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While Christmas is several months away, Netflix has given its customers an early Easter gift in the form of a new, free app. The new Netflix Playground app, designed with kids in mind, is sure to be appreciated by many parents. The All-Inclusive App The…
The Gia Binh International Airport, currently under construction near Hanoi, is anticipated to cost around VND196.37 trillion (US$7.5 billion) due to recent upgrades. The airport, situated in Bac Ninh Province, 40 kilometers from Hanoi, is now projected to…
A recent study by Airwallex, an international financial platform, reveals an overlooked financial burden weighing heavily on Singapore’s workforce. The study shows that a significant portion of workers are spending a substantial amount of money on…
In the third quarter of this year, Swedish fashion conglomerate H&M reported an operating profit increase of 40% to US$523 million, with its operating margin escalating from 5.9% to 8.6%. Key Factors driving the Increase The company attributed the favorable…
Housing prices are rising faster in Hanoi’s outer districts than in areas closer to downtown, thanks to improved connectivity. Average prices in districts like Gia Lam and Nam Tu Liem rose 1.3 percent in the last quarter to $1,473 per square meter, and at 0.7…
FamilyMart Japan says almost half of its franchisees want to drop its signature 24-hour trading hours. The firm conducted a recent survey among its around 14,000 franchises in Japan, of which 48.3 percent said they want to operate shorter hours, citing the…
The use of artificial intelligence in the retail sector is a $300 billion cost-saving opportunity for retailers which are able to scale and expand the technology, though just 1 per cent of retailers have achieved the necessary level of development, according…
The manufacturing sector, particularly textile and iron and steel segments, maintained its pace of sales growth in the second quarter of 2018-19 as compared to the year-ago period, the RBI said on Wednesday. Demand condition in the manufacturing sector…
Prime Hong Kong street-shop rents rose 4 per cent in the first three quarters of this year, ahead of the up-to 3 per cent rise prediction by Savills a year ago. In a third-quarter real estate briefing released yesterday, Savills said shopping-centre retail…
International grocery giants Aldi and Costco are driving down fruit and veg prices in Western Australia at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country, according to new research. Analysis conducted by Bankwest has found that Perth shoppers spent 6.9 per…
In a sign of a tepid increase in inflation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore reports that consumer price inflation rose to 0.2% in December from 0.0% in November, due to a larger increase in private road transport cost, which rose 1.7% over the month…
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed on Tuesday that the price of electricity in Indonesia was higher compared to other countries because power companies were saddled with unnecessary costs. “Our electricity is expensive because players are burdened by too…
With over 70 restaurants in the city, half of Pizza Hut’s business in Hong Kong is dine-in. This gives the diner a great incentive, but at the same time, huge pressure to improve its customer experience. In 2014, Pizza Hut started its mobile marketing…
Ford Motor Co reported a more than 50 percent drop in third-quarter net income on Thursday, saying its North American business suffered from lower sales, higher recall costs and a complicated introduction of a new pickup truck. The profit exceeded Wall Street…
Indonesia’s inflation slowed to the weakest in almost seven years and fell below the central bank’s target, bolstering the case for further interest rate cuts by Bank Indonesia (BI). Consumer price gains eased to 2.79 per cent last month from a year earlier,…
The Philippine economy grew 5.8 percent in 2015, short of even lowered government expectations after being hampered by a weak world economy, El Nino and slow government spending in the first half of the year. The government initially forecast growth of 7-8…
