SINGAPORE: Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew 6 per cent in July from a year ago, beating expectations and bolstered by shipments of non-monetary gold, specialised machinery, pharmaceuticals and electronics. The latest data from Enterprise Singapore on Monday (Aug 17) is a drop from June’s revised 13.9 per cent increase, […]
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KOTA TINGGI: Budget hotel operators have been urged to find more creative ways to encourage tourists to return.Making the call, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said industry players she met in Langkawi recently admitted that they are still feeling the impact of the movement control order […]
SINGAPORE: A trio of investors including local entrepreneurs Nelson Loh and Terence Loh say they are at an “advanced stage of negotiation” for the purchase of English Premier League club Newcastle United. In response to queries from CNA, the Bellagraph Nova group, which was co-founded by Mr Nelson Loh, Mr […]
FRANKFURT: German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID-19, its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday (Aug 16). The company said on Friday that it expects to put its vaccine on the market by mid-2021. Obtaining speedy approval […]
BUENOS AIRES: The Argentine government formalised its amended bond restructuring offer on Saturday night (Aug 15), confirming in a presidential decree that it would submit the new deal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The decree outlined how the government had approved a second round of amendments […]
CARY, North Carolina: Fortnite maker Epic Games has launched the most significant effort yet to advance the legal theory that Apple’s iPhone ecosystem has become so “sticky” that it is a distinct software market over which Apple exercises monopoly power. On Thursday (Aug 13) Epic filed a lawsuit in federal […]
LOS ANGELES: United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mail-in ballots from the U.S. Postal Service, which is warning states of potentially “significant” delays. “State ballots must be postmarked to be considered valid and only the USPS has lawful […]
NEW YORK/BENGALURU: A YouTube alert interrupted Jack Erricker’s schoolwork on Friday morning as he and kids all over the world woke up to the news that their favorite game, Fortnite, had been taken down from Apple’s Store and Google Play store. “It’s basically the only game I play,” said Erricker, […]
About 5,500 Canada Revenue Agency accounts were targeted in this and another attack, the authorities said. TORONTO: Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said yesterday. The attacks targeted the GCKey service, used by some 30 federal departments and […]
Trump has been piling pressure on Chinese-owned companies, such as by vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United States. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok. Asked at a […]