Max Verstappen leads a Red Bull one-two in an unrepresentative first practice session at the Turkish Grand Prix on a low-grip track. ( read original story ...)
The fugitive CEO Carlos Ghosn on how he escaped jail in Japan
Global tycoons are rarely strangers to risk, but no chief executive has made a bet as epic as the one Carlos Ghosn made last December. The former boss of the Renault-Nissan alliance did something he ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Japanese Yen Matters
When there is economic uncertainty in Asia, investors usually look to the yen to express their views. Japan pioneered the idea of zero interest rates. Now the low cost of borrowing in yen makes it an ... ( read original story ...)
Suicide claimed more Japanese lives in October than 10 months of COVID
Japan had turned the tide on suicides until the pandemic reality sunk in, now it could prove a worrying harbinger of a mental health crisis festering elsewhere. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh overlooks RCEP despite risk of competition
Bangladesh has not shown any interest in joining the world’s largest trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) primarily to safeguard its revenue generation from duties on imports ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh cleric Shafi was ‘killed’ by Jamaat, claims kin
Revealing a rift in the Hefazat-e-Islam, which terms itself as Bangladesh's largest "non-political" Islamist group, its Joint Secretary General, Mainuddin Ruhi, on Saturday said that an "illegal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon and International Chamber of Commerce adviser calls on G20 to cooperate to save SMEs amid pandemic
The International Chamber of Commerce, to which prominent Hong Kong businessman Victor Fung Kwok-king is a top adviser, has urged the Group of 20 to take urgent action to avert the risk of small and ... ( read original story ...)
UAE leads MENA region as most valuable, strongest nation brands
Abu Dhabi: The UAE lead the way as the strongest and most valuable brand in the Middle East and Africa, MENA, and ranked 18th globally at Dh2.45 trillion (US$672 billion), according to the latest ... ( read original story ...)
Speakers for SMP policy in mobile financial services
They also called to reduce the cash-out charge, fix vat to 5% which is now 15%, ensure cost free interoperability facility and enhance security for all kinds of transactions ... ( read original story ...)
‘Don’t Game Our System’: Officials Warn People About Moving to Georgia to Only Vote in Senate Runoffs
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger warned that those who plan to move to the state just for the election could be punished. ( read original story ...)