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Estee Lauder to axe up to 1200 jobs

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Beauty giant Estee Lauder has announced a multi-year initiative named Leading Beauty Forward to build on its strengths and better leverage its cost structure to free resources for investment to…

Lazada Malaysia claims double-digit growth

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Online retailer Lazada Malaysia claims it had at least double-digit growth in sales last year, yet is still losing money. It was a challenging year for retail, says CEO Hans-Peter…

Robotics roll into Indonesian retail with launch of Sphero in Jakarta

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Global robotics firm Sphero has signed a distribution agreement with Halo Robotics to distribute Sphero’s full range of robotic gaming systems in Indonesia. Sphero is the creator of intuitive smartphone-controlled…

Hong Kong Airlines passengers flown by Garuda Indonesia

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Some 95 passengers of Hong Kong Airlines flight HX-6704 which encountered severe turbulence have been flown to Hong Kong from Denpasar by a Garuda Indonesia plane later on Saturday. “At…

Bloomberg TV Indonesia pressed for severance payment

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

The Legal Aid Center for the Press ( LBH Pers ) and the Manpower Ministry have called on the owner of now defunct station Bloomberg TV Indonesia Rosan Roeslani to…

Tourists invisible to Hong Kong retailers

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

While more tourists have been crossing the border for the ongoing Golden Week, there has not been much gold in it for Hong Kong retailers. Visitor numbers jumped more than…

Indonesia to promote cruise, yacht destinations in Korea

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

The Ministry of Tourism will promote Indonesian tourism destinations, especially for cruising and yachting, at the Seatrade Cruise Asia 2016 to be held on May 12-14 in Busan, South Korea.…

Indonesia’s Muslim cyber warriors take on IS

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

A group of Indonesian “cyber warriors” sit glued to screens, as they send out messages promoting a moderate form of Islam in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. Armed with…

AirAsia Indonesia to end Bali-Kota Kinabalu services

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

AirAsia Indonesia will end its thrice weekly Bali-Kota Kinabalu services, effective June 23. In a statement, AirAsia Bhd chief executive officer, Aireen Omar, said this was due to the stagnant…

Apple, SAP enter cloud apps partnership

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Apple and SAP have teamed up to combine native apps for iPhone and iPad with the capabilities of the SAP HANA platform. This joint effort will also focus on developing…

Optus commences rollout of VoLTE

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Australia’s Optus has commenced the rollout of VoLTE technology to Australia’s major capital cities. The Singtel subsidiary revealed that its initial rollout will concentrate on the central business district metro…

Vodafone’s M-Pesa surpasses 25m active users

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Vodafone has announced that its M-Pesa mobile money service now has more than 25 million active customers. Across the M-Pesa footprint in Africa, Asia and Europe, active M-Pesa customers increased…

Thailand’s AIS faces $71k fine per day

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has written to AIS warning of $71,114 (2.5 million Baht) a day fines unless they complete the handover of 300,000 subscribers to TrueMove under…

China awards fourth telecoms license

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Chinas’ big three operators will have new competition, with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issuing the nation’s fourth telecoms license to China Broadcasting Network. The license will…

Lady Gaga & Elton John launch Macy’s line

Mei Ling Tan May 9, 2016

Lady Gaga, Elton John and department store chain Macy’s have launched a limited edition clothing range for charity. Love Bravery is described as “a high-spirited, limited-edition line of clothing and…

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