Indian digital payments firm Paytm on Friday said its mobile app was back on Google's android store after the U.S. tech giant kept it offline for several hours, citing the SoftBank-backed company's ... ( read original story ...)
India wants Asian Development Bank to step up lending, private sector operations
Keeping in view the need for a 'Global Development' approach and the long-term perspective of addressing remaining poverty, she said, ADB should expand its quantum and size of lending. ( read original story ...)
Cyprus: Only handful of tourists showed COVID-19 symptoms
Cyprus is trying to salvage a dismal tourist season by touting that only five of the roughly 200,000 tourists that have spent their holidays on east ... ( read original story ...)
‘American firms playing key role in Qatar’s major projects’ – US Chamber execs
Choksy said Microsoft and CDM Smith recently joined the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-Qatar Business Programme, which is chaired by ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobile. “Microsoft is playing a big role in ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia expands the list of persons involved in microbusinesses
Armenia's National Assembly has adopted today in the first reading a set of amendments to the Tax Code, which expand the list of individuals, who are regarded to be engaged in microbusiness. ... ( read original story ...)
Hiring an Amazon Virtual Assistant Is Essential to Propel Online Business, Agency VAA Philippines Says
VAA Philippines, a virtual assistant agency, specializes in matching trained Amazon virtual assistants with Amazon sellers looking to scale up their businesses. The company advises sellers that hiring ... ( read original story ...)
UBS Group Plans to Boost Asset Management Business in China
UBS Group AG UBS is mulling to use the new relaxed regulations in China to its advantage by strengthening its asset management business. The news was reported by Bloomberg. Chinas ... ( read original story ...)
In Azerbaijan, A Leader Of Aliyev’s Old Guard Lashes Out. Is It Just His ‘Last Role’ For The Regime?
A key figure in President Ilham Aliyev's dynastic rise and an influential hard-liner for decades, Ramiz Mehdiyev is using a state website to criticize the Azerbaijani leader's new inner circle. But ... ( read original story ...)
How Joe Biden might handle a showdown with North Korea
No matter who wins the next US presidential election, they will be stuck with the same old predicament, two experts on US-North Korean relations said. ( read original story ...)
Take Two: When Kim Jong-il Raised North Korea’s World Cinema Profile By Kidnapping Two South Korean Stars
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was once in charge of propaganda films for his country, and he decided to recruit some A-list talent the easy way: by abducting them. ( read original story ...)