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'Era of mass closures': the Japan businesses without successors
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» YACHIMATA (JAPAN): Kiyoshi Hashimoto's machinery factory outside Tokyo should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it's so quiet you can hear him practising the recorder.
Test drive: Bull unleashed
Life, Jedd Sreshthaputra, Published on 26/06/2023
» Lamborghini is celebrating its 60th Anniversary with the Huracán Sterrato, an all-terrain super sports car powered by a V10 engine and all-wheel drive, which made its regional premiere in Bali, Indonesia.
Understated standout
Life, Jedd Sreshthaputra, Published on 29/11/2021
» BMW recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of M Performance with the "M Town" track driving experience at the Kaeng Krachan Circuit featuring the 387hp M340i xDrive.
Ericsson Emerges as 5G Leader After U.S. Bruises Huawei
Business, Stu Woo, Published on 04/06/2020
» The Trump administration's increasingly aggressive effort to cripple China's Huawei Technologies Co. has presented Ericsson AB the opportunity to lead the rollout of 5G technology around the world.
China to lower import tariffs from January
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» BEIJING: Beijing will lower import tariffs on more than 850 products including frozen pork from next month, the finance ministry said Monday, as authorities battle a severe shortage of the meat staple.
Digitising the baht is just a start
Business, Jirayut Srupsrisopa, Published on 19/01/2019
» When the Bank of Thailand initiated "Project Inthanon" back in August 2018, it was the talk of the town. One proposal in particular caught everyone's attention: digitisation of the baht, or the creation of a state-owned cryptocurrency called wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Asia Focus Team, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
Lion Air must improve safety culture, says crash report
AFP, Published on 28/11/2018
» JAKARTA: Lion Air must improve its safety culture and better document repair work on its planes, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, in preliminary findings into last month's crash that killed all 189 people on board.
Questions for Boeing after Lion Air deadly crash
AFP, Published on 15/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: Questions swirled on Wednesday about how Boeing had failed to tell airlines and pilots about changes to an anti-stall system suspected in last month's fatal crash in Indonesia.
Questions mount about Lion Air safety checks
The Associated Press, Published on 02/11/2018
» JAKARTA: New details about the crashed Lion Air jet’s previous flight cast more doubt on the Indonesian airline’s claim to have fixed technical problems, as the sea search continued on Friday for victims and the plane’s fuselage.