When Chinese diplomat Tan Banglin defended his country’s treatment of Muslims amid an international outcry, his comments were less remarkable than where he made them. In a column last July for one of ... ( read original story ...)
Biden’s presidency leaves Turkey more isolated than ever
U.S. Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken made an unprecedented statement against Turkey on Tuesday by saying its actions as a NATO member were ... ( read original story ...)
5G: A crucial strategic direction for business
G has certainly been the most anticipated development in the last two years, with leading telecommunication companies in the Philippines announcing commercial 5G services in select areas in the ... ( read original story ...)
Is the Philippines Market Going to Make It? Delay of Tax May Not Sway Operators
A new tax break provides an incentive to stay in the Philippines, but does not erase the shadow of doubt over the Philippines market. The Argument Against. A stringent franchise t ... ( read original story ...)
Yanson son retains control of Philippines biggest bus company
Leo Rey Yanson, the youngest son of Yanson matriarch Olivia Yanson, has regained full control of the Bacolod City-based Yanson Group of Bus Companies, the largest transport fleet in the country. ( read original story ...)
Business Today honours India Inc’s Best CEOs
Business leaders have not remained unaffected. It was a trying time as their leadership skills were tested like never before. Business Today has chosen India Inc's Best CEOs rated on their past 3 ... ( read original story ...)
How an Indian horse racing dynasty became pivotal in the race to vaccinate the world
The Poonawalla group has emerged as a key vaccine player, not bad for a family business that began life as a vet’s clinic in the Sixties ... ( read original story ...)
Will Indian Buffets Survive the Pandemic?
Eating at buffets, which now seems unthinkable because of the coronavirus, was more formative for me than any bourgeois sit-down restaurant could offer. ( read original story ...)
Asia’s most wanted man – an accused drug lord dubbed the ‘El Chapo of the East’ who travelled with a guard of eight Thai kickboxers and once lost $85M at a Macau casino in one …
Asia's El Chapo,' thought to be responsible for 70 percent of all narcotics entering Australia, has been brought down in a two-year international manhunt led by Australian investigators. ( read original story ...)
Luxury resorts in the Maldives hire ‘Barefoot Booksellers’ to run their quaint island bookshops. Meet 2 women who got the gig.
A luxury resort chain in the Maldives seeks a new "Barefoot Bookseller" to run its bookshops every year. Aislinn Shivakumar and Alice Spencer both got the gig and left London behind for it. The two ... ( read original story ...)