India luxury homes market seeing fresh boom after years
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REUTERS NEW DELHI — India’s DLF sold a $1 billion upmarket residential project in 72 hours while rival Godrej Properties is offering…
Nature’s bridge to 21st century education
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Asia’s very complicated interest-rate pause
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Inflation, government spending and borrowings
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The Philippines’ inflation rate of 8.1% last December, then 8.7% last January, was high but it is not unique to us —…
How businesses can use artificial intelligence for good
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BRETT JORDAN-UNSPLASH The hottest topic nowadays is the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT. Since November, the company OpenAI has allowed the…
China confident of achieving 2023 economic growth target: state planner
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A WOMAN walks across the street during morning rush hour in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Nov. 21, 2022. — REUTERS BEIJING – China is confident of achieving its 2023 growth target as consumption picks up steam,…
Indonesia banks on dams to tackle water crisis – but at what cost?
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A dam in Indonesia | STOCK PHOTO | Image by Deni Hermawan from Pixabay PURWOREJO, Indonesia – Keen to store more irrigation water to shore up…
SoftBank’s Arm aims to raise at least $8 billion in U.S. IPO, sources say
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NEW YORK – Arm Ltd., the British chip designer owned by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., is likely to aim to raise at least $8 billion from what is expected to be…
Chinese companies hang onto dollars, hedge to prepare for volatile yuan
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A VIEW of the city skyline in Shanghai, China, Feb. 24, 2022. — REUTERS SHANGHAI – Some Chinese companies are holding on to dollar revenues from exports,…
The Spark Project celebrates decade of igniting social entrepreneurship, creativity
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The Spark Project team with the 2023 Spark Impact Awardees. Standing (L-R): Stephen Co, founder and CEO, Nipa Brew; Rio Cuervo, creator…