China property: rising home sales bode well for sector reeling for last 4 years
Mainland Chinese developers’ hopes for a better start to the new year received a boost as home sales picked up towards the end of...
Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist for The Osmonds, dead at 73
Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as...
China Prints a Crazy $3 Trillion, Fails to Boost Economy; Black Swans and Grey Rhinos Loom
This year, the CCP has printed at least 20 trillion yuan, primarily to support local governments and state-owned enterprises, with little benefit to consumer...
Alibaba set on growth path after divesting bricks-and-mortar retailing assets: analysts
Alibaba Group Holding surprised investors a few years ago when the e-commerce giant’s employee headcount surged to 252,084 at the end of December 2020,...
Rosita Missoni, matriarch of Italian fashion house famous for zigzag knitwear, dead at 93
Published: 6:34am, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 10:39am, 3 Jan 2025 Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colourful zigzag-patterned knitwear...
South Korea troops confront investigators trying to arrest Yoon Suk-yeol
Published: 6:08am, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 8:39am, 3 Jan 2025 South Korean investigators seeking to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol have been blocked by a...
What happened when mainland China recruited Taiwanese for governance
Fujian province has become a test bed for mainland China’s push for economic, social and political integration with Taiwan. In this story – the...
Asia’s embrace of refurbished smartphones is a trend to dial into in 2025
After two moribund years, the global smartphone market recovered in 2024, with new shipments forecast to rebound strongly by over 6 per cent. But...
US appeal court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net neutrality rules
A US appeal court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules. Advertisement The...