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Malaysia’s Top Glove quarterly earnings plunge 48% on slower sales
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Top Glove Corp Bhd posted on Friday a 48% drop in its fourth-quarter earnings as the steady rollout of vaccines worldwide pulled down the demand for gloves. The wor...
Sep 17, 2021
BOJ tankan to show manufacturers’ Q3 mood down slightly from Q2
(Corrects typographical error in paragraph 8) TOKYO (Reuters) - Business confidence among Japan's large manufacturers likely slipped in the third quarter as the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta varian...
Sep 17, 2021
Pandemic-hit Qantas weighs new pay structure to keep key executives
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd said on Friday it was considering new ways to structure pay to ensure it could retain key executives as it enters the third financial year affected by the pandemi...
Sep 17, 2021
Biocon Biologics to offer 15% stake to Serum Institute unit for access to vaccines
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Biocon Biologics, a unit of drugmaker Biocon Ltd, said late on Thursday it would offer a stake of about 15% to Serum Institute Life Sciences for access to 100 million doses of va...
Sep 16, 2021
Exclusive: Tougher EU airport slot rules trigger Asia retaliation threat, risk industry trade war
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Regulators in Asian hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong have threatened to retaliate against European Union plans to force airlines to start using take-off and landing slots f...
Sep 16, 2021
California governor signs into law measure to fight housing crisis
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation aimed at combating the state's housing crisis by expanding housing production and aiming to streamline housing app...
Sep 16, 2021
With tighter grip, Beijing sends message to Hong Kong tycoons: fall in line
By Clare Jim and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Beijing seeks to tighten its grip over Hong Kong, it has a new mandate for the city's powerful property tycoons: pour resources and influence int...
Sep 16, 2021
With progress in creditor talks, Malaysia’s AirAsia X targets end-Oct meetings
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) has made "substantial progress" in its months-long talks with creditors as it aims to convene meetings with them to vote on a restruc...
Sep 16, 2021
Over 60 S.Korean crypto exchanges set to suspend services next week
SEOUL (Reuters) - More than 60 cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea must notify customers of a partial or full suspension of trading by Friday midnight, a week before a new regulation comes into ef...
Sep 16, 2021
Taiwan calls for quick start to trade talks with EU
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade deal with the tech-heavyweight island, something Taipei has long...
Sep 16, 2021
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