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Heatwave-hit Farnborough airshow basks in bumper Boeing order
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» FARNBOROUGH: Britain's Farnborough airshow flew into view Monday under a sweltering heatwave, as US planemaker Boeing basked in the glow of the first gigantic order in global aviation's first get-together since Covid.
Farnborough airshow opens amid heatwave
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» FARNBOROUGH: Global aviation's Farnborough airshow opens Monday amid a sweltering heatwave, with the sector aided by a modest recovery in air traffic and with Ukraine boosting defence budgets.
YouTube Shorts touts 1.5bn users, taking on TikTok
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Wednesday said that more than 1.5 billion people monthly tune into its Shorts video service, which competes with global sensation TikTok.
High-flying tech giants buffeted by turbulent times, earnings show
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Tech giants that saw good times during the pandemic are dealing with a "hangover" compounded by inflation and the war in Ukraine, analysts have said after earnings released this week.
TikTok videos get longer in challenge to YouTube
AFP, Published on 01/03/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: TikTok on Monday began letting users upload videos as long as 10 minutes, ramping up the young platform's challenge to veteran titan YouTube.
Disney streaming booms as theaters grapple with pandemic
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: US entertainment giant Disney said Thursday its online streaming services have boomed while it grapples with how to release films as the Delta coronavirus variant drives viewers from movie theaters.
Foreigners join China's livestream sales army
AFP, Published on 08/11/2020
» BEIJING - Late at night, Lalo Lopez heads to a small Shanghai studio for a livestream, punting Chinese products from cycling shorts to vacuum cleaners to Spanish speakers around the world.
Elon Musk mocks regulators, short-sellers as Tesla soars
AFP, Published on 03/07/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla founder Elon Musk on Thursday mocked securities regulators and short-sellers in series of tweets as the tech entrepreneur celebrated his firm's rise as the world's most valuable carmaker.
Yuan devaluation boosts Chinese shares
AFP, Published on 11/08/2015
» HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Shanghai and Hong Kong boosted by news China's central bank is devaluing its currency while other regional markets fell.
Smaller planes in demand in Asia
AFP, Published on 16/02/2014
» SINGAPORE - Smaller passenger planes are increasingly in demand in Asia as budget carriers cash in on the region's growing middle classes by expanding their reach to less prominent cities, industry executives say.