Growing confrontation and competition between the United States and China has paved the way for closer US-Taiwan economic relations. Taiwan could take advantage of this changing geopolitical environment to advance deeper institutionalized trade ties with the United States. A complex supply chain network between US and Taiwanese companies has grown over decades. Despite this close […]Continue Reading
In late February, US President Joe Biden announced that the United States had placed the nomination of Ajay Banga to be the next head of the World Bank, established in 1944. There will be no other official candidates for this job since, by convention, the US nominee is automatically selected for the post. This has been the […]Continue Reading
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
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
The world’s largest memory chip maker posts its worst profit since the 2009 financial crisis.Continue Reading
As China draws down dollar holdings and the yuan trumps the US greenback in Russia, more and more economists are asking if an inflection point has been reached. Count Nobel laureate Paul Krugman firmly in the “no” camp. “The dollar’s dominance isn’t under threat,” the New York Times columnist argues. Others aren’t so sanguine as […]Continue Reading
Began as an appointment booking and mobile live queue system provider
Allows doctors and clinicians to identify patterns and trends in patient data [Ed: Qmed raised US$1.16 million and not US$932k as per an earlier version. The error is regretted.]
Malaysian health-tech startup Qmed Asia has successfully raised US$1.16 mil (RM5,101,298) through an Equity…Continue Reading
Began as an appointment booking and mobile live queue system provider
Allows doctors and clinicians to identify patterns and trends in patient data Malaysian health-tech startup Qmed Asia has successfully raised US$932,000 (RM5,101,298) through an Equity Crowdfunding (ECF) campaign on Leet Capital. Attracting support from 110 investors, including Angel Investors, the Malaysia…Continue Reading
Acquisition enables ADA to strengthens its position in Indian market
Digital transformation will be enhanced, enabling ADA to deliver at speed & scale ADA, the largest digital growth partner in South and Southeast Asia, has acquired Bengaluru, India based startup, dhiOmics to launch its Global Data and AI delivery hub.Â
In a statement, the company…Continue Reading
Five years ago it would have been unimaginable, but today there is a global movement convinced the world’s largest corporations are engaging in stealth warfare to transform liberal democracies into neo-communist dictatorships. At the heart of this corporate-led Marxist revolution, apparently, is the trend towards businesses not just focusing on profit maximization but taking into […]Continue Reading