SHANGHAI: Over half of European companies in China's financial hub of Shanghai still have foreign staff who are unable to return after coronavirus border restrictions were imposed in March, a survey indicated on Thursday (Aug 6). The European Union Chamber of Commerce said the survey, conducted in ...
BENGALURU: Sezzle Inc is testing its buy-now-pay-later service in India for a potential launch at the end of the year, its chief executive officer said, capitalising on rapid global growth in online shopping as competition intensifies in the sector. Moving into India would mark an ambitious plan ...
Italy is positioning to become an influential shareholder in a tightly regulated broadband operator it plans to create by brokering a merger of Telecom Italia's (TIM) fixed-line access network with state-controlled Open Fiber, three sources said.
BEIJING: China said on Thursday it was firmly opposed to the U.S. government's action to block Chinese apps and said the move went against market principles and had no factual basis. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters at a daily briefing that China urged the United States to...
LAGOS: Henry Okolo has grown accustomed to using his phone to stay in touch with God during the coronavirus pandemic. He uses an app every Sunday morning to listen to a virtual service in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. Okolo, a father-of-two, has used it to help his family...
Nintendo on Thursday reported net profit surged to $1 billion in the first quarter, with players stuck at home during the coronavirus virus driving extraordinary demand for the gaming industry.
SHARES of local banking trio rose on Thursday, as investors found some cheer from conservative provisions set aside by DBS and UOB, and an unchanged outlook guidance in their latest quarterly results released before market open.
A coronavirus outbreak has forced the closure of a major Papua New Guinea mine, its operator said Thursday, as the virus spreads to a remote corner of one of the Pacific's poorest nations.
MEXICO CITY/SANTIAGO: Latin America's coronavirus crisis is forcing Uber to adopt the taxi model it was meant to drive off the streets of cities from Santiago to Medellin. Uber's U-turn has been prompted by a pandemic-linked regulatory clampdown in countries including Chile and Colombia, where the ...
Locked down, hot and desperate for a dip? If you live in Indianapolis and fancy putting a pool in your back yard there's a three-week wait - but that's just for an appointment to order one for next year.
