The Wall Street bank will pay $2.5 billion to the government of Malaysia for its role in the alleged theft of billions of dollars from a government investment fund, and guarantee the recovery of $1.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy Rain Continues in Flood-Hit South Korea
Heavy rain continued in central South Korea on Monday, August 3, causing flooding to persist, and damaging homes, triggering landslides and forcing road closures, the Yonhap news agency reported. This ... ( read original story ...)
India’s international development assistance programmes need revisiting
Development cooperation has clearly become a significant aspect of Indian foreign policy discourse and strategic thinking. In the last two decades, lines of credits worth more than $25 billion have be ... ( read original story ...)
India: COVID-19 lockdown reveals financial, job fault lines in Kerala
People fight on Kochi streets for food kits after shops closed for few days Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s remittance-driven economy that has taken a severe beating since the coronavirus outbreak is now ... ( read original story ...)
China Life sweeps seven accolades at Institutional Investors’ 2020 All-Asia Executive Team rankings
China Life Insurance Company Limited ("China Life" or the "Company") (SSE: 601628; SEHK: 2628; NYSE: LFC) is pleased to announce that the Company has won seven awards from Institutional Investor's ... ( read original story ...)
HK should ease Macau and Mainland travel arrangements – Finance Secretary
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan indicated that the SAR should consider allowing residents who have tested negative for the coronavirus to travel to Mainland China and Macau in reciprocal arr ... ( read original story ...)
Business Reporter: How a park in the sky is giving Hong Kong a reason to look up when it comes to sustainable living
In a video for Business Reporter, Ellie Tang describes how New World Development's new Nature Discovery Park – Hong Kong's first urban biodiversity museum and sustainability-themed education park, at ... ( read original story ...)
Russia scraps plans to avoid double taxation with Cyprus: ministry
Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Monday it was scrapping a proposal to avoid double taxation with Cyprus. The Mediterranean island has been an important destination for Russian business people ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain business set to go online
The event was organised by the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) Bahrain Country Office in co-operation with the Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organisation. Statistics released by the ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain’s economy set for return of foreign workers as hiring resumes
Bahrain's private sector employers will be able to resume hiring foreign workers in August as the kingdom looks to restart economic activity after the Covid-19 pandemic led to the temporary suspension ... ( read original story ...)