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Trump signs order to ease cannabis limits in industry win
Bloomberg, Published on 19/12/2025
» President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing his administration to move cannabis into a less restrictive federal category, setting in motion a regulatory shift that could alter the legal and commercial landscape for the drug nationwide.
Bumper Bitcoin year forecast
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/01/2025
» Last year Bitcoin received a significant boost, starting with the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that began trading in January and a halving in April that limited supply of the world's most popular cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin even more buoyant
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/12/2024
» Bitcoin topped US$100,000 for the first time on Dec 5, jumping drastically from roughly $69,000 the day before the US presidential election about a month earlier.
Asia-Pacific companies lagging on ESG
Business, Sirinnaree Ongsakul, Published on 21/04/2023
» Less than 30% of companies in Asia-Pacific incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their goals and key performance indicators, even though more than half of them claim the issue is critical to their long-term success, according to a recent survey.
China ramping up bailout loans to 'Belt and Road' countries
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» LONDON: China has handed out US$240 billion worth of bailout loans to 22 developing countries at risk of default over the past two decades, with the trend accelerating in recent years, a report said Tuesday.
UK 'jobs miracle' turns into employers' nightmare
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» KESWICK: Job vacancies seem to come ten-a-penny in Keswick, a tourist town in England's picturesque Lake District, as the hospitality sector cries out for staff -- shortages which are a direct result, critics say, of the coronavirus pandemic and of Brexit.
Head of Vietnam stock exchange sacked
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 21/05/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam has fired the head of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, the government said on Saturday, as the country intensifies a long-running crackdown on officials it accuses of graft.
Vietnam sacks head of main stock exchange
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam has fired general director of its main Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the government said on Saturday, as the country intensifies a long-running crackdown on officials it accuses of graft.
Third launch attempt for Boeing's beleaguered Starliner spacecraft
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: American aerospace giant Boeing is making a third attempt to reach the International Space Station Thursday in a critical uncrewed test flight for its Starliner capsule, which has been beset by numerous failures and false starts.
World’s longest passenger flight plans to avoid Russian skies
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/03/2022
» Cathay Pacific Airways plans to reroute its New York-Hong Kong service to avoid Russian airspace, in what would be the world’s longest commercial passenger flight by distance. It will take about 17 hours.