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Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» SHANGHAI - Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world, drawing excited crowds at international stores and adorning the handbags of celebrities such as Rihanna and Cher.
Chinese vent anger at Trump's trade war with memes, mockery
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» BEIJING — While China's leaders use their economic and political might to fight United States President Donald Trump's trade war "to the end", its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign online.
Trump hosting White House crypto summit
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is preparing to host top cryptocurrency players at the White House on Friday, a political boost for an industry that has struggled to gain legitimacy — and where the Republican president faces conflict of interest concerns.
Bitcoin even more buoyant
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/12/2024
» Bitcoin topped US$100,000 for the first time on Dec 5, jumping drastically from roughly $69,000 the day before the US presidential election about a month earlier.
Hong Kong firms urged to rethink plans to spur tourist spending rather than complain
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/10/2024
» Hong Kong businesses should reflect on whether they have come up with innovative plans to encourage tourists to splash out, rather than merely lamenting the decline in visitor spending, a senior official has said.
Musk takes sole control of Twitter after takeover finalised
Published on 01/11/2022
» Elon Musk has hit the ground sprinting after his Twitter takeover, seeking major changes to the platform only days after finalising his controversial $44 billion purchase.
Rattled and uncertain of its future, Twitter stumbles on
AFP, Published on 16/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Anxious employees, wary advertisers and hamstrung management: Twitter is limping along as it waits to learn how the fight over Elon Musk's buyout bid will end.
Elon Musk backs out of Twitter deal
Reuters, Published on 09/07/2022
» Tesla founder Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his US$44-billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement.
Elon Musk launches $43bn hostile takeover of Twitter
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/04/2022
» NEW YORK: Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter Inc., saying the company has extraordinary potential and he is the person to unlock it.
OnlyFans: doomed by its own porn ban?
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» PARIS: When the website OnlyFans announced plans to ban sexually explicit content, the internet was awash with comparisons to another site that famously went down the "family-friendly" route -- and promptly lost many of its users.