India registered 78,761 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the biggest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Pacific stocks set to trade mixed; China’s August manufacturing activity data ahead
China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for August is set to be released at around 9:00 a.m. HK/SIN on Monday. ( read original story ...)
TikTok Deal Talks Slowed Over New China Rules Designed to Affect Sale
Plans to quickly finalize a deal between the Chinese parent company of TikTok and suitors for the app’s U.S. operations have been thrown off track as the parties huddled this weekend to weigh new ... ( read original story ...)
China’s domestic flights are almost back to normal
Domestic air travel in China is expected to fully recover by early September and schools reopen for classes in the autumn term as the country reins in the pandemic and normal life returns.Arrivals at ... ( read original story ...)
Cases of COVID-19 double at Georgia Tech in recent days
While many colleges across the state are not transparent with positive COVID-19 cases on campus, Georgia Tech is publicly presenting the numbers on a website. Data shows that since Monday, 339 new ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait Finance Ministry to Mull Halving $66 Billion Debt Ceiling
Kuwait’s government will study an idea to lower by half the ceiling on public debt as part of proposed amendments to a law it’s struggled to push through parliament, Finance Minister Barak Al-Sheetan ... ( read original story ...)
Lead Lebanon Negotiator for IMF and Eurobond Restructuring Quits
Lebanon’s lead negotiator for Eurobond restructuring and a key member of the government’s negotiating team with the International Monetary Fund has resigned.Talal F. Salman, a Harvard graduate who has ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s Bassil says FPM will nominate Adib as next PM
Lebanon's largest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement, will nominate the Lebanese ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib as the country's next prime minister, party leader Gebran Bassil told ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai Is in Talks With Banks for Dollar Sukuk Sale
Dubai is in talks with banks for a possible sale of Islamic bonds in dollars, people familiar with the matter said, as it seeks ways to shore up its finances.The sheikhdom last week sent a request for ... ( read original story ...)
Bank association set to work with AmCham on sustainable finance
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the implementation of the Cambodian sustainable ... ( read original story ...)