Shopee faces boycott calls over brand ambassador
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Sea Ltd.’s e-commerce business Shopee faced boycott calls from Philippine consumers after naming a staunch supporter of the country’s president, Ferdinand R….
Senior Indonesian officials targeted by spyware last year — sources
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UNSPLASH Six of the individuals told Reuters they were targeted themselves. The targets included Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto, senior military personnel,…
To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses
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Jeremy Keith/CC BY 2.0/Wikimedia Commons SEOUL — South Korea’s kimchi makers are in serious pain — brought low as a climate change-induced…
US has no appetite to intervene on behalf of falling pound, yen
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Image via Mark Hodson Photos/101holidays.co.uk/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 WASHINGTON — The financial turmoil emanating from Britain and Japan is not yet enough to…
BSP says September annual inflation within 6.6% to 7.4% range
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday said it expects the annual inflation rate for September to…
Lives destroyed as armyworms invade Philippine ‘onion capital’
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BAYAMBANG — In the northwestern Philippine town of Bayambang, long known as the onion capital of Pangasinan province, an invasion of the…
This laptop is designed with the future in mind
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Laptops have become an indispensable part of everyone’s lives. And so, efficiency is as important as design and aesthetics. Consumers are no…
Late Sultan’s heirs press $15B claim, target Malaysian assets in Netherlands
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Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. — PEXELS KUALA LUMPUR — Heirs of a late Southeast Asian sultan on Thursday asked…
Okada Manila supports the launch of Parañaque: A Mega City By the Bay coffee-table book
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(L-R) Okada Manila Chief Legal Officer Atty. Joemer Perez and Board Director, CFO, and Treasurer Hans Van der Sande attended the event…
PHL fiscal deficit sharply narrows in August
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BW FILE PHOTO By Diego Gabriel C. Robles The National Government’s budget deficit sharply narrowed in August, as the growth in government…