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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.
Virus breaks down social barriers in Singapore
Oped, Shin Lin, Published on 26/06/2020
» On any other day, 20-year-old Singaporean student Caris Ng and Abdul Kader, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi construction worker, would have almost zero chances of crossing paths. But in the nearly two months of Singapore's "circuit-breaker" lockdown until June, the pair has been coming together through social media, and finding much to bond over common interests in food and music.
A snapshot of life in self-quarantine
News, Shin Lin, Published on 07/03/2020
» The Covid-19 outbreak appears to have passed its peak in China, more than two months after it took over global headlines. However, life remains far from normal in the Chinese capital Beijing, as Shin Lin of Reporting Asean tells us in these thoughts scribbled during her time in self-quarantine.
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?