Contractors are required to do much more than the job in hand before they are paid for it, says Iona Bain.
Laos' economic development depends alot on mining and hydropower, which breeds new risk for the country's ambitions to graduate from the United Nation's Least Developed Country status in 2024.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 330.36 points (1.16 per cent) to 28,868.80.
SINGAPORE'S latest contenders for a digital banking licence may have included several names that are left-of-field to banking, but diverse partnerships are needed to offer niche, untapped services in heavily-banked Singapore, said analysts.
A CONSORTIUM including Razer Fintech and Sheng Siong's founders has submitted an application for a digital full-bank licence in Singapore, focusing on the "underserved youth and millennials segment" for the bid, gaming lifestyle brand Razer Inc said in a statement on Thursday.
CHINA'S ByteDance Technology, which owns the popular video-sharing app TikTok, is said to have applied for a wholesale digital banking licence in Singapore, The Business Times understands.
The value of U.S. oil and gas mergers and acquisitions reached a five-year peak of US$96 billion in 2019 on the back of competing bids for Anadarko Petroleum, energy data provider Enverus said on Thursday.
Lebanon received an Interpol arrest warrant on Thursday for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, while Turkey launched an investigation into his daring escape from Japan via Istanbul.
ATHENS: Greece, Cyprus and Israel on Thursday (Jan 2) signed an agreement for a huge pipeline project to ship gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe despite Turkey's hostility to the deal. The move comes amid tensions with Turkey over its activities in the area and a maritime deal...
LONDON: European stock markets powered ahead on Thursday (Jan 2) as investors welcomed 2020 with a raft of gains after China's central bank announced fresh stimulus, dealers said. Asia kicked off the New Year on the front foot, with most rallying out of the blocks on Thursday on lingering...
