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Amazon and Other Potential Suitors Explore Peloton Deal
Business, Published on 07/02/2022
» Peloton Interactive Inc is drawing interest from potential suitors including Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as the stationary-bike maker's stock slumps and an activist urges it to explore a sale.
Amazon's Chief Technology Officer Shares His Predictions for 2021
Business, Published on 19/12/2020
» Werner Vogels, Amazon.com Inc.'s chief technology officer, predicts 2021 will see a much broader distribution of the technologies that have been powering big corporations.
Retailers Push a New Kind of Online Shopping. It Looks a Lot Like QVC.
Business, Published on 13/10/2020
» To get homebound shoppers to splurge, some brands are copying QVC.
Asia's century, China's year
Asia focus, Published on 30/12/2019
» Way back when 1999 was winding down, pundits were telling us that the Asian Century was about to dawn. That prediction has not yet been fully realised, but few would disagree that 2019 belonged to China. Over the past 12 months, the top headlines have been about the bruising trade war with America, defiant protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's tightening grip, and the rise of a surveillance state that is herding hundreds of thousands into "re-education" camps on its western fringes. Below, the Asia Focus team looks back on a busy and sometimes troubling 2019.
Funny business
Asia focus, Published on 16/03/2020
» Navin Prabhakar became a household name in 2005 when he appeared on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge on television. Today he is among the standup comedians making a good living by making corporate executives and employees laugh.