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US regulators target Activision Blizzard workplace
Sep 20, 2021 (AFP)
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking information from the company, executives and former employees. The SEC "is conducting an investigation concern...
Iran looks east after China-led bloc OKs entry
Sep 18, 2021 (AFP)
Conservative and reformist newspapers showed rare unity in welcoming the outcome of a conference in Dushanbe on Friday at which members of the Shanghai Cooperat...
IMF chief denies altering World Bank report to appease China
Sep 17, 2021 (AFP)
Based on the findings, the World Bank announced it was immediately discontinuing its Doing Business report after the investigation found irregularities in the 2...
Allegations of favoring China could erode confidence in IMF chief
Sep 17, 2021 (AFP)
The situation also could present a challenge to Democratic US President Joe Biden's administration, since it gives fodder to Republicans dubious of, if not outr...
Asian markets mostly rise at end of a tough week
Sep 17, 2021 (AFP)
The gains came despite another tepid lead from Wall Street, which was pulled between better-than-expected US retails sales and an above-forecast reading on jobl...
China applies to join trans-Pacific free-trade pact
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
Signed by 11 Asia-Pacific countries in 2018, the partnership is the region's biggest free-trade pact and accounts for around 13.5 percent of the global economy....
Asian traders struggle to emulate Wall St after sell-off
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
A strong performance on Wall Street was not enough to spur buying in the region, where concerns about the spreading Delta coronavirus variant and its impact on ...
China's embattled Evergrande tries to pay bills with parking spots
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
The troubled property titan has warned it may not be able to service its colossal debts of more than $300 billion, seeding panic among property buyers, bond hol...
Evergrande endgame: What next for the property giant?
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
The group has hired experts including Houlihan Lokey -- which advised on the restructuring of Lehman Brothers -- as it tries to avoid a collapse that could have...
The rise and demise of Chinese property firm Evergrande
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
Here is a timeline of Evergrande's rise to one of China's biggest developers and demise into one of its worst debtors: 1996: The dream begins Steel-factory work...
Remote work goes 'luxury', but many may be left out
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
But experts warn that while top-of-the-line features may benefit privileged Americans, millions of others can barely access remote work tools already available....
Evergrande dream turns to nightmare for Chinese property buyers
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
She handed over the cash to the sprawling conglomerate in March but is yet to receive documents showing she owns the apartment. "I can barely eat or sleep these...
Asian traders cautious ahead of US inflation, Tokyo hits 31-year high
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
The first gain for Wall Street's S&P 500 and Dow after a five-day losing streak was not enough to spur a broad advance in Asia, though Tokyo clocked up its high...
Protests as Chinese property giant Evergrande faces 'tremendous pressure'
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
Evergrande's plight has raised fears of a contagion across the debt-mired Chinese property sector -- which accounts for more than a quarter of the world's secon...
Most Asian markets drop as record US inflation fans taper talk
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
Reports that President Joe Biden was considering a fresh trade probe into China added to the downbeat mood and nullified the optimism sparked by news that he ha...
The self-made Chinese billionaire battling to save debt-mired Evergrande
Sep 12, 2021 (AFP)
The 62-year-old -- also known as Hui Ka Yan in Cantonese -- was at one point China's richest man, with a taste for luxury labels, exclusive yachts and a nose fo...
Greek PM offers tax cuts, improved growth in rebound bid
Sep 11, 2021 (AFP)
"I am able to announce a revised growth target of 5.9 percent" for 2021, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a keynote speech at the Thessaloniki Interna...
Blackstone scraps $3bn takeover of property giant Soho China
Sep 11, 2021 (AFP)
Blackstone had hoped to expand its presence in the country through acquisition of Soho China, which holds prime real estate in cities like Beijing. But its offe...
Xi says 'critical' to reset US ties after 'serious difficulties'
Sep 10, 2021 (AFP)
Ties between Beijing and Washington have been strained in recent years by a bruising trade war and America's tough stand on China's human rights track record --...
Asian markets rally after Biden, Xi talks as Hong Kong leads way
Sep 10, 2021 (AFP)
Hong Kong led the advances thanks to healthy buying into tech firms that were battered Thursday by China's latest clampdown on the gaming industry, but fears th...
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