MANDATORY climate-related financial disclosures for financial institutions and listed entities in Singapore are in the works to align them to a single international standard, said the head of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
U.S. food delivery firm DoorDash Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, announced the launch of services in Japan on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market that has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thailand's parliament on Wednesday started debating a bill to allow the government to borrow an additional 500 billion baht (US$16 billion) to help the tourism-reliant country deal with its latest and biggest coronavirus outbreak so far.
Global digital currency exchanges are exploring ways to set up in India, following in the footsteps of market leader Binance, industry sources told Reuters, while the government in New Delhi dithers over introducing a law that could ban cryptocurrencies.
China is considering imposing a cap on the price of thermal coal as it struggles to contain high energy costs ahead of peak demand over the summer, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
BEIJING: China's Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange will launch a lithium contract in early July, an official from the market department of the exchange said on Wednesday. The contract "will not be settled by cash but by goods", said the official, adding that it can be done both on a...
Philippine merchandise imports grew a hefty 140.9per cent in April from a year earlier, while exports jumped 72.1per cent, both rising at their fastest pace in more than a decade, government data showed on Wednesday.
China's factory gate prices increased at the fastest pace since September 2008, official data showed on Wednesday, while consumer inflation also accelerated but at a slower-than-expected rate.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 68-32 to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology, as Congress increasingly seeks to take a tough line against Beijing.
The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would increase fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and give those agencies bigger budgets.
