Asia Economy
Coldplay, then Taylor Swift: Concert economics are driving a tourism growth in Singapore
Taylor Swift undertaking onstage in Nashville, Tennessee. John Shearer/tas23 | Getty Pictures Entertainment | Getty Photographs Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and now Taylor Swift. Singapore is eyeing concert economics as its new development driver, which is set to increase hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism receipts. “The Lion Town has ordinarily been extra a magnet […]
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Chinese airlines can boost U.S. flights to 50 for each week, U.S. claims
Chinese passenger airways will be permitted to improve their weekly round-journey U.S. flights to 50 commencing on March 31, up from the existing 35, the U.S. Transportation Section, or USDOT, claimed on Monday, returning the current market to about just one-third of pre-pandemic degrees. China Information Company | China News Service | Getty Photographs Chinese passenger airlines will […]
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Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala ink $1 billion partnership to commit in Asia Pacific
An Emirati female paddles a canoe past skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Photos DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi sovereign prosperity fund Mubadala on Monday signed a $1 billion non-public credit score partnership to co-spend in the Asia-Pacific […]
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Chip big TSMC opens 1st Japan manufacturing facility as it diversifies away from Taiwan amid U.S.-China tensions
A general look at demonstrates the new semiconductor plant by Japan Innovative Semiconductor Producing Enterprise (JASM), a subsidiary of Taiwan’s chip large TSMC. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Visuals Taiwan Semiconductor Producing Enterprise opened its first chip plant in Japan on Saturday as it diversifies provide chains absent from Taiwan amid intensifying U.S.-China trade […]
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South Korea gives protesting health professionals end-February deadline to return to function
South Korea’s government on Monday told youthful medical professionals they had right up until the close of February to return to work or danger remaining punished for staging a week-long protest that has disrupted expert services for sufferers at several main hospitals. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Photographs South Korea’s governing administration on Monday told […]
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Electric powered air transport is set to consider off with taxis, ambulances, cargo deliveries by end of this 10 years
A design of a Wisk Aero LLC electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi in the course of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures SINGAPORE — Between displays of defense jets, passenger airliners and high-tech aviation machines at the Singapore Airshow had been electric […]
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Japan's Nikkei 225 extends rally to hit new superior, Asia marketplaces await economic knowledge
Electronic screens display gongs at the Trade Square Elaborate, which residences the Hong Kong Inventory Exchange, in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Visuals Japan’s Nikkei 225 index hit a clean report significant Monday as traders returned from a extended weekend. Somewhere else, China shares appear to […]
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A 'relatives vacation' for two: Why extra mom and dad are using journeys with one particular boy or girl at a time
Sonja Prokopec took her son on their 1st “solo” trip with each other when he was 6 decades aged. They went to Rome, and it was so unforgettable that Prokopec stated she’s now setting up their next trip this summer time. “I definitely enjoy one-on-1 time which we have when travelling by itself,” she mentioned. […]
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StanChart announces $1 billion share buyback, dividend hike as 2023 gain rises 18%
Conventional Chartered Plc lender branch in Hong Kong Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Photos Standard Chartered on Friday documented 2023 pre-tax financial gain rose 18%, in line with forecasts, and rewarded shareholders with a $1 billion share buyback and a bounce in dividend. StanChart, which earns most of its income in Asia, stated statutory pretax earnings for […]
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Experience-hailing big Get posts to start with lucrative quarter, announces $500 million share buyback
A attendee walks earlier a banner with a Seize brand ahead of a bell-ringing ceremony as Seize commences investing on the Nasdaq, in Singapore, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty Illustrations or photos SINGAPORE — Get posted its initial-at any time rewarding quarter, raking in $11 million in gain, the […]
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