Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc and apparel group Onward Holdings Co plan to tie up in custom-made clothing to help each other survive a sales slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan ensuring fast completion of FATF action plan: Hafeez
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that Pakistan as a responsible member of international community continues to ensure the earliest completion of ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan likely to ease regulatory curbs to boost economy
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday approved, in principle, a set of recommendations to tap the potential of neglected sectors of the economy by lowering regulatory restrictions and digitising the ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan to Ensure Early Completion of FATF Action Plan: PM’s Finance Adviser
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that Pakistan, as a responsible ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Gets Zero Fee Trading in Blow to Struggling Brokers
Less than a year since Charles Schwab Corp. reshaped the U.S. discount broker industry with zero-fee trading, a Hong Kong firm is following suit in a move set to deepen the pain for the city’s many ... ( read original story ...)
States that raced to reopen let businesses write their own rules
Five days after Georgia’s stay-at-home order expired, setting gyms, restaurants, hair and nail salons and other businesses on a quick course to reopen, a lobbyist for the state’s chamber of ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia couple open their dream bagel shop during pandemic
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) - Gary Trentacosta has dreamt of opening up his ... “He came to me and he said, ‘What do you think about if we just do it now? Just open the bagel business now because this is what I ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon, already bankrupt, contends with pandemic’s rising threat
Lebanon recorded its highest one-day tally of new coronavirus cases Friday, after easing extended lockdowns. The country, already in economic freefall and suffering under a paralyzed, corrupt and ... ( read original story ...)
China Tightens Its Grip on Central Asia
The Silk Roads evoke a sense of something soft and pleasant, but the rock hard truth is that China is winning,” Royal Holloway Scholar Gul Berna Ozcan said. “At its core, the Belt and Road is a nicely ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s $410mln stimulus package to help SMEs, ease doing business
Worth 1.5 billion dirhams ($410 million), the new package, revealed by Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, raises the value of business incentives introduced by ... ( read original story ...)