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Bitcoin falls 20% from peak to 1-week low
Reuters, Published on 20/12/2017
» TOKYO: Bitcoin fell more than 10% on Wednesday to a one-week low of $15,800 at cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, losing almost one-fifth of its value from a peak hit just three days ago.
As energy markets evolve, blockchain powers up
Business, Reuters, Published on 23/12/2017
» Energy startups have been using blockchain to power electricity sharing in microgrid trials from Texas to Tasmania for a year or so.
Revival of supersonic travel faces headwinds
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» Supersonic passenger travel, which died out with the Concorde's demise in 2003, will make a comeback by the mid-2020s if three US entrepreneurial companies can make jets quiet and efficient enough to win over buyers and fliers.
Ariya's 18th-hole birdie wins Florida tournament
Reuters, Published on 20/11/2017
» NAPLES, Florida: Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to capture the CME Group Tour Championship by one shot on Sunday.
Lack of smarts curbs 'made in India' phone ambition
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2017
» NEW DELHI: India's ambitions to become a smartphone-making powerhouse are foundering over a lack of skilled labour and part suppliers along with a complex tax regime, industry executives say.
Lazada's logistics battle to win Southeast Asia
Reuters, Published on 29/09/2017
» SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia is on the verge of a logistics "boom" thanks to e-commerce, but will require huge investment in cities and last-mile networks to cope, says Pierre Poignant, the man behind the systems that keep Alibaba-owned Lazada moving.
AIA new business climbs 20%
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2017
» AIA Group Ltd, the world's third-largest life insurer by market value, clocked a 20% increase in new business in the third quarter, aided by strong sales in its main markets of China and Hong Kong.
Soccer: Australia’s World Cup fate in Thai hands
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2017
» HONG KONG -- Seven Asian nations will discover their World Cup fate on Tuesday as the race to Russia 2018 draws to a climax.
Evian Championship round cancelled by bad weather
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France: The final women's golf major of the year has been reduced to a 54-hole tournament after "significant" rain, strong winds and wet course conditions forced the cancellation of the first round on Thursday.
Nestle goes exotic with Blue Bottle
Business, Reuters, Published on 16/09/2017
» Nestle has bought a majority stake in California-based Blue Bottle Coffee, marking a first step by the packaged coffee leader into the hipster world of speciality bars that serve high-end, single-origin and cold brewed coffees.