Technology
Bitcoin bounces back above US$60,000 as Asian stocks rebound
BITCOIN continued to rally in tandem with a rebound in Asian equities on Friday (Aug 9) after a bruising selloff. The original cryptocurrency rose as much as 5.3 per cent...
Noah Lyles Reveals His Olympics 2024 Is Over as He Is Wheeled Off Tracks after Winning Bronze in 200m Without Disclosing Others He Has Covid
Noah Lyles competed in the men's 200m final despite having Covid-19 and had to be taken out of the Stade de France in a wheelchair after finishing third place...
Alibaba, Tencent to provide snapshot of China’s economic landscape
ALIBABA Group, Tencent and JD.com will provide a snapshot of China’s economy and consumer sentiment, as another somber earnings season is expected in the region.The tech giants remain focused...
Asia: Stocks track Wall St rally as US jobs data ease recession fears
ASIAN stocks rallied Friday (Aug 9) as investors breathed a sigh of relief after US jobs data soothed concerns that the world’s top economy could tip into recession, bringing...
Ex-Mozambique minister guilty of fraud tied to Credit Suisse
MOZAMBIQUE’S former finance minister Manuel Chang was convicted of US charges that he was part of a US$2 billion bond fraud scandal that ensnared Credit Suisse Group AG and...
Income acquisition to give double-digit ROI, strong home base in Singapore: Allianz CEO
GERMAN insurance provider Allianz is expecting a "double-digit return on investment (ROI) over time" on its acquisition of Income Insurance, said its chief executive Oliver Baete on Aug 8.Speaking...
Gold rises more than 1% on safe-haven demand, Fed rate-cut optimism
GOLD prices rose more than 1 per cent on Thursday, supported by firm safe-haven demand and growing expectations for a sizeable interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve...
Dollar gains after US jobless claims fall more than expected
THE dollar rose on Thursday (Aug 8) after new US labour market data showed that unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, easing fears of an imminent recession.The...
Independent directors – when not to resign from a board
AS A follow-up to last month’s article on the right way for independent directors to resign from a board, we will now cover situations when it may not be...
Who is Amina Abakarova? CCTV Footage Exposes Chess Coach Poisoning Opponent by Smearing Chess Pieces with Mercury During the Championship
A chess tournament in Dagestan, Russia, took a shocking turn when a player was accused of attempting to poison her opponent. Amina Abakarova, a 40-year-old chess coach from Makhachkala,...