BANGKOK: Thailand's government expects 473 billion baht (US$15.2 billion) to be injected into the economy in the second half after it approved on Tuesday a planned stimulus to mitigate the impact of a third wave of COVID-19 infections, an official said. The Southeast Asian country's latest ...
Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle (AV) company majority-owned by General Motors Co, has urged President Joe Biden to back efforts to speed thousands of self-driving cars to U.S. roads, saying the country risks lagging behind China, according to a previously unreported letter seen by Reuters.
STANDARD Chartered (StanChart) has partnered with Swedish fintech Doconomy to launch a digital tool that helps its customers track the impact on carbon emissions and freshwater consumption made as a result of their purchases, as identified through their credit and debit card transactions.
BANGKOK: Thai logistics startup Flash Group on Tuesday reported its latest round of fundraising had generated US$150 million, which it said pushed its overall value beyond the US$1 billion mark, reflecting a surge in e-commerce demand. The new investment comes amid strong growth of online ...
SHANGHAI: Shanghai's exchange-traded fund market exceeds 1 trillion yuan (US$156.84 billion) in capitalization, making it the world's sixth biggest, the city's bourse said on Tuesday, as trading started under the Shanghai-Hong Kong ETF Connect. Shanghai's ETF market is Asia's No.2 by market ...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Tuesday (Jun 1) that it had resumed pilot recruitment for those with local residency rights, as part of medium-to-long term planning despite having much of its fleet parked due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move comes just weeks after it...
