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World Bank-commissioned report found that Georgieva and other senior World Bank officials applied "undue pressure" on staff to boost China's ranking in its 'Doing Business' series.
Farmers have welcomed a move by the Modi government to ask tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Cisco and local tech firms to help modernise the country’s outmoded farm sector
World Bank leaders, including former CEO Kristalina Georgieva, applied "undue pressure" on staff to boost China's ranking in the bank's "Doing Business 2018" report, an investigation has found. Georgieva, who now heads the IMF, says she disagrees with the findings.
Asia News
Japanese leaders say trade group would need to assess if China can meet its 'extremely high standards', while China's state media claims the move would put 'overwhelming pressure' on the US to rejoin the trade pact...
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Asia Poised for Early 2022 Recovery With 80% Vaccinated: Morgan Stanley13 Sep 2021
Asia will transition from lockdowns to living with the pandemic by year-end, and by the end of 2022 will be a growth outperformer, Morgan Stanley says...
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Morgan Stanley Says Asia Capex Rebound Strongest Since Early 1990s06 Sep 2021
Chinese expansion drives regional investment into real assets but new Covid variant and Beijing's strong-arm measures cloud future prospects, Morgan Stanley report says ...
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Covid Curbs Asia’s Manufacturing Power as Supply Chains Struggle01 Sep 2021
Pandemic-related supply disruptions and falling consumption also hit the region’s export giants Japan, South Korea and Taiwan...
Central Asia News
Australian exports of LNG look set to tighten amid tension between Beijing and the Morrison government over multiple issues, despite big investments by Chinese oil majors in recent years, as Beijing looks to source more natural gas from Turkmenistan via a new pipeline...
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Rethinking Asian tourism for the pandemic era27 Nov 2020
(ATF) From a “staycation” in a five-star hotel to a “flycation” with views of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong’s tourism......
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Virus, low oil hit Putin bid for economic revival20 Mar 2020
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted the economy can weather the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices,......
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Russian firm invests $600 million in Central Asia gold refinery18 Mar 2021
(ATF) Russia has committed a $600 million investment in a gold refinery......
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China News
China Braces For Evergrande Fall as Spillovers Threaten Economy17 Sep 2021Evergrande's financial woes have potentially destabilising consequences for the banking and financial system that may reverberate through the economy....
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PBoC Injects $14bn Amid Angst Over Evergrande Woes: Bloomberg17 Sep 2021
(AF) The People’s Bank of China has sunk $14 billion into the Chinese financial system to allay fears that banks......
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China Probes Funds That Conceal True Holdings, Securities Journal Says16 Sep 2021
A fund with an education focus holds seven renewable energy companies in its top ten positions, the China Securities Journal reported....
India News
Indian Crypto Traders Angered by SBI Payments Block15 Sep 2021Traders upset by the State Bank of India blocking crypto exchanges sending funds via its Unified Payments Interface (UPI ) platform...
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Chips Crisis Forces Reliance And Google To Delay India Smartphone Launch10 Sep 2021
The budget JioPhone Next had been due to hit the shops this week but the worldwide semiconductor shortage has pushed back its release to November...
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India Accelerates Green Autos Drive With $3.5bn Clean Tech Incentive08 Sep 2021
New Delhi has come up with a new package of grants and cashback offers for its car-making industry in a bid to cut its high levels of pollution and meet emissions targets...
North Asia News
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Told To Toe The Line Or Shut Down17 Sep 2021More than 60 digi currency exchanges must register with the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit and partner up with banks or face being ordered to stop trading...
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Taiwan Chipmaking Giant TSMC Targets Net Zero Emissions By 205016 Sep 2021
The company, which supplies Apple and Qualcomm, will ‘set related mitigation measures’ and actively adopt the use of renewable energy...
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Taiwan E-Scooter Firm Gogoro Speeding Ahead With $2.35bn SPAC deal16 Sep 2021
The Taipei-based group, which has launched scooter-sharing services in Europe, is also eyeing moves into the Indian and Chinese markets with tie-ups with Hero MotoCorp, Dachangjiang Group and Yadea Group...
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ESG Investing in Asia Plots its Own Path17 Jul 2021
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