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AXA General Insurance Hong Kong Limited named home Big Idea Chair Champion winner ITeSHOP & American Express swept the awards with immersive AR and media commerce campaigns HONG KONG, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Yahoo today live-streamed the winner announcement of the “Yahoo Asia Big Idea Chair Awards 2021” (Yahoo Asia BIC Awards 2021) on Yahoo TV. Amidst another year of commotion, the awards celebrated undue creativity in the digital media and advertising industry as the world struggles to… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yahoo Japan to expand remote work, pay for commutes by plane  Nikkei Asia Source link

Asia’s top CEOs from different industries share insights on post-pandemic recovery and China issues Photo/Video download: https://bit.ly/3mstKqJ Watch Now: https://bit.ly/3mte0DY HONG KONG, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The first-ever virtual “All Markets Summit Asia: The Path Forward” hosted by Yahoo Finance successfully concluded its inaugural outing in Hong Kong with a viewership of over 3,000,000 viewers across the world. The region’s top CEOs from many different industries shared impactful… Source link

Gojek drivers waiting for passengers in Indonesia. afif c. kusuma | iStock Editorial | Getty Images SINGAPORE – More than 75% of the population in six major Southeast Asian countries have access to the internet and a majority of them have shopped online at least once, according to a new report from Google, Temasek Holdings and Bain & Company. As many as 40 million people across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand came online for the first time this year,… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Some of Southeast Asia’s old-money tycoons are boosting investment in technology startups, looking to ride a wave of surging valuations as they seek to counter the fallout of the pandemic on businesses ranging from retail to hospitality and manufacturing. Most Read from Bloomberg Holding companies, family investing arms and other vehicles of moguls from Thailand’s Dhanin Chearavanont to the Philippines’ Lance Gokongwei are either plowing millions of dollars directly into… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Most Asian stocks and U.S. futures slid Monday as surging energy prices cemented worries about inflation, sending bond yields higher. Most Read from Bloomberg MSCI Inc.’s gauge of Asia Pacific shares was on track for its first decline in four sessions as equities dropped in Japan, Hong Kong and China. U.S. contracts dipped after American stocks advanced on Friday, with the S&P 500 chalking its best week since July as earnings buoyed sentiment. Bond yields in New Zealand and… Source link

* Asian stock markets: https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 * US stocks futures slip as earnings season looms * Oil leads energy complex higher, stokes inflation risk * Dollar reaches highest on yen since April 2019 By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on Monday as global inflation angst favoured commodities as a hedge over U.S. equities, while rising U.S. bond yields lifted the dollar to two-and-a-half year peaks against the Japanese yen Nasdaq futures and S&P 500 futures were both… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks and U.S. equity futures started the week on the back foot, as investors weighed the prospects for growth against concern over inflationary pressures. Most Read from Bloomberg Japanese and Hong Kong shares dropped. Earlier gains vanished after trading of China Evergrande Group shares was suspended in Hong Kong, along with those of its property management unit. Mainland Chinese markets are closed through Thursday for the Golden Week holidays. Australian shares bucked… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks were steady Monday and Treasuries held an advance as traders weighed Jerome Powell’s signal that pandemic-era Federal Reserve policy support will be withdrawn cautiously and gradually. Shares gained in Japan, slipped in Hong Kong and fluctuated in China, where Beijing’s regulatory broadside remains in focus. U.S. futures were steady after a record Wall Street close in the wake of Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. Powell said the Fed may start paring bond… Source link

Facebook and Google are building undersea internet cables around the world — and are betting that the investments will bring in millions of new customers. Facebook revealed Sunday that it is helping build a 7,500-mile cable connecting countries including Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan. The cable, called Project Apricot, is expected to launch in 2024 and will help deliver better 4G, 5G and broadband internet to the region, according to Facebook.  That… Source link