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Macau ponders future even as tourists and gamblers return
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» MACAU: Macau's streets were packed in the run-up to the Lunar New Year after pandemic controls were abruptly lifted but it is far from business as usual as the Chinese casino hub wrestles with questions about its future.
US sees biggest annual inflation jump since 2008
AFP, Published on 14/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: The United States saw its biggest surge in inflation in more than a decade last month, according to government data released Tuesday, hitting consumers and challenging the White House and Federal Reserve narrative that the price spike will fade in the coming months.
Japan's SoftBank suspends production of chatty robot Pepper
AFP, Published on 29/06/2021
» TOKYO - Japan's SoftBank has suspended production of its humanoid robot Pepper, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday, seven years after the conglomerate unveiled the signature chatty white android to much fanfare.
Amazon buying MGM studios, boosts streaming ambitions
AFP, Published on 27/05/2021
» WASHINGTON: Amazon has agreed to buy the storied MGM studios for $8.45 billion, the companies said on Wednesday, giving the US tech giant a vast content library to further its ambitions in streaming.
'Yamas!' Greek islanders drink to a better tourism season
AFP, Published on 16/05/2021
» CHANIA, Greece: “Yamas! Cheers to a good season,” says Nikiforos Karifilakis as he pours shots of 'tsikoudia', the strong traditional Cretan spirit, a day after Greece reopened to tourists.
Greece launches tourism season, eyes pandemic recovery
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» CHANIA, Greece: Greece kickstarts its tourism season on Friday, with both the government and travel operators hoping the lure of sun, sand and sea will bring a sorely needed revenue boost after last year's miserable holiday season.
As US newspapers slide toward abyss, a bidding war breaks out
AFP, Published on 01/04/2021
» WASHINGTON: Even as US newspapers sink toward an abyss, an unusual bidding war has broken out for a major chain, pitting hedge fund operators against civic-minded billionaires seeking to promote a nonprofit model for the struggling industry.
Myanmar's military coup creates banking woes
AFP, Published on 24/02/2021
» YANGON: Early bird customers of a military-owned bank queued anxiously as dawn light crept over Rangoon, after a strict new limit on daily cash withdrawals fuelled rumours of a money shortage in post-coup Myanmar.
Xi to open virtual Davos forum as virus-hit West struggles
AFP, Published on 25/01/2021
» PARIS: Chinese President Xi Jinping was on Monday slated to open an all-virtual World Economic Forum, with his country still appearing on track to emerge stronger from the coronavirus pandemic that continues to wreak havoc elsewhere.
US Fed holds first policy meeting of Biden administration
AFP, Published on 24/01/2021
» WASHINGTON: With a new year and a new administration in the White House, the US central bank nonetheless faces an unprecedented challenge in guiding the post-pandemic economic recovery.