Take a look at get you up to speed using the day’s stories. The couple at the centre of an alleged multi-million-dollar luxurious goods scam has been charged in court. Pi Jiapeng, 26, and Siriwipa Pansuk, 27, have been on the run for five weeks, before getting arrested in MalaysiaContinue Reading
“The times of our years are usually threescore years and ten…. ” Lots of people have heard that will adage, which seems to imply a biblically mandated life expectancy associated with 70 years. However in fact there is more to Psalm 90: 10. It continues, “and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is definitely their strength labour and […]
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Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has announced assets worth forty two. 85 million baht, according to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).Continue Reading
BEIJING/HONG KONG: A Chinese property think tank owned by KE Holdings apologised on Thursday for sparking a “heated public discussion” with its report on rising housing vacancy rates in China, and said its assessment may not be sufficiently accurate. Read full storyContinue Reading
The club’s dire financial state has been public knowledge for more than two years now; a combination of financial mismanagement, extortionate player wages and the Covid pandemic led to Barça finding itself well over a billion dollars in debt. Drastic action was taken in an attempt to begin balancing theContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The government remains proactive in ensuring the stability of the ringgit and the financial market, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz told the Dewan Negara today. Read full storyContinue Reading
Along with Samoa fully reopening its borders upon August 1, an additional Pacific country transferred tentatively forward right after two years of edge closures and little or no international tourism. Yet opening up is not as simple as flipping the switch, given the numerous challenges facing Pacific aviation. Rising gas costs, mounting debt, management issues and also a shortage […]
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Affordability matters for government debt because the burden is eventually passed onto current and future taxpayers through tax hikes or inflation. Japan’s general government gross debt was 263% of GDP at the end of 2021. Borrowing may seem affordable as long as the average yield is close to zero, but low interest rates are no longer sustainable […]
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PUTRAJAYA: Seven Malaysian firms have been recognised under Forbes Asia’s 2022 Best Under A Billion list, which highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with sales under US$1bil (RM4.46bil). Read full storyContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: Construction of the littoral combat ships (LCS) is in progress at the Lumut Shipyard, says Armed Forces Pension Fund (LTAT) chief executive officer Datuk Ahmad Nazim Abdul Rahman. Read full storyContinue Reading