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J&J Split Plan Reflects Change in the Healthcare Industry
Business, Jonathan D. Rockoff & Peter Loftus, Published on 15/11/2021
» Johnson & Johnson plans to break up into two companies, splitting off the $15-billion-a-year division that sells Band-Aid bandages, Tylenol medicines and Johnson's Baby Powder in a shift indicating just how much healthcare has changed since the company helped pioneer the industry.
China Envisions Its Digital-Currency Future, With Lotteries and a Year's Worth of Laundry
Business, Jonathan Cheng, Published on 29/12/2020
» The People's Bank of China on Sunday concluded its second digital-currency pilot program, as the central bank moves closer to a formal rollout that would make China the first major world economy to introduce such a system.
Could the 'next normal' emerge from Asia?
Asia focus, Oliver Tonby and Jonathan Woetzel, Published on 20/04/2020
» It is now clear that Covid-19 has presented the global economy with an unprecedented challenge. Efforts to control the virus through lockdowns are likely to lead to the largest decline in economic activity since the Great Depression in the United States and Europe. And while safeguarding human lives is imperative, the toll on human livelihoods will also undoubtedly be significant.
Safe and sane at home
Business, Jonathan Knudsen, Published on 08/04/2020
» Many of us are abruptly and unexpectedly working from home, juggling the demands of a job and family, many of whom are also unexpectedly home.
China's Businesses Struggle to Resume Work
Business, Stu Woo & James T. Areddy, Published on 12/02/2020
» Business was slow to restart in China, even after some local governments stopped calling for people to stay away from the workplace during a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1000 people in the country and dented economic growth.
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.
Chinese Inflation at Eight-Year High Poses a Policy Dilemma
Business, James T. Areddy, Published on 10/01/2020
» Devastation in China's pork industry pushed consumer-price inflation to an eight-year high in 2019, complicating decisions for policy makers looking to boost a cooling economy.
March drop in palm oil forecast
Business, Emily Chow, Published on 29/09/2019
» Benchmark palm oil prices may rise to 2,500 ringgit ($597) a tonne by March 2020, according to forecasts by industry analyst Dorab Mistry, as dry weather across Southeast Asia limits output of the edible oil.
Despite trade tensions, China won't turn inward
Asia focus, Jeongmin Seong and Jonathan Woetzel in Shanghai, Published on 07/01/2019
» On the face of it, China and the United States both look as though they would be relatively insulated if trade tensions continue to escalate. China's exports to the US account for only 4% of its gross domestic product (GDP), and its imports from the US amount to just 1% of GDP.
Safeguarding Women's Welfare: Legal entitlements of female employees in Thailand
Pimvimol (June) Vipamaneerut & Jonathan Khaw, Published on 01/10/2018
» Women are very well represented in the Thai labour force, and benefit from certain protective measures, under Thai law. It is imperative to ensure that female employees in Thailand are aware of their legal rights, and privileges to enable them to address any issues of concern that may arise in the workplace.