China announced details of a long-anticipated pilot scheme on Monday linking up investment of wealth management products in Hong Kong and Macau with neighbouring cities, to further integrate the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s No. 2 Bank to Open Branches in Paris and Abu Dhabi
(Bloomberg) -- The securities arm of Japan’s second-biggest bank is pressing ahead with its expansion abroad, unswayed by the coronavirus-fueled recession and a retrenchment by larger global ... ( read original story ...)
Former High School Dropout Becomes Billionaire As Japan’s Internet Usage Soars
Masatoshi Kumagai, the 56-year-old founder and chairman of Tokyo-based GMO Internet, saw his fortune cross the $1 billionaire mark as shares of his company soared 50% due to an increase in internet ... ( read original story ...)
SAP India Unveils Initiative to Make MSMEs Globally Competitive
The programme is aimed at driving greater efficiencies of MSMEs by adopting three initiatives -- gaining access to global marketplace, digitally skilling workforce and digitally transforming ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Allies Capture China Tech Business Despite Washington’s Curbs
The U.S. is making it tougher for American companies to help Beijing roll out superfast 5G cellular networks, but companies in Japan are fueling China’s leap ahead—and making money doing it. ( read original story ...)
It’s Hard to Be the Next China, Not Impossible
While a rapidly deteriorating relationship with Beijing impels Washington to draw the only other billion-plus-people country deeper into America’s embrace, massive unemployment in an election year ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s economy has held up ‘extremely well’ despite the coronavirus, says economist
Taiwan's economy has held up better than most Asian countries, thanks in part to how well it handled the coronavirus outbreak, said an economist from research house Capital Economics. ( read original story ...)
Panda Gifted By China Gives Birth To Second Cub In Taiwan
A giant panda gifted by China to Taiwan has given birth to a second female cub after being artificially inseminated, Taipei Zoo announced Monday. Yuan Yuan and her partner Tuan Tuan have been top ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s real GDP to contract by roughly 2% on annual average from virus impact: EIU
Taiwan's export-reliant economy is still hurting from the coronavirus pandemic's impact on trade and tourism, says Nick Marro of the Economist Intelligence Unit, who also discusses how it has been ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei extends Covid-19 zero streak; locals returning home all tested negative
All individuals who recently returned from the United Kingdom (UK) have tested negative for Covid-19, extending the zero-new-case streak and keeping the national tally of confirmed cases at 141. ( read original story ...)