The firm, which specialises in recruiting for accounting, legal and tech jobs, said pre-tax profit topped 50 million pounds ($65.6 million) for the year to December 31 against 12m pounds in 2020
 
							Data show the Japanese economy grew at a smaller rate than expected in the fourth quarter
 
							Three-quarters of US companies in China told an AmCham survey that multiple issues from fickle policy changes to slow progress on market access forced them to put investments on hold
 
							The order sets an 180-day deadline for a series of reports on "the future of money" and the role that cryptocurrencies will play in the evolving landscape
 
							Tuesday's legislative plan did refer to a pilot real estate tax in some regions, which was first announced in October, but did not disclose specifics
 
							Japan posted a current account deficit of 1.1887 trillion yen ($10.31 billion) in January, data showed, versus economists' median estimate of a 880 billion yen deficit in a poll
 
							The move aims to improve "legal system supporting the development of the socialist market economy," said the work report by a standing committee for the National People's Congress
 
							Equipment vendors such as Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE and Nokia have historically provided nearly all of the hardware and software for telecom networks
 
							Alarmed by the situation, some companies in Japan have begun taking matters into their own hands to identify and address gender-based disparities
 
							Yuan's trade-weighted CFETS basket index rose to 106.07, the highest level since the index was introduced in early 2015, according to a calculation based on official data
 
							The defence budget increase was mentioned in a draft budget report issued at the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on Saturday
 
							The state planning body plans to boost output and reserves of oil, gas, as well as coal, which powers more than 60% of China's electricity generation plants