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Qatar Airways buys stake in Cathay Pacific as plane diverted
Business, Reuters, Published on 07/11/2017
» DUBAI/SINGAPORE: Qatar Airways has broadened its global reach by purchasing a 9.61% stake in Cathay Pacific Airways, adding another strategic investor to the Hong Kong carrier's complicated share register at a time when it is looking to cut costs.
Singapore home price index rises
Business, Reuters, Published on 03/10/2017
» SINGAPOREk: Singapore's private home prices rose for the first time in four years in the third quarter, marking a possible turning point for the sector, with analysts expecting clearer signs of a property market recovery in 2018.
Foreign workforce in Japan tops 1m
Business, Reuters, Published on 28/01/2017
» The number of foreign workers in Japan surpassed one million for the first time last year, as the labour-strapped country struggles to find enough Japanese workers.
Indonesia suspends cartel membership to avoid cuts
Business, Reuters, Published on 02/12/2016
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has suspended its membership of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, less than a year after rejoining the cartel, as the net oil importer said it could not agree to the group's production cuts.
Zimbabwe launches a new currency
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/11/2016
» HARARE: Zimbabwe launched a "bond notes" currency which held its value against the US dollar on Monday, despite warnings that it could cause hyperinflation and suggestions it could bring down President Robert Mugabe.
Chinese-Russian JV to develop jumbo jet
Business, Reuters, Published on 03/11/2016
» ZHUHAI, China: China and Russia yesterday offered a glimpse of a grand plan to jointly make a jumbo jet to rival giants Boeing Co and Airbus Group SE, showing a model of the unnamed plane to be developed by a joint venture that will start work this year.
Japan's food export engine fires up
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/10/2016
» TOKYO: Japan's export engine built around cars and electronics has stalled, but the future could be using the country's gourmet culture to cast itself as a purveyor of high-quality food.
Chinese group buys 25% stake in Hilton
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/10/2016
» China's aviation and shipping giant HNA Group Co Ltd extended its push into hotels and Chinese tourism on Monday, paying $6.5 billion to buy a 25% stake in Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc from biggest shareholder Blackstone Group LP.
Small firms dying out as successors hard to find
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/10/2016
» TOKYO: Japan's small firms, many of which are "mom-and-pop" operations, are dying out as their ageing owners struggle to find successors, in another sign that the fast-ageing population is taking its toll on the world's third-largest economy.
Yuan ascends to reserve status
Business, Reuters, Published on 01/10/2016
» China's yuan will formally join the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound as a global reserve currency today, in a key milestone in the country's long campaign to boost its clout on the global stage.