Asia Economy

China’s November retail sales miss expectations, real estate slump deepens

China’s November retail sales miss expectations, real estate slump deepens

Lawrence Booth

Shoppers pass a Huawei Technologies Co. store on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.   Qilai ...

South Korea’s ex-defense minister attempts suicide, president’s office raided

South Korea’s ex-defense minister attempts suicide, president’s office raided

Lawrence Booth

A protester holding a cardboard reading “Leader of insurgents” on an image depicting the face of South Korea’s President Yoon ...

Travel is finally back — a new era of growth is beginning

Travel is finally back — a new era of growth is beginning

Bob Elliott

The global travel industry is set to fully recover from the Covid-19 pandemic this month, according to U.N. Tourism. During ...

RBI keeps rates steady, revises down GDP growth forecast 2025 fiscal year

RBI keeps rates steady, revises down GDP growth forecast 2025 fiscal year

Lawrence Booth

Signage for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Mumbai, India, on Friday, April 5, 2024.  Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg ...

Ed Sheeran announces concert in Bhutan — with tickets starting at

Ed Sheeran announces concert in Bhutan — with tickets starting at $10

Bob Elliott

Ed Sheeran announced this week he’s taking his Mathematics Tour to Bhutan, India and the Middle East in early 2025. ...

Adani investor GQG Partners’ shares plunge after Gautam Adani’s indictment

Adani investor GQG Partners’ shares plunge after Gautam Adani’s indictment

Lawrence Booth

Rajiv Jain, founder and chief investment officer of GQG Partners, during an interview in New York, US, on Tuesday, April ...

Marriott CEO says business is solid amid corporate layoffs

Marriott CEO says business is solid amid corporate layoffs

Bob Elliott

Marriott International’s business operations and growth are solid, CEO Anthony Capuano told CNBC Monday, amid layoffs of more than 800 ...

Same-sex marriage in Thailand expected to bring increase in tourists

Same-sex marriage in Thailand expected to bring increase in tourists

Bob Elliott

Thailand’s same-sex marriage legislation, scheduled to come into effect in January 2025, could attract an additional 4 million tourists to ...

SIA shares fall 6% as profit nearly halves amid intensifying competition

SIA shares fall 6% as profit nearly halves amid intensifying competition

Bob Elliott

An Airbus A350-941 from Singapore Airlines is preparing to take off on the runway at Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, ...

Inbound travel to Japan remains high in the off-peak autumn months

Inbound travel to Japan remains high in the off-peak autumn months

Bob Elliott

Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows no signs of abating, as autumn arrivals continue to outpace ...

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