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Lab meat slow to catch on in Singapore
Business, Chen Lin of Reuters, Published on 07/03/2023
» SINGAPORE: Huber's Butchery in Singapore's lush Dempsey Hill is the only restaurant in the world selling lab-grown meat, but the supply is so limited there are just six servings -- cultivated chicken in a salad or on kebab sticks -- only on Thursdays.
Myanmar suspends foreign loan repayments amid dollar crunch
Khine Lin Kyaw of Bloomberg News, Published on 15/07/2022
» YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.
Myanmar junta plans digital lottery to shore up state revenue
Khine Lin Kvaw of Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2022
» Myanmar’s military regime plans to start an online lottery in the next two months as it hunts for new revenue streams to offset a slump in tax collections from an economy battered by the pandemic and the exit of foreign companies following the coup.
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.
Santa Claus Is Coming -- But He'll Skip Some Stores in U.S.
Business, Justin Lahart & Jinjoo Lee, Published on 25/10/2021
» 'It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags."
Asia's climate optimism
Asia focus, Christine Loh, Pamela Mar, Peter Seligmann and Lin Xu in Hong Kong, Published on 22/02/2021
» Optimism is in the air in Asia, where the new Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has brightened prospects for a post-pandemic recovery and a revival of multilateralism. Even more promising, there is growing regional agreement on the need to address climate change.
Franklin Resources to Buy Legg Mason for $4.5 Billion
Business, Justin Baer & Cara Lombardo, Published on 20/02/2020
» Franklin Resources Inc. agreed to buy rival asset manager Legg Mason Inc. for $4.5 billion in cash, a deal that could help two big players in an industry that is under pressure from shifting investor tastes.
China Marshals Its Surveillance Powers Against Coronavirus
Business, Liza Lin, Published on 06/02/2020
» In January, a person infected with the dangerous new Wuhan coronavirus used public transportation to crisscross the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, potentially exposing those along the way to the highly contagious pathogen.
Saudi Prince Courted Amazon's Bezos Before Bitter Split
Business, Justin Scheck, Bradley Hope & Summer Said, Published on 28/01/2020
» Through much of 2018, Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and tech-savvy Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seemed to be hitting it off.
China's Burgeoning EdTech Industry: Will it disrupt corporate HR?
Ronald J. Kantor & Justin Paul, Published on 22/04/2019
» In the HR space, tech advancements have been promising to disrupt the field since cloud-based systems took off in the 1990's. We've seen enough disruption in other fields like hospitality, transportation, and finance, to believe that a major transformation is possible. However, in the average organisation only a few developments in areas like applicant CV screening, digital learning, and cloud HRIS are present. So, what's next for HR and should we brace for imminent and radical disruption?