TOKYO: A bribery scandal engulfing final summer’s pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games has thrown a dark cloud over Sapporo’s 2030 bid and elevated fresh questions within Japan about hosting the Olympics again. Former Tokyo 2020 executive Haruyuki Takahashi was arrested on suspicion of bribery in August and more accusations were levelled towardsContinue Reading
Qatar is expected to pleasant a sizable contingent of guests this wintertime when it becomes the smallest nation ever to host one of the biggest sporting events in the world — the FIFA World Mug.Continue Reading
The Hong Kong stock market is expected to benefit from a pipeline of new dual primary entries as many Chinese businesses look for a safe destination in case they are required to delist from US markets. After nine companies completed their own dual-primary listings in Hong Kong this year, regarding 30 more including e-commerce giant Alibaba […]
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Blaring headlines such as “US bans ‘advanced tech’ firms from building facilities in China for a decade” and “China’s zero-Covid policies are crippling its economic outlook” distract from more mundane but arguably more important corporate news coming out of China. Those new developments include the start of production at BASF’s new industrial complex in Zhanjiang […]
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SINGAPORE: A newly announced work pass that targets top talent and high-earners is among some of the issues to be discussed at the next Parliament sitting on Monday (Sep 12). More than 10 parliamentary questions on the new Overseas Networks & Expertise Pass were filed and Manpower Minister Tan SeeContinue Reading
MUMBAI: The Indian government is stepping up scrutiny on digital lending apps in an attempt to weed out ones which conduct unethical lending and recovery practices, the government said in a notification on Friday (Sep 9). The central bank has been asked to prepare a list of legal digital lendingContinue Reading
Vietnam’s new rules requiring foreign tech companies to store user data in the South-East Asian country impose a “significant burden” and may affect investments, US business groups said in a letter to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Read full storyContinue Reading
Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to King Charles III 9 September 2022 Your Majesty, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of your mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty The Queen was the very heart and soul of the United Kingdom. Her reign sawContinue Reading
Once upon a time, most advertisements were public. If we wanted to see what advertisers were doing, we could easily find it – on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and on billboards around the city. This meant governments, civil society and citizens could keep advertisers in check, especially when they advertised products that might be […]
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