SINGAPORE – Job seekers can still snag good quality jobs in sectors such as air transport even though others may have hit by the current economic slowdown, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Monday (July 22). There are currently about 60,000 vacancies waiting to be filled, with about half of them for PMETs (professionals, managers, […]
SINGAPORE – A fire broke out in an Ang Mo Kio Housing Board flat on Monday afternoon (July 22). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that it responded to a fire on a fourth-floor unit of Block 224 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 at 3.05pm. The fire was raging when firefighters […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong’s leader on Monday (July 22) strongly condemned some anti-government protesters for an “attack” on China’s main representative office in the city. On Sunday, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists at China’s Liaison Office, its main representative branch in the city, who fled after defacing […]
(Reuters) – Under fire fund manager Neil Woodford is among investors who have put an additional 50 million pounds ($62.42 million) into digital lender Atom Bank, the company confirmed here on Monday. Woodford, one of Britain’s best-known money managers, has left thousands of investors without access to their savings after suspending his flagship 3.7 billion […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s biggest retail shareholder group has asked investors to reject the executive pay plans of investment bank Macquarie Group (MQG.AX), accusing it of withholding pertinent information and setting overly achievable performance targets. The Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) said the bank’s remuneration report gives incomplete and confusing information about its “uncommon remuneration structure”. […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – New Zealand announced plans for a national firearms register Monday (July 22) in its second round of gun law reforms following the Christchurch mosque attacks which killed 51 Muslim worshippers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said regulations around who could hold firearm licences would also be tightened to “stop weapons falling into the […]
(Reuters) – Activist investor Cat Rock Capital cut its stake in Staffline Group Plc (STAF.L) by more than half, less than a month after the British recruiter swung to a 2018 loss as it booked a charge for potential fines for underpaying workers. Cat Rock Capital cut its stake to 4.64% from a prior stake […]
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – Public backlash in South Korea against Japanese products has dented some sales of beer and tour packages, and analysts say the boycott could spread to luxury cars and retailers as a trade spat between the two countries shows no sign of abating. Sales of Japanese beer at South Korea’s convenience store chain […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Face-to-face negotiations between the top Chinese and US trade negotiators could happen soon, according to Chinese state media, after a number of goodwill gestures by Beijing over the weekend. Chinese companies asked US exporters about buying agricultural products and also applied for exemptions from China’s retaliatory tariffs on the goods, state-run Xinhua […]
KYOTO (REUTERS) – Smoke spread so fast through the Japanese animation company hit by an arson attack last week that a majority of victims who had tried to flee through a rooftop door were unable to open it before perishing, Japanese media said on Monday (July 22). The attack at Kyoto Animation last Thursday, in […]