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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 )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia30/08/2022

“Vietnam has repeatedly proven its ability to climb up the value chain over the years, to the point where the country has grown into a key manufacturing hub for tech products within the electronics space,” CEO of HSBC Vietnam, Tim Evans said. Apple is reportedly in talks to make watches and the MacBook in Vietnam […]

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Retail Asia28/03/2022

M Village, an accommodation startup in co-living spaces, has received funding of US$1.7 million led by Singaporean venture fund Simple Tech Investment. The money will be used for expanding the number of rooms the startup has in Ho Chi Minh City from the current 300 to 1,000 this year. Its founder, Nguyen Hai Ninh, is […]

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Retail Asia31/12/2021

Cryptocurrencies are becoming a new investment favorite in the country, but many are learning what goes up rapidly could come down at the same speed. This year Minh Quan of Hanoi started to study the cryptocurrency market for the first time after a friend urged him to invest in it. The real estate broker started […]

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Retail Asia18/10/2021

EU investments in Vietnam rose by $483 million year-on-year in the first nine months of this year to $22 billion despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In a recent report to the National Assembly, the Government said trade with European countries too increased sharply since the EU- Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect in August last […]

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Retail Asia18/06/2021

Companies that focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) tend to be high-performing companies, therefore investing in a basket of ESG stock will you cannot do too badly with a portfolio ESG stock, DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta said. The truth is that there is a tsunami of money being directed at ESG investments, and […]

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Retail Asia19/02/2021

HSBC makes three new appointments to oversee the overall investment strategy across the newly merged wealth unit. The bank appoints Fan Cheuk Wan as Asia chief investment officer (CIO) for private banking and wealth management, according to a statement. In her expanded role, she will oversee investment strategies and themes across all asset classes for the bank’s […]

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Retail Asia16/02/2021

LG Display will invest an additional $725 million in its manufacturing facility in the northern port city of Hai Phong to take its total investment to $3.25 billion. The money will be used to expand the factory starting in March. Manufacturing will begin in May. It will create 5,000 new jobs, and contribute around $5 […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2021

Indian foreign direct investment in Vietnam is relatively modest because of the lack of trade promotion activities, says a deputy minister of planning and investment. “Bilateral trade and investment relationship has seen many positive results in recent times but is still not commensurate with the potentials of both countries,” said Tran Duy Dong said at […]

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Retail Asia05/02/2020

Grab on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Bento Invest, a Singapore-based Robo-advisory start-up for an undisclosed sum. It allows Grab to kickstart the offering of retail wealth management solutions to users, driver-partners, and merchant-partners via its app. With the acquisition, Bento will be rebranded as GrabInvest with products launched on the Grab app in the first half […]

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Retail Asia27/09/2019

Banks and wealth managers tend to appoint women to spearhead their sustainability programs. we wanted to find out whether this was pure coincidence or sign of a trend. Ecological and sustainable investing has become very popular in wealth management and among investors. Almost every bank has invested in a high-powered division that devotes its resources […]

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Retail Asia26/09/2019

Leading omnichannel fashion company Pomelo has secured US$52 million in funding, making it the first Thai startup to raise a Series C funding round. Investors include Central Group, Provident Growth Fund, InterVest Star SEA Growth Fund, Andre Hoffman, Toivo Annus, Lombard Private Equity, Ambient Sound Investments OU and The Luxembourg Company Deverel. After raising US$19 […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2019

The Philippines’ SM Investments has achieved 14-per-cent sales growth in the first half-year, its retail division up by 10 percent. Profit for the half-year rose 27 percent, with banking and property divisions driving most of the growth. The company said SM Retail – which at the end of June had 2600 stores – earned P5.7 […]

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Retail Asia12/08/2019

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. has raised its first outside investment to fund the development of tunnel-based transportation systems. The company authorized the sale of $120 million in stock, according to a securities filing that was obtained by the Prime Unicorn Index, a company that tracks the performance of private U.S. companies, and reviewed by Bloomberg […]

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Retail Asia15/05/2019

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Indian online classifieds site Quikr has bought refurbished goods marketplace Zefo, headquartered in Bangalore. The acquisition allows an exit strategy for Zefo’s current investors, including Sequoia Capital, and gives Quikr a pathway to expand and strengthen its pre-owned product range. Zefo, has a portfolio of more than 10,000 products in four cities, including Bengaluru, Mysore, […]

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Retail Asia02/04/2019

Struggling department store chain Debenhams said shareholders could lose their entire investment as a result of some of the restructuring options it is considering. The 200-year-old retailer said it is trying to refinance its debt, restructure its estate after a series of profit warnings and seek a cash injection of up to £200 million (A$373.1 […]

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Retail Asia07/03/2019

The Asian Development Bank will lend Vietnam $188 million to upgrade roads towards improving connectivity in northwestern provinces. Under an agreement signed by ADB and the Ministry of Finance Tuesday, the loan will be used to upgrade of 198 kilometers of roads that connect several towns and districts in northwestern provinces of Lai Chau, Lao […]

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Retail Asia23/11/2017

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Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s business empire Cheung Kong has been able to get the best price when offloading some assets. For instance, the Centre, its Grade A office building, was sold for over HK$40 billion early this month on the back of soaring land prices. Some buyers offered about HK$30 billion late last year. […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2017

China will continue to relax foreign investment rules for the country’s auto sector and other high end manufacturing, lifting restrictions in an orderly fashion, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. The government is preparing to further open up the new energy vehicle battery market to foreign investment, Ministry spokesman Sun Jiwen told a regular briefing […]

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Retail Asia30/04/2017

The Board of Directors of SM Investments Corporation (SM) announced key organizational changes that will support the company’s next phase of growth. The Board has already conferred upon Mr. Henry Sy, Sr. the role of Chairman Emeritus, in recognition of his role as the founder of SM and all of its core businesses. Mr. Sy, […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2017

Indonesia is hoping for more investment from Japan after the scheduled meeting between President Joko Widodo and Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. This was said by Thomas Lembong, the chief of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), here on Friday. Shinzo Abe is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia for a two-day state visit on Sunday […]

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