menand includes a new book on that strange organization, the Federal Book, what it does and exactly how its power plus responsibility have grown […]
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China’s People’s Liberation Military Eastern Theater Command said in a declaration on Monday (August 8) that shared drills in the seand airspace around Taiwan were continuing. The notice did not specify the precise place of the exercises or when they would finish. Whether the six risk zones for the August 4-7 exercises remain in effect […]
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HONG KONG: Hodlnaut, a Singapore-based crypto currency lender and borrower, has suspended withdrawals, swaps and deposits, the company said on Monday (Aug 8), the latest sign of stress in the cryptocurrency industry. The crypto lender also said it would withdraw its application for a licence from the Monetary Authority ofContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A funeral director was sentenced to four years and three months’ jail on Monday (Aug 8) for making unauthorised credit card charges worth more than S$356,000. As authorities closed in on Casper Ang, 34, he also tried to interfere with investigations by getting a police officer to pass informationContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports rose in July on sustained demand for technology products with shipments to China picking up, and while the government said the outlook was good for semiconductors it warned of growing uncertainly for the global economy. Exports rose 14.2 per cent in July from a year earlier toContinue Reading
Zeng’s troubles began when she started sobbing while reporting on the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The haranguing online quickly spilled over into the real world, affecting her family, friends and colleagues Read full storyContinue Reading
Nancy Pelosi came and left. Some in Taiwan called her visit a part of her graduation trip. A tad condescending, perhaps, but they meant it was her last hurrah. After the forthcoming midterm election in the US, her Democratic Party is expected to lose control of the House of Representatives and she will no longer […]
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HONG KONG: The list of Chinese companies facing delisting risks in New York in a long-running dispute over Chinese audits of their accounts continues to expand with the addition of three more on Friday (Aug 5) after e-commerce giant Alibaba’s July inclusion. As talks between Beijing and Washington in searchContinue Reading