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EV Makers' Next Headache: Scarce Battery Chemicals, Made in China
Business, Jacky Wong, Published on 24/01/2022
» Last year was the year of electric vehicles -- global sales are likely to have hit a record, in turn pushing up battery demand. Now too much of a good thing is causing problems: Many key battery materials, including but not limited to processed lithium itself, are in short supply and prices are rising sharply.
China Increasingly Obscures True State of Its Economy to Outsiders
Business, Liza Lin & Chun Han Wong, Published on 08/12/2021
» China's Communist Party has long maintained tight control over information, and the effort has intensified under leader Xi Jinping. The country has become increasingly opaque over the past year, even as its presence on the world stage grows.
China Wants to Be the World's EV Factory. It May Succeed.
Business, Jacky Wong, Published on 26/10/2020
» China may be the world's factory, but it has never been a big exporter of automobiles. It hopes to change that with electric vehicles.
German Industrial Firms Plan to Build Private 5G Networks
Business, Catherine Stupp, Published on 09/04/2020
» German car manufacturers, chemical companies and other industrial firms are taking steps toward creating their own private 5G networks, leapfrogging Germany's telecommunications carriers, which haven't yet deployed the superfast networks for widespread commercial use.
Trump Calls for New $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Business, Catherine Lucey & Andrew Duehren, Published on 02/04/2020
» President Trump on Tuesday said a significant investment in infrastructure should be part of a fourth congressional coronavirus relief package, citing an opportunity in low interest rates.
EU Cyber Chief Urges Corporate Boards to Vet 5G Providers
Business, Catherine Stupp, Published on 08/02/2020
» Corporate boards in the European Union face responsibility for vetting their companies' 5G operators, using the bloc's recent guidance on high-risk suppliers, according to the EU's top cybersecurity official.
As Virus Spreads, Isolated Taiwan Risks Being a Loophole in War on Epidemics
Business, Jonathan Cheng & Chun Han Wong, Published on 23/01/2020
» Taiwan's first reported case of a patient infected by a deadly coronavirus spreading across Asia turns a spotlight on Beijing's attempts to exclude the self-governing island from the World Health Organization, which Taiwanese officials say hinders an effective global response to public-health crises.
Music to marketers' ears
Business, Joanna Wong, Published on 10/12/2018
» Today's consumers are constantly bombarded with messages from every platform available on a daily basis. However, as marketers, we need to ask how effective these messages are.
Agility key to winning financial services
Business, By Damien Wong, Published on 12/06/2018
» In this digital age, personal banking has been redefined and the playing field has expanded. Traditional banking services such as payments, money transfers, remittances and even personal loans are now available through mobile banking services, peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, QR codes and other financial technology innovations.