COMPANIES are eliminating the grunt work that used to train young professionals – and they don’t seem to have a clear plan ...

BEIJING] Starbucks on Monday (Jun 9) announced price cuts for a slew of its tea-based beverages at its stores across China, ...

SHANGHAI] Hong Kong will maintain its currency peg to the US dollar, the financial hub’s leader said in an interview ...

MUMBAI/LONDON] Fashion retailer Shein and partner Reliance Retail plan to rapidly expand their Indian supplier base and start ...

CAIRO] Some 2.5 million people visit the Pyramids of Giza each year with hopes of an epic experience befitting one of the ...

TOKYO] Nomura Holdings is closing one of its four branches in China, as the Japanese securities firm scales back its wealth ...

HONG KONG] Atome, South-east Asia’s biggest buy now, pay later provider, secured a US$75 million asset-backed financing ...

LONDON] Bank of England (BOE) rate-setters risk underestimating the strength of the UK economy by placing too much faith in ...

BEIJING] Chinese exports rose less than expected last month as the worst drop in shipments to the US in more than five years ...

BEIJING] China’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as Alibaba’s Qwen have temporarily disabled ...