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Investors cheer Vietnam reforms, To Lam re-appointment as Communist Party chief
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2026
» HANOI - Vietnam's foreign and domestic investors have welcomed top leader To Lam's economic reform drive, but his goal of double-digit growth under a model that has been called "market Leninism" looks unrealistic, economists and analysts say.
Asian shares dip as Wall Street rally stalls
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 27/09/2025
» RECAP: Most Asian markets retreated on Friday amid end-of-quarter repositioning by investors, after concerns about high valuations and mixed signals from US Federal Reserve officials on interest rates stalled a record-breaking rally on Wall Street.
G-7 central banks prepare first responses to US tariff chaos
Bloomberg, Published on 13/04/2025
» The first Group of Seven monetary policy decisions since President Donald Trump’s trade war unleashed global market turmoil may prompt diverging responses from either side of the Atlantic.
China widens South America trade highway
Reuters, Published on 20/01/2024
» CHANCAY, Peru - In September, a group of Brazilian farmers and officials arrived in the Peruvian fishing town of Chancay. The draw: a new Chinese mega-port rising on the Pacific coast, promising to turbocharge South America’s trade ties with China.
Milei says could take two years to tame Argentina's inflation
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - President-elect Javier Milei said Monday that it could take between 18 and 24 months to bring Argentina's rampant inflation under control, as he outlined his plans to reform the economy.
Bitcoin leaps to 2023 high on ETF bets
Reuters, Published on 24/10/2023
» SINGAPORE - Cryptocurrencies extended gains in Asia trade on Tuesday, with bitcoin rallying to an almost 18-month high on speculation that an exchange-traded bitcoin fund is imminent.
Paris waves goodbye to cardboard Metro tickets
Business, AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» PARIS: The Paris Metro is phasing out cardboard tickets after 120 years, taking the capital's urban transit into a contactless future but leaving behind nostalgic fans who will miss the humble rectangular cards.
The fight for press freedom is local
Asia focus, Jos Midas Bartman, Published on 20/06/2022
» A macabre political thriller recently unfolded in the Philippine province of Palawan, an island known mostly for its rich biodiversity and pristine beaches.
Key Facebook force Sheryl Sandberg steps down
AFP, Published on 02/06/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Meta's second most powerful executive Sheryl Sandberg made the shock announcement Wednesday she will leave after a 14-year tenure that included helping steer scandal-prone Facebook to advertising dominance.
Fan anger as Chinese football risks losing another top-tier club
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» BEIJING - Hebei FC fans urged authorities to step in and save the club Tuesday after Javier Mascherano's former side threatened to become the latest Chinese football team to go bust.