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India reopens economy but millions of workers stay home
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2020
» When Bharat Gite reopened his aluminium parts factories in India’s western city of Pune, he spent days servicing idle machines, sanitising his premises and putting in place social distancing norms for staff.
Virus poses new threat to world economy
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2020
» The outbreak of the deadly coronavirus threatens to derail a fragile stabilisation in the world economy, which had appeared poised to benefit from the phase one US-China trade deal, and signs of a tech turnaround.
7 Hong Kong Airlines planes seized after missed payments
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: Embattled Hong Kong Airlines had seven of its planes seized by the city’s Airport Authority after it failed to make some payments, deepening concerns about a carrier whose financial difficulties nearly cost the carrier its flying licence recently.
Pilots' strike at China Airlines strands passengers in Taiwan
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/02/2019
» SINGAPORE: A shortage of pilots has caused chaos for thousands of passengers during peak travel season in the region, as cockpit crew complaining of overwork extended a strike at Taiwan’s biggest carrier to a fourth day.
Rare drop in tourist numbers clouds economic outlook
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/11/2018
» A rare drop in tourist arrivals in October, caused by a sharp fall in the number of Chinese visitors, is keeping the country’s economic outlook cloudy.
B225bn rail link to pick contractor by January
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/09/2018
» The government expects to select a consortium by January to build a 225-billion-baht high-speed rail link connecting three international airports, one of the largest transport projects in history.
Chinese tourists just can't get enough of Thailand
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/03/2018
» Tourism is the gift that keeps on giving in Thailand, thanks especially to China.
Car firms give Kobe products all-clear
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 20/10/2017
» Tokyo: Toyota Motor Corp Thursday cleared aluminium parts supplied by Kobe Steel Ltd of safety concerns, giving the embattled steelmaker a respite as companies around the world rush to check the safety of their products following revelations of data falsification.
Qatar Air may order more 747 freighters
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 27/09/2017
» Chicago/Seattle: Qatar Airways is considering whether to order more Boeing 747 jumbo freighters as global air cargo rebounds and the Persian Gulf carrier responds to a blockade of its home country.
China's world tech domination begins in SE Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2017
» SINGAPORE -- Isaac Ho and several investors were watching a pitch from a cancer-detection start-up in Singapore when one of the Chinese billionaires present got up and -- without a word -- scrawled “Speed x Market Share” in Chinese characters on a whiteboard. It was a simple formula that meant: be first and be largest, no matter the cost. But that’s when Mr Ho understood how the Southeast Asian tech scene was about to change.