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26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
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24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
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Retail Asia24/07/2023

Vietnam’s rice exporters could raise prices and sign long-term contracts with buyers now that India, the world’s largest supplier, has ordered an export halt. Indian government on July 20 announced a ban on non-basmati white rice as retail rice prices climbed 3% in a month after heavy monsoon rains caused significant damage to crops. India […]

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Retail Asia02/03/2023

on Tuesday Republicans on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee took short-form video app TikTok closer to its final tick in the U.S. Concerned about reports that TikTok collects personal data from its U.S. subscribers, and might even collect keystrokes from those using TikTok’s in-app browser, legislation that would result in the ban of TikTok […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2021

China is ramping up its cryptocurrency prohibition efforts again with a directive issued by ten institutions last Friday covering a range of activities including offshore transactions and hiring. All crypto transactions in China are banned, according to authorities in a statement that highlighted examples such as Tether, Bitcoin and Ether. Banned crypto-related activities extend to […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2021

South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curbs on the tech companies by a major economy. An amendment of the Telecommunications Business Act, dubbed the “Anti-Google law,” that takes aim at app […]

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Retail Asia20/08/2021

The city-state will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from certain countries and is removing stay-home requirements for short-term visitors from several countries. Fully vaccinated travelers from Germany and Brunei will be able to come to Singapore without serving a stay-home notice, under a new Vaccinated Travel Lane arrangement announced on Thursday. At the […]

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Retail Asia14/05/2021

Xiaomi and the U.S. government have come to an agreement to remove the Chinese smartphone giant from a blacklist of military-linked companies. The U.S. Defense Department agreed in a final order to remove the «Communist Chinese Military Company» designation for Xiaomi, according to a court filing. The Parties have agreed upon a path forward that would resolve this litigation without […]

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Retail Asia21/04/2021

Despite the growing embrace of cryptocurrencies among institutions and retail investors, HSBC is sticking to its policy of avoiding virtual currencies and stocks correlated to them. Europe’s largest bank in Europe, with total assets of $2.715 trillion, is likely to avoid Coinbase’s newly listed COIN stock because of lingering worries about crypto’s role in money laundering […]

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Retail Asia17/03/2021

Smartphone giant Xiaomi has been awarded a temporary block for its ban over links with the Chinese military, citing the original move as «arbitrary and capricious». U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras issued a temporary halt to the ban, claiming that Xiaomi was deprived of the rights for due process and that Xiaomi was likely to win a […]

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Retail Asia03/02/2021

Indian authorities plan to propose a new law to ban private cryptocurrencies and implement a framework for an official central bank digital currency. India will seek «to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India», according to a legislative agenda published by the lower house’s website on Friday last wee, with exceptions for certain purposes such as […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2021

Even though President Donald Trump will be leaving the White House this coming Wednesday, he took the time to spank the Chinese phone and networking equipment manufacturer Huawei one last time. In May 2019, Trump cited security issues for his decision to put Huawei on the Entity List. This move prevented the firm from accessing its U.S. […]

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Retail Asia24/08/2020

Short-form video app TikTok will begin a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s campaign to ban the popular app in the states. TikTok has over 100 million users in the U.S. and has been installed over 2 billion times worldwide from the App Store and the Google Play Store. Favored by teens, TikTok has given […]

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Retail Asia09/03/2020

A judge has ruled against a lawsuit filed by Huawei in the US relating to a ban on government personnel using the company’s devices. Huawei filed the lawsuit on the basis that the ban was “unconstitutional” back in 2018. Since then, Huawei has faced increased US-led scrutiny globally over claims the company is controlled by Beijing – […]

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Retail Asia19/02/2020

Two local airlines will again mount flights to and from Taiwan after the government lifted the travel ban on the territory. Cebu Pacific flights will resume February 17. In an advisory, the airline will have one flight from Manila on Monday and only arrival flights from Taiwan beginning February 18. On February 21, there will […]

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Retail Asia01/08/2019

Luxury Italian fashion brand Prada has launched six bags made from regenerated nylon, as the first stage in a plan to phase out virgin nylon during the next two years. In a project dubbed ReNylon, Prada will replace virgin nylon in its collections by using regenerated nylon yarn called Econyl. The first products made with […]

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Retail Asia18/06/2019

Vietnam has removed a proposed decree to prohibit online liquor sales, accepting that it goes against international trends. The bill, proposed by the Ministry of Health last year, would have prohibited online sales of beverages with an alcohol content of more than 15 percent. But legislators got into a heated debate over this regulation, with […]

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Retail Asia11/06/2019

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Huawei’s consumer business has been dealt a potentially devastating blow to its future prospects after US president Donald Trump formally added the vendor to a list of companies that American companies cannot trade with if they don’t obtain a license. Huawei was added to the entity list of banned companies covered by the national emergency Trump […]

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Retail Asia06/06/2019

US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order paving the way for banning Chinese vendors including Huawei from supplying equipment for US telecommunications networks. The executive order declares a national emergency to give Trump the authority to regulate commerce and directs the Commerce Department to draw up an enforcement plan within 150 days. It […]

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Retail Asia13/05/2019

The UK government has reportedly approved Huawei supplying some 5G equipment for operators in the nation despite warnings from intelligence agencies and the US government of a potential security risk. Leaked discussions believed to have been held at the UK government’s National Security Council meeting from Tuesday indicate that Huawei will be able to supply […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2019

Vietnam will not import plastic scrap from 2025 and will deal with the scrap consignments stuck at ports, the government has said. It has ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to work with other government bodies to eliminate unnecessary procedures which are delaying their delivery. Customs data shows almost 21,600 containers of scrap […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2019

Some countries and terriories are banning pork imports from Vietnam following the recent outbreaks of African swine fever in the country. Violators of the ban face fines and even imprisonment. Taiwan has announced that Vietnamese people coming in with pork products would be fined about $6,500, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The fine […]

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