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Japan’s Lixil Group launches on JD.com

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

Japanese housing equipment company Lixil Group has launched a flagship store on JD. The digital flagship marks the Tokyo-based company’s first foray online, where it will showcase a curated collection…

HSBC Self-Reports Potential Money-Laundering Breaches

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

The London-headquartered bank’s Australian unit disclosed the potential breaches in a regulatory filing last week. The bank flagged potential money laundering breaches to local watchdog AUSTRAC, adding that «regulators and other…

Axa’s Architas Launches Asia Business

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

The firm has launched a Hong Kong-based asset management business and made several appointments to support its growth. Architas, part of the global Axa group, was approved by Hong Kong…

Volkswagen To Aid U.S. Dealers Supporting Coronavirus Relief Efforts

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

Volkswagen AG said on Monday it would give financial assistance to its U.S. dealers who wish to use their loaner fleet to pick up and deliver essential supplies in areas…

Singtel’s NFC Partners Nets for Central Bank Payments

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

The partnership leverages NCS’ capabilities in building government applications and infrastructure, and Nets’ experience as Singapore’s national payments provider and facilitating cross-border payments. NCS and the Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets)…

Drag and drop files between a Samsung phone and Windows 10 via the Your Phone app

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

Your Phone is a Windows 10 app that links text messages, photos, notifications and even phone calls between your smartphone and PC. Recently, Microsoft quietly made it non-removable from Windows…

India’s 2019/20 Fuel Demand Growth Worst In Over Two Decades

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

India’s annual fuel demand grew 0.2% in 2019/20, its worst growth rate in over two decades, dragged down by a hefty 17.8% decline in local consumption in March as steps…

Ford Expects Coronavirus Shutdown To Cause $600 Million Quarterly Loss

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

Ford Motor said on Monday it expects to post a pre-tax loss of about $600 million for the first quarter as the coronavirus outbreak pummeled its sales and shuttered vehicle…

Apple starts registering COVID-19 testing locations

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

Testing for COVID-19 is still a tough endeavor, as finding testing facilities can be difficult. You have to do extensive research or rely on dubious third-party apps to guide you…

Take-out and delivery shelter hamburger chains from Corona virus impact

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

While most South Korean restaurants are facing a serious survival crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak, hamburger franchises are showing better performance thanks to take-out and delivery services. McDonald’s Korea…

FamilyMart Thailand launches vending concept store FamilyMart Corner

Mei Ling Tan April 15, 2020

FamilyMart Thailand has opened its first ‘FamilyMart Corner’ stores where beverages, snacks and convenience foods are sold from automatic vending machines. Central Food Retail, which operates FamilyMart Thailand and the…

Singapore Airlines Sweetens Ticket Refunds with Added Value

Mei Ling Tan April 14, 2020

Singapore Airlines is looking beyond the value of its airline tickets. As airlines around the world reckon with a tsunami of return ticket requests for flights cancelled in the wake of the global…

Cebu Pacific extends the suspension all flight operations from April 15 – April 30

Mei Ling Tan April 14, 2020

Cebu Pacific flights will remain suspended from April 15 to April 30, 2020, in accordance with the Philippine government’s directive on extending the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Passengers on canceled flights…

Samsung Display workers asked to be quarantined in Vietnam

Mei Ling Tan April 14, 2020

Based on a statement released by the anti-COVID-19 task force of Vietnam’s Bac Giang province, a worker at the Samsung Display factory’s EQC-SI unit, age 25, had tested COVID-19 positive…

UBS Bonus in Times of Crisis

Mei Ling Tan April 14, 2020

UBS has had a great start to the year 2020 – and yet, under the impression of the coronavirus pandemic, the company plans to curtail bonus payments, if shareholders are…

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