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Paris loses crown as Europe’s biggest stock market to London
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/06/2024
» LONDON - France’s political upheaval has led the country to lose its spot as Europe’s biggest equity market, less than two years after stealing that crown from the UK.
Bitcoin miners pivot to Southeast Asia after China crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - The 17-acre cement slab in the middle of a Borneo industrial area once belonged to a logging company. Long ago that business abandoned the site to the elements, leaving just rudimentary structures and a four-story-tall concrete birdhouse made to lure swiftlets whose nests, built with saliva, fetch high prices in China.
Unveiling world's most powerful passports in 2024
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/01/2024
» HONG KONG - There has been a shake-up in the passport world.
AI could replace 4 million jobs in South Korea
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/11/2023
» SEOUL - Artificial intelligence (AI) may replace as many as 4 million, or 14% of South Korea's jobs, over the next two decades, a central bank study said, adding to a chorus of warnings on the looming disruption to labor markets around the world.
Who Singapore's presidential contenders are
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/08/2023
» Singapore will head for its first contested presidential election in over a decade in an exercise seen to weigh public sentiment at a time when the city-state had been rocked by controversies.
Putin plans new Ukraine push as he prepares for years of war
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/01/2023
» NEW YORK: Nearly a year into an invasion that was supposed to take weeks, Russia's President Vladimir Putin is preparing a new offensive in Ukraine, at the same time steeling his country for a conflict with the United States and its allies that he expects to last for years.
Singapore overtakes Hong Kong in world financial centres ranking
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/09/2022
» NEW YORK: Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong to become Asia’s top financial centre — and the third in the world — according to a new report that puts New York and London in the first and second spots.
Crisis at billionaire Charoen’s insurance firms rattles industry
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/02/2022
» Thailand’s richest man, Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, built a 516-billion-baht fortune mostly from liquor and retailing. He’s had a tougher ride in the financial sector.
Expat exodus but escape is expensive in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2022
» After calling Hong Kong home for 30 years, Tina, a self-employed mom, is calling it quits on the city and moving to Portugal. But with 10 of her booked flights to Europe cancelled in the past year, her travails show how Hong Kong’s Covid-Zero policy is making getting out almost as hard as coming in.
Why Philippines became the worst place to be amid Covid
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/09/2021
» The Philippines fell to last place in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking of the best and worst places to be amid the pandemic, capping a steady decline over the course of 2021.