HONG KONG: Hong Kong bankers and lawyers will be able to search the city's companies registry under proposed exemptions to plans to tighten public access to the database, Secretary for Financial Services Christopher Hui said on Saturday (Jun 12). Business and governance experts have criticised a ...
CARBIS BAY, England: The Group of Seven rich nations will announce on Saturday (Jun 12) a new global infrastructure plan as a response to China's belt and road initiative, a senior official in US President Joe Biden's administration said. The official, who spoke to reporters on condition of ......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expected to spend 8 billion ringgit (US$1.95 billion) on fuel and cooking oil subsidies this year, more than double the 3.78 billion ringgit originally allocated, the finance ministry said on Saturday (Jun 12). The announcement comes as Malaysia looks to boost public ...
REUTERS: Bitcoin dropped 5.71per cent to US$35,210 at 0600 GMT on Saturday, losing US$2,131.11 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 45.7per cent from its 2021 high of US$64,895.22 on April 14. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum ...
Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations
LONAVLA, India: Indian start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its inexpensive COVID-19 home test kit - the country's first - will help the massive South Asian nation better track the pandemic's spread among its 1.3-billion people. CoviSelf was launched earlier this month and is the first ...
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Friday that its Chinese partners in the Buzios pre-salt oil field will have to pay it US$2.94 billion for its prior investment in exploration under the TOR rights to surplus oil found there.
Engagement with China, technological innovation, and clean energy should be on the country's agenda if it is to catalyse economic growth in the coming decades, says best-selling author Dambisa Moyo.
The Johor skyline is now dotted with empty condominium units, due to an oversupply in the market and lack of foreign buyers.
WASHINGTON: G7 leaders meeting in Britain will endorse U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal for global minimum tax of at least 15per cent on corporations, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Twitter on Friday. The U.S. Treasury in May proposed a global minimum corporate ...
