Spokesmen from the Participation Banks Association of Turkey (TKBB) and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) gathered to talk about chances for collaboration in the field of participation finance. ( read original story ...)
Greta Thunberg joins Asian charge against Vietnam coal plant
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has lent her support to young climate protesters in Japan, South Korea and Vietnam to oppose the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power plant project in Vietnam. ( read original story ...)
Philippines remains a starter in digital transformation
THE Philippines ranked 59th out of 79 countries in the 2020 Global Connectivity Index (GCI) report by Chinese technology firm Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd., suggesting that the country remains a ... ( read original story ...)
How Bangladesh can ensure a successful Covid-19 inoculation programme
The country is facing a new challenge in the form of successful sourcing and rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme ... ( read original story ...)
Will the finance minister address the issue of rising inequality in India?
A report by World Inequality Slab, released in November, tells us that between 1980 and 2019, the top 10% of the rich in India increased from 30% to 56%. The income of the top 11 billionaires of the ... ( read original story ...)
Uptick in Qatar’s real estate demand on more market opportunities, says KPMG
Qatar is seeing an uptick in real estate demand in view of the lifting of blockade, positive regulatory changes, possibility of organised real estate concepts such as REITs, KPMG has said in a report. ( read original story ...)
Israel’s Tech Envoys Identify Challenges and Opportunities of the Post-Covid World
Packard tablet computer. As American and Israeli schools shift from textbooks to tablets, entrepreneurs from the “startup nation” are ... ( read original story ...)
‘Abrahamic’ conference in Dubai aims to further UAE-Israel business dialogue
Prominent business leaders converged in Dubai on Thursday at a conference aimed at building UAE-Israel relations, held under the patronage of Dubai royal Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum. The event was hosted ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi’s Sabic expects business performance to be positive in Q1
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic), the world’s fourth-biggest petrochemicals firm, expects business performance to be positive in the first quarter of 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Thai stock exchange ‘vulnerable to speculative machinations’
The GameStop share drama that has rocked Wall Street could happen in the Thai stock market too, due to globalisation of data and the IT revolution, an economist has warned. ( read original story ...)