China's market regulator on Sunday released new guidelines on anti-monopoly behaviour targeting internet platforms.
TAIPEI: Taiwan's central bank on Sunday (Feb 7) said it had banned Deutsche Bank from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and suspended them for two years from trading forex derivatives as part of a crackdown on speculation. The Taiwan dollar is at a more than 23-year ......
BEIJING: Private social audio app Clubhouse is attracting masses of new users from mainland China, where the US app remains uncensored by authorities despite flourishing discussions on rights, national identity and other sensitive topics. Western social media apps including Twitter, Facebook and ...
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders. Last month, Google unveiled the results of tests showing an alternative to the longstanding tracking practice ...
LONDON: Maritime container freight shipping is steaming ahead through the COVID-19 pandemic, boosted by strong demand for Chinese exports and a shortage of vessels according to industry experts. The Freightos Baltic Global Container Index (FBX), which tracks the cost of container shipping, has ...
LONDON: Britain plans to tax retailers and tech companies whose profits have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sunday Times reported, citing leaked emails. The government has summoned companies to discuss how an online sales tax would work, while plans are also being drawn up for a one-off ...
MOSCOW: The consortium behind the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline has resumed laying pipes in the waters of Denmark, it said on Saturday (Feb 6), despite mounting pressure on the project from Washington. Construction of the link, which would double the capacity of the existing Nord ...
MILAN: Italy's central bank called on Saturday (Feb 6) for cohesion as the country battles a government crisis, saying it was imperative to revive growth and reduce a public debt that the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed to levels last seen after World War I. Italy's debt is expected to approach...
With the benefit of hindsight, this approach clearly shows an abnegation of private-sector leadership, say Faith Stevelman and Sarah C Haan.
SINGAPORE: When 27-year-old Gabriel Yip started freelancing as a camera assistant a year ago, in some months he could earn two to three times his previous salary as a full-time employee. He makes it a point to put aside some money each month for savings and retirement, but being...
