Hong Kong’s unemployment rate was unchanged in October as the city struggles to emerge from a deep slump triggered by political unrest and the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong October Unemployment Holds at 15-Year High of 6.4%
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate was unchanged in October as the city struggles to emerge from a deep slump triggered by political unrest and the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Foxconn opens display manufacturing factory in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn has opened a factory in northern Vietnam to produce displays after one year of construction, the Vietnamese government said on Wednesday. The $26-million factory in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Foxconn opens display manufacturing factory in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn has opened a factory in northern Vietnam to produce displays after one year of construction, the Vietnamese government said on Wednesday. The $26-million factory in ... ( read original story ...)
G20 arms exports to Saudi Arabia worth three times aid to Yemen since 2015 – Oxfam
Other members of the G20 have exported more than US$17bn worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since it became involved in the conflict in Yemen in 2015 but have given only a third of that amount in aid to ... ( read original story ...)
G20 arms exports to Saudi Arabia worth three times aid to Yemen since 2015 – Oxfam
Other members of the G20 have exported more than US$17bn worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since it became involved in the conflict in Yemen in 2015 but have given only a third of that amount in aid to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finmin says not considering lowering sales tax
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Wednesday that he was not considering lowering the sales tax as a part of stimulus measures to support the economy amid the coronavirus crisis. ( read original story ...)
Japan Oct exports fall 0.2% year/year – MOF
Japan's exports fell 0.2% in October from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday. The result compared with a 4.5% decline expected by economists in a Reuters poll. It followed a ... ( read original story ...)
India Stock Rally Sputters Amid High Valuation, Virus Resurgence
Indian stocks were mixed, as investors weighed high valuations and surging coronavirus cases in some parts of the country against optimism that vaccines will soon provide an exit from the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s long run of falling exports slows as auto demand perks up
The data could encourage policymakers who are counting on external demand to shift the recovery away from government stimulus back to private sector activity. ( read original story ...)