Depression or inflation: Where will Covid-19 end?
As a consequence, deeper forms of depression economics are beginning to emerge. People are not spending even what they have...
Year: 2020
‘After all this, you have to cut taxes and incentivise people’
Self-isolation in Mayfair is treating the 66-year-old founder of financial trading firm CMC Markets well: Peter Cruddas says he’s lost...
Indonesia’s top lender expects coronavirus to boost digital banking
JAKARTA -- The coronavirus outbreak could serve as a catalyst for Indonesia become a cashless society and embrace digital banking,...
In echo of China, US medics silenced on coronavirus concerns
PALO ALTO, U.S./HONG KONG -- Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, has been updating his Facebook page every...
Chinese automakers move into Myanmar to battle Japanese rivals
YANGON -- Chinese automakers are ramping up local production in Myanmar as they go head to head with dominant and...
Second homes in Japan’s summer resort become hub for telework
UTSUNOMIYA/SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Every year around May, waterworks companies in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa start receiving calls from...
Tony second homes in ‘Japan’s Hamptons’ become hub for telework
UTSUNOMIYA/SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Every year around May, waterworks companies in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa start receiving calls from...
RBS behind 70pc of government-backed emergency loans
Nearly three-quarters of the emergency cash reaching small businesses is being lent by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the taxpayer-owned...
Japan fires up development-stage supercomputer for virus fight
TOKYO -- Japan has dispatched its newest supercomputer to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus even though it is...
Japan deploys newest supercomputer early to fight coronavirus
TOKYO -- Japan has dispatched its newest supercomputer to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus even though it is...
