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PARIS: Frost damage to French vineyards this month could reduce wine production by nearly a third compared with recent years, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Thursday (Apr 22), citing initial estimates from wine producers. The losses, subject to revision as the frost impact becomes clearer in ...

Japan's government is expected to issue a third state of emergency on Tokyo and three western prefectures that could last for about two weeks, according to media reports, underscoring its struggle to deal with a surge in new COVID-19 case numbers.

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse, rocked by the bankruptcies of British financial firm Greensill and US hedge fund Archegos, posted a first quarter loss on Thursday as regulators opened a probe into the financial fiasco.

The Australian parent of failed specialist finance firm Greensill Capital, whose recent collapse sparked worldwide corporate fallout and a political scandal in Britain, has entered liquidation, administrators said Thursday.

SINGAPORE companies on Thursday committed to clean and green financing projects, coinciding with the global observance of Earth Day.

German lawmakers probing the collapse of payments firm Wirecard are this week grilling top ministers and even Chancellor Angela Merkel as a parliamentary inquiry into the massive fraud reaches a dramatic climax.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways will close its Canadian pilot base and has proposed to also shut its pilot bases in Australia and New Zealand, the airline said on Thursday (Apr 22). No decisions have been made on the fate of its pilots based in Europe and...

Collectors have been shelling out big bucks on digital collectibles known as NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. But the boom in NFTs is also sparking concerns about a bubble. Money Mind reports.

SINGAPORE: Pest management firms are now able to tap on digital solutions under a plan that was previously open to cleaning and waste management companies. The Environmental Services Industry Digital Plan has been updated to include the pest management sub-sector, the National Environment Agency ...

SINGAPORE: British billionaire James Dyson has changed his main address back to the United Kingdom, about two years after he relocated to Singapore, company filings in the UK showed. According to filings dated Apr 6 for Weybourne, Mr Dyson’s family office, he is now "usually resident" in the ...