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 ...)
Cyprus Rocked By Sexual Assault Claims Of Olympic Shooter
Cyprus has been shaken by a historical sexual assault scandal after Cypriot Olympic shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave the name of her alleged aggressor to police. Allegations of this nature are rare in ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: 51 employees infected in Bahrain firm
Fifty-one employees have contracted COVID-19 at a company in Bahrain for failing to apply measures against the highly infectious disease, the kingdom’s health authorities have said. An inspection ... ( read original story ...)
Pressure to Raise Spending Clear in Georgia Budget Talks
Georgia lawmakers are racing to revise the current year’s budget, aiming to produce a reworked spending plan as early as next week. ( read original story ...)