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Mining giant Rio Tinto stripped its CEO of US$3.5 million Monday after the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site to expand an iron ore mine in Australia.

SINGAPORE: Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel and Citadel Securities, which provides trading services to asset managers, banks, broker-dealers and hedge funds, will open a new office in Singapore, Citadel said on Monday (Aug 24). The two businesses, which have 17 offices across North America, Europe ...

A Hong Kong tourism company has moved its walking tours online to reach a travel-starved audience unable to explore new places due to coronavirus restrictions.

Israel's cellphone surveillance for coronavirus contact-tracing may have overcome challenges by privacy watchdogs, but the state tracking policy is hard put to deal with low-tech evasion methods seemingly lifted from TV cop shows.

SINGAPORE: It was early January when PUBking opened its doors to welcome its first customers. But the sight of merry partygoers clinking their glasses and singing their hearts out lasted for just two months before entertainment venues were forced to shut as part of COVID-19 control measures ...

A Hong Kong tourism company has moved its walking tours online to reach a travel-starved audience unable to explore new places due to coronavirus restrictions.

The coronavirus crisis will see the world's biggest firms slash dividend payouts between 17per cent-23per cent this year or what could be as much US$400 billion, a new report has shown, although sectors such as tech are fighting the trend.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce on Monday it will issue an emergency exemption to the state of Texas permitting it to allow American Airlines Group Inc to use a new surface coating that kills coronaviruses for up to seven days, sources briefed on the matter...

Agreeing to every request is the first mistake to avoid, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.

AS ASIA'S digital banking scene continues to see increasing competition, a digital bank would be "in no way successful" if it was to operate only in its home country. So says Calvin Choi, group chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-based AMTD Group, who has been heading the...