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Even as Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai looks to defend himself against possible charges under China’s national security law, a long-running feud with a rival tabloid may see him end up in jail. Lai’s trial for “criminal intimidation” in 2017 of a reporter from the Oriental Daily News, a fierce.... |
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August 27, 2020. SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Citadel, one of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, said on Thursday it had hired a former Glencore energy derivatives trader to head its first commodities trading team in Asia. Daniel Liu will join Citadel’s commodities business in November as a portfolio.... |
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Asia Today: Virus surge makes S. Korean lockdown more likely |
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By David Ramli and Ishika Mookerjee. (Bloomberg) -- Singapore has long been the city of choice for Western expats wanting an easy entree into Asia. Clean, efficient, with low tax rates, it’s often seen as rivalling Hong Kong, especially with that city hit by street protests and unrest over China’s new national security law. |
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Worldwide Covid-19 infections exceeded 24 million as cases continued to climb in Europe and Asia, with Italy, France and South Korea reporting the most new infections in months. New U.S. testing guidelines drew criticism from state leaders and public-health experts, while a top Trump administration official defended the move. |
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Asian shares touched two-year peaks on Thursday in the wake of Wall Street's record run as cheap cash drove up big-cap tech darlings, although Sino-US tensions caused caution to creep in as the session progressed. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan turned flat after earlier reaching its highest since August 2018. |
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On Tuesday, a week after we speak, AirAsia reports a record quarterly loss, underlining the extent of the pain felt by the group in April, May and June. What the overall experience adds up to, he says, is that he is learning how to survive in a pandemic. |
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Asian stocks will likely climb on Thursday after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied to fresh records on upbeat corporate results, while the dollar eased a day before the U.S. Federal Reserve possibly sets a new course on inflation.
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak.... |
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MUMBAI: India reported on Thursday a record daily jump of 75,760 coronavirus infections, taking its total caseload to 3.31 million as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed. India is the worst affected country in Asia and third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total cases. |
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MUMBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - India reported on Thursday a record daily jump of 75,760 coronavirus infections, taking its total caseload to 3.31 million as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed. India is the worst affected country in Asia and third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total cases. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mixed on Thursday despite the record closing highs overnight on Wall Street. Investors remained cautious as they looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium later in the day. |
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MANILA--The United States military presence in Asia is needed as rivalry between Washington and Beijing intensifies, the Philippines’ foreign minister said on Wednesday. The two powers are arguing over issues from trade to what the United States sees as aggressive moves by China’s armed forces,.... |
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MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS turned flat after earlier reaching its highest since August 2018. Japan’s Nikkei .N225 eased 0.4% from levels not seen since mid-February, and South Korea .KS11 fell 0.8% as a jump in coronavirus cases ended four days of rises.
Even S&P 500 futures ESc1 dipped 0. |
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China’s belt and road projects and its engagement with the region via the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation are fuelling a strategic competition in Southeast Asia; The US, Japan and South Korea have deepened their commitment to Mekong nations, with each also affirming Washington’s policy of a free and open Indo-Pacific. |
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The Regional Technical Expert Meetings on Mitigation 2020 – Region: Eastern Europe and West Asia will be held on the theme: Climate smart cooling solutions for sustainable buildings in Eastern Europe and West Asia. The meeting will discuss: new sustainable solutions for cooling that take into.... |
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N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: The United Arab Emirates, UAE, recently established full-fledged diplomatic ties with Israel-a country which was till the other day a taboo for the Muslim nations across the world. This news has stirred the entire Arab world politics whose reverberations could well be noticed in South Asia as well. |
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While in recent times rising tensions between New Delhi and Beijing have attracted the attention of regional and other observers, it is noteworthy that India’s ties with its neighbouring countries in the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) grouping, especially those with Nepal, have rapidly deteriorated. |
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and Japan operations and cut jobs across both locations as it shifts its Asian headquarters to Shanghai, it said on Wednesday. The largest mutual fund company, with roughly $6 trillion in assets under management, said in a statement its Hong Kong business mostly served institutional clients and not retail investors, which are its primary focus. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked poised to build on gains that pushed global equities to a record high amid rising expectations for loose monetary policy and positive U.S. economic data. The dollar weakened and gold climbed. Futures edged higher in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. |
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Singapore has long been the city of choice for Western expats wanting an easy entree into Asia. Clean, efficient, with low tax rates, it’s often seen as rivaling Hong Kong, especially with that city
Yet just when Singapore should be a magnet for global talent, some recruiters say the barriers to entry are mounting. |
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Asian stocks looked poised to build on gains that pushed global equities to a record high amid rising expectations for loose monetary policy and positive U.S. economic data. The dollar weakened and gold climbed. Futures edged higher in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. |
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A slump in real yields on U.S. Treasury bonds is set to stoke demand for Asian government debt as the search for income forces investors to take on more risk.
Ten-year government yields, adjusted for expected inflation in 2021, are positive in Indonesia, India, China, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea, according to
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, will become president of U.S. operations . He has also been president of European operations for UPS and president of the Asia Pacific region.
Cesarone replaces George Willis , who is retiring after 36 years. Scott Price, chief transportation and strategy officer at UPS, is being named president of UPS International. |
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WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Guided by ocean plankton fossils and climate models, scientists have calculated just how cold it got on Earth during the depths of the last Ice Age, when immense ice sheets covered large parts of North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
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Southeast Asia. BELLEVUE, Wash. Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Apptio, Inc. , a leading provider of technology business management (TBM) solutions that help organisations analyse, plan and optimise technology spend, marks strong momentum across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the addition of 46.... |
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