Asia Tag

25 Jan Advancing Hong Kong’s innovation landscape: trailblazing new industrialisation

Posted at 02:00h in Asia

In a strategic move to become Asia’s innovation hub, Hong Kong is enhancing its efforts to attract start-ups and innovators. The Hong Kong Chief Executive’s 2023 policy address revealed a visionary plan, featuring the establishment of a New Industrialisation Development Centre backed by a HK$10...

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18 Jan Opinion | Why a mistake by the Fed will make it harder for Asia to cut rates

Posted at 21:30h in Asia

Yet, since the start of this year, doubts have crept in about the Fed’s ability and willingness to loosen policy significantly. The uncertainty stems from deeper concerns about a costly policy mistake, either due to a premature easing of policy or a belated one. In...

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13 Jan Opinion | Irresponsible brinkmanship puts Asia’s stability and prosperity at risk

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

For many years, Asia has seen the dawn break at the start of a new year on a land of relative peace and prosperity. This year, however, the morning sky is clouded with ominous signs of uncertainty and perhaps coming storms.This is unusual for a...

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08 Jan Boeing Max grounding goes global as carriers follow FAA order

Posted at 02:45h in Asia

“We are very fortunate this didn’t end up in something more tragic,” Jennifer Homendy, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a press conference in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. “We’ve now determined based on our definition of substantial damage that this is...

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07 Jan Deriving True Wealth from Making a Difference in Other People’s Lives

Posted at 16:00h in Asia

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]By founding the charity “Youth Arch Foundation”, training local youth and personally visiting AIDS orphans in Mainland China, Norris exemplifies the concept of “influencing other people’s lives with her own”.Changing Life’s TrajectoryNorris, who was...

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07 Jan How Feeling Good Can Lead to Doing Good

Posted at 16:00h in Asia

New study finds that a CEO’s emotional profile has a notable impact on their company’s uptake of corporate social responsibility initiatives Source link ...

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07 Jan Why is Workplace Equality Good for Business?

Posted at 16:00h in Asia

The study, The Rise of Conscious Consumers: The Impact of Corporate Workplace Equality on Household Spending, was conducted by Ling Cen, Associate Professor of Finance, and Wu Jing, Associate Professor of Decisions, Operations, and Technology, both at CUHK Business School. They were joined by Yanru...

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07 Jan Putting Healthy, Low-emission Food on the Menu

Posted at 16:00h in Asia

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which form the United Nations’ Post-2015 Development Agenda, are designed to provide a blueprint for achieving global peace and prosperity by 2030. Central to the agenda is the...

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07 Jan The Unstoppable Rise of Sustainable Investing

Posted at 16:00h in Asia

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]Climate change is slowly transforming our living environment, but it is not unusual for many people not to take this seriously until they experience it on a personal level. Due to the limited span...

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05 Jan China’s best-performing fund strikes gold in nascent Beijing bourse for start-ups

Posted at 07:14h in Asia

China’s best-performing mutual fund of 2023 sees more gains in the volatile corner of the market where it derived enough upside to beat its more than 7,000 competitors last year.The fund, whose mandate requires it to invest at least 80 per cent of its equity...

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