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China November producer prices ease to 4-month low
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2017
» BEIJING: China's producer price inflation slowed to a four-month low in November as factory activity softened due to the government's ongoing efforts to curb pollution, cooling demand from factories for raw materials.
Myanmar army chief denies mass exodus of Rohingyas
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2017
» YANGON: Rohingya Muslims are not native to Myanmar, the army chief told the US ambassador in a meeting in which he apparently did not address accusations of abuses by his men and said media was complicit in exaggerating the number of refugees fleeing.
Real Madrid adds lustre to China's answer to Florida's Orlando
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/09/2017
» HENGQIN, China: Just a stone's throw across a narrow waterway from the world's largest gambling hub Macau, a former oyster farming island is being transformed into China's newest tourism haven.
Brexit hands recruitment agencies nightmare
Business, Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» LONDON: Business is booming for Paul Murphy's recruitment agency in northwest England. Clients are rolling in with more jobs in restaurants, bars and hotels than ever before, but finding workers to fill them has become tricky.
China may sell electricity to Myanmar amid warming ties
Reuters, Published on 04/08/2017
» YANGON -- Energy-hungry Myanmar is in initial talks to buy electricity from China, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters, in the latest sign of warming ties with Beijing under leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Cheap fresh fruit may be another Brexit price to pay
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2017
» LANGLEY, England, -- For 70 years, Tim Chambers' family has harvested fruit in south-east England, but after Britain's vote last year to leave the European Union he expanded into Poland and is ready to sell some of his land if a shortage of migrant workers worsens.
Hoteliers welcome Paris rule on Airbnb
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2017
» PARIS - French hoteliers cheered on Wednesday a Paris City Council decision making it mandatory from December for people renting their apartments on short-term rental websites such as Airbnb to register their property with the town hall.
Number of job-hoppers jumps in Japan
Business, Reuters, Published on 06/07/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's labour shortage has pushed job-hopping to its highest since the global financial crisis, as companies scramble for workers with experience in the rapidly-ageing economy.
Hong Kong's latest bid to cool home prices expected to fail
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/05/2017
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's latest attempt at cooling home prices in one of the world's most expensive property markets is expected to send buyers scouring for loans in the unregulated shadow banking industry, spreading risk across the financial sector.
Japan govt names and shames labour lawbreakers
Reuters, Published on 12/05/2017
» TOKYO -- The Japanese government for the first time released a nationwide list of over 300 companies that have violated labour laws, hoping this name-and-shame tactic would help eliminate abuses and prevent "karoshi," or death by overwork.