Adidas launched a new sneaker today with a 3D-printed sole that it plans to mass-produce next year, part of a broader push by the German sportswear firm to react faster to changing fashions and create more customised products. Adidas already lets people customise the colour and pattern of shoes...
The number of financial services jobs available in Hong Kong and mainland China soared in the first quarter of the year, despite highly publicised job cuts and the prevailing sense of doom that exists across much of the sector. Some 56 per cent more financial services jobs were available...
Twitter Inc is launching a faster version of its mobile service aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in harder-to-reach emerging markets.
The company calls the version Twitter Lite and it will be aimed largely at users outside the...
Latest findings from recruitment firm Randstad said that female employees in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia are the least satisfied with their current employers and at the same time are also the least likely to do anything about it. In its latest Workmonitor research report for Q1 2017, released today,...
China's plan to develop an economic backwater outside Beijing into a city three times the size of New York has sparked a real estate speculation frenzy among out-of-town home buyers.
The Xiongan New Area - a patch of apartments and wetlands in northern Hebei province - has less than one...
Recognizing the integral role small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play in developing Asia Pacific’s economies, Mastercard together with Maestrano has announced a strategic partnership to encourage SME development by enabling issuing banks across the region to leverage cloud-based technologies. The partnership aims to help SMEs reduce operational inefficiencies and...
Germany wants to use its presidency of the Group of 20 major economies to promote fast internet for all, agree common technical standards and promote lifelong digital learning, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said. Zypries' comments come ahead of a first meeting of G20 ministers responsible for digital policy later...
China will create a new special economic zone outside Beijing similar to those established in Shenzhen and Shanghai, the government said, in a bid to boost flagging growth and reduce the strain on the capital.
The Xiongan New Area, located some 100 kilometres southwest of Beijing in Hebei province, will...
Eight Malaysian companies bagged 12 awards at the 9th Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Summit and Awards and the Global Good Governance Awards 2017 in Langkawi.
YTL Corporation Bhd (YTL) led the winners pact with two Platinum Awards for the Best Environmental Excellence Award and Excellence in Provision of Literacy...
CHINA is moving away from its traditional manufacturing-driven, export and investment-led economy to one underpinned by services, consumption and domestic activities. Such transition will potentially lower its economic growth from the past strong double-digit numbers. Despite moving away from its traditional business, fixed investment is still a key driver...
China does not have any policy to devalue its currency to promote exports, Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang said on Friday, ahead of President Xi Jinping's first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump amid lingering tensions over trade.
In a briefing, he said China does not seek a trade surplus...
A US central banker said he favours four increases in the key interest rate this year, one more than projected by the majority of Federal Reserve policymakers. Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren, previously known for supporting the Fed's ultra-accommodative policy, seems to have had a drastic change...
