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Grammy preview: Jay-Z vs Trump
AFP, Published on 29/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Jay-Z, leading nominations for the Sunday Grammy Awards (Monday morning Thailand time), was feted Saturday by music industry heavyweights -- and, in between, was taken to task by the president of the United States.
Ivanka and North Korean general to attend Olympic closing
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» SEOUL - US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka will come face-to-face with a top North Korean general at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony in the South this weekend, it emerged Thursday.
Murdoch's 21st Century Fox buys Sky for $14.8bn
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox on Thursday sealed a $14.8-billion (14-billion-euro) cash deal to take control of pan-European pay-TV giant Sky and create a global entertainment titan.
Chinese travel site Ctrip buys Skyscanner for $1.7bn
AFP, Published on 24/11/2016
» SHANGHAI - China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip will buy British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion, the companies said, as it steps up its overseas ambitions.
Global art sales suffer sharp fall
Business, AFP, Published on 05/10/2016
» Paris: Global contemporary art sales slowed by a quarter in the year to July 2016 as demand in China dried up, according to online art price database Artprice.
Asia stocks mixed on patchy US economic data
AFP, Published on 06/08/2015
» HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday, as gains on Wall Street drove trading in Tokyo but patchy US economic data fed wider uncertainty in the region.
Tax incentives lure filmmakers to Hungary
Business, AFP, Published on 29/12/2016
» Budapest: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Hugh Jackman. Spotting hunky Hollywood actors is no big deal any more in Budapest, now one of Europe's top hubs for foreign film productions thanks to attractive tax breaks and cutting-edge facilities.
KFC's secret recipe might not be so secret anymore
Business, AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» Is the secret KFC recipe a secret no more? KFC heavily publicises its secret recipe, insisting it's kept safely in a vault and transported in an armored truck.
Gold demand jumps 15% in Q2 amid global turmoil
Business, AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» London: Demand for gold soared in the second quarter as investors sheltered from global turmoil including Brexit, the World Gold Council said yesterday.
Yuan devaluation boosts Chinese shares
AFP, Published on 11/08/2015
» HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Shanghai and Hong Kong boosted by news China's central bank is devaluing its currency while other regional markets fell.