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The Reserve Bank of India kept its repo rate unchanged at 6.25 percent as it guards against any potential flare-up in inflation. » Read More
By: Cannix Yau
Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and other Hong Kong transport firms are seeking to enter the city's premium taxi market, the SCMP reports. » Read More |
Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Apple, alleging it used a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens. » Read More |
By: Sophia Yan
Chinese propaganda is out in full force as President Xi Jinping is about to meet American counterpart Donald Trump face-to-face for the first time. » Read More |
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Chinese officials were initially hesitant when word came that Trump wanted to meet President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday it had completed enrolment for a 20,000-subject dengue vaccine trial.
The Japanese firm is trying to draw a line under the travails of a business that has cost it billions of dollars.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi may say little publicly about North Korea, but China has leverage to exert pressure on Pyongyang.
The states being considered are Nuevo Leon in northern Mexico and the central state of San Luis Potosi.
China's new special economic zone on the outskirts of Beijing will require an extra 12 to 14 million metric tons of the commodity a year, Citi said.
Record earnings at Samsung's chip division are set to propel the tech giant's first-quarter profit to a three-and-a-half-year high.
U.S. regulators have given tentative approval to a Chinese conglomerate's proposed $43 billion acquisition of Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta.
Pyongyang's latest display of nuclear aggression on Tuesday elicited a brusque, three-sentence statement from the State Department.
Singapore’s economy may be perking up, but the central bank isn’t likely to turn hawkish at this month’s policy review, analysts said.
The deployment of THAAD in South Korea could force China to act on North Korea, according to former CIA Director Michael Hayden.
The gig economy is putting a strain on the country's much-admired system of retirement savings.
For Sigma Pharmaceuticals the secret to breaking into the Chinese market has been mobile technology.
China, the world's biggest coking coal importer, is scrambling to cover Australian supply disruptions.
China has been angling to position itself positively ahead of Trump and Xi's meeting this week.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday from its east coast into the sea off the Peninsula, South Korea's military said.
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Wall Street was alarmed by House Speaker Paul Ryan's comments that tax reform could take a while, noted Uwe Parpart from Capital Link International.
North Korean belligerence and trade issues will be discussed at President Trump and President Xi's first meeting. Sophia Yan reports.
