How SoftBank’s sale of Arm China sowed the seeds of discord
TAIPEI -- British chip designer Arm Limited has found itself in an extraordinary public row with its own Chinese subsidiary...
Day: June 16, 2020
Tokyo has 0.1% positive rate for coronavirus antibodies
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Antibody tests for the novel coronavirus suggest a 0.1 percent infection rate in Tokyo, health minister Katsunobu...
it’s dangerous to guess which way markets will go, so we’ll stick with the likes of Grafton
Such lopsided markets are not necessarily healthy ones and such concentration brings to mind the “Nifty Fifty” names of the...
Mental health sufferers forced to cut back on food and heating to survive Covid cash crisis
People with mental health problems are three times more likely to run out of funds during the coronavirus outbreak, with...
Cambodia rolls out online business registration to slash red tape
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia has launched a new online business registration system that it says will reduce the time to...
Hana Kimura’s death fuels debate over how to stop cyberbullying
TOKYO -- It is less than a month since 22-year-old Hana Kimura, an up-and-coming professional wrestler, died. She was known...
Bank of Japan stands pat to assess impact of economic support
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan left its main policy tools unchanged after a two-day board meeting on Tuesday, as...
US to allow companies to work with Huawei on 5G standards
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that it will allow American companies to work with...
The challenge of uncorking the China-US travel bottleneck
Chinese college graduate Zhang Jie's journey home to Xiamen from Boston took five days and included two stops in Europe....
China’s rush to quell Beijing outbreak underscores political stakes
BEIJING -- Public security vehicles packed the area around the largest wholesale fresh food market in Beijing on Monday morning, an...
