Airport retailers fight against travellers’ diminishing time

Meanwhile, the election of president Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan — which China considers its sovereign ... Acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which has interests from airlines to finance, plans to buy a 16.8 per cent stake — although the ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks, dollar rise after strong US jobs report

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3 percent to 5,720.60. Benchmarks in Singapore and Indonesia fell but markets in Taiwan and other Southeast Asian countries advanced. OIL: Benchmark U.S. crude lost 10 cents to $48.93 per barrel in electronic trading on ... ( read original story ...)

HPCL aims to buy US oil in next few months

India is the latest Asian country to buy US crude, following South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia and Taiwan, after OPEC cuts drove up ... opens due to global oil supply cuts. HPCL's finance chief J. Ramaswamy said the company is evaluating ... ( read original story ...)

Cambodian police arrest 175 Chinese suspects in phone fraud

Last month, police in neighboring Thailand arrested 44 people — 19 Chinese citizens and 25 Taiwanese — who they said made internet calls in which they claimed to be banking officials and accused their targets of financial crimes. The targets would then ... ( read original story ...)

Baccarat binge helped launder the world’s biggest cyber-heist

Walk along the zig-zag lanes of Chendai, a Chinese town on the Taiwan Strait, and you’ll see a lot of Dings ... to maintain covert bank accounts and interact with the global financial system. (Priscilla Fong, a spokeswoman for Macau’s Financial ... ( read original story ...)

The first reading for second quarter GDP came in at +2.6%

Cyclical, value oriented sectors such as Materials, Technology, Energy, and Financials led the way ... Samsung, Alibaba, Tencent, Taiwan Semiconductor, which has helped propel both Tech and EM indices to multi-year highs. Samsung notably reported record ... ( read original story ...)

China curbs challenge Forest City sales

The developer has boosted promotion of its Forest City project outside of China ... It is targeting new Forest City sales galleries in Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines this year, and plans to increase showrooms in Malaysia to 20 by the end of this ... ( read original story ...)

Alegra aims to sell more kiwifruit

The annual conference event of choice for the international berry business. Attracts more than 350 of the ... demanded in some of Asia’s rapidly growing markets, including China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Laghi says he feels there is plenty ... ( read original story ...)

FISU volunteers set for Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade

Timothy King-Derry was a participant in the Academy and will now play a key role in the management of this year’s Summer Universiade, assisting in a data capture project ... city. Jocelyn Lo, who is studying law at the National Chengchi University in ... ( read original story ...)

Critics of Wisconsin’s proposed Foxconn plant voice concerns

The logo of Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, is seen on top of the company's headquarters in New Taipei City Thomson Reuters By Julia ... Governor Scott Walker have touted the project's investment potential and job creation ... ( read original story ...)