TOKYO, Aug 5, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (TSE Code: 7011) announced that order intake rose 22.3% year-over-year to YEN917.8 billion in the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Revenue rose 2.3% to YEN871.3 billion year-over-year, resulting in business profit(1) of YEN14.9 billion, a 30.4% decrease from the previous fiscal year, […]
General view of the Mercosur ministers' meeting in Luque, Paraguay, on July 20, 2022. Foreign and Economy ministers of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay met on Wednesday, a day ahead of the Mercosur Chiefs of State Summit. (NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) BRASILIA – South American trade bloc Mercosur on Wednesday concluded talks on a trade […]
Monday was World Population Day. In his message to mark the day and the release of the United Nations latest World Population Prospects report, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that "it is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet and a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of […]
TOKYO, May 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI, TSE Code: 7011) announced that order intake rose 21.9% year-over-year to ¥4,067.7 billion in the period ended March 31, 2022. Revenue rose 4.3% to ¥3,860.2 billion year-over-year, resulting in business profit(1) of ¥160.2 billion, a 196.3% increase from the previous fiscal […]
HONG KONG, Mar 31, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – HTSC (stock code: 6886.HK; “the Company”), a leading global financial services provider, today announced its annual results for the year ended December 31, 2021. 2021 continued to be an unusual year filled with global economic challenges, market fluctuations, and the persistent impacts of COVID. […]
Residents jog along the Sydney Harbour on Sept 13, 2021. (SAEED KHAN / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia's center-right government is set to unpack a budget larded with cash give-aways, petrol tax cuts and infrastructure spending as it seeks to claw back votes for what is expected to be a tough election in May. Tuesday's budget […]
Hong Kong has entered the worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic with the raging Omicron variant threatening its people and economy. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, fortunately, still has the wherewithal to come up with a “rescue” budget. Hopefully, the HK$170 billion ($21.7 billion) package of measures on offer will tie us over till the […]
Diversion of frozen assets, branded theft, spurs growing calls for justice An Afghan girl holds a placard, during a protest condemning U.S. President Joe Biden's decision, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb 15, 2022. President Biden signed an executive order on Feb 11, to create a pathway to split $7 billion in Afghan assets frozen in the […]
A boy selling bread watches Muslims attending Friday Prayer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb 11, 2022. (HUSSEIN MALLA / AP) WASHINGTON – The US government plans to free up half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on its soil for aiding the Afghan people, while the rest will remain in the United States […]
Palo Alto, CA / January 6, 2022 / SEAPRWire / – Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM), the next generation, insured, asset-backed cryptocurrency poised to revolutionize digital transactions is announcing its upcoming plan to launch on ten additional global exchanges in 2022, bringing its total to 20 publicly-traded exchanges. Bitcoin Latinum currently trades publicly on HitBTC ($6.2 billion in daily volume), […]
Afternoon rush hour traffic in the central business district of Jakarta, Indonesia, June 24, 2021. (DIMAS ARDIAN / BLOOMBERG) Indonesia will need to secure $148 billion in additional funding to meet its goal of reducing carbon emissions through 2030. Southeast Asia’s largest economy needs $365 billion in overall green investments to cut emissions by 29 […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the media at his office in Tokyo, Nov 19, 2021. (STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet is set to approve an economic stimulus package on Friday, which includes a record 55.7 trillion yen ($490 billion) in fiscal spending to help […]
– Leveraging leadership in Thailand’s integrated media and entertainment business– With outstanding and distinctive business model, and long-term sustainable growth– Determined to create quality contents for the happiness of Thais and international audience BANGKOK, Nov 5, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The One Enterprise PCL (SET: ONEE), the leader in Thailand’s integrated media and entertainment business with over 30 […]
Delays and overruns of large-scale construction projects are not uncommon. Take the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge as an example. In 2010, the Ministry of Transport approved a budget of 38.1 billion yuan ($5.92 billion), which greatly increased to more than 48 billion yuan in 2017, a cost overrun of nearly 10 billion yuan. The Institution of […]
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) soldiers take part in a live fire exercise at the JGSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Manuever Area in Gotemba on May 22, 2021. (AKIO KON / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japan's defense ministry is seeking an annual budget increase that will add to past hikes to expand […]
The Dallas Cowboys remained the NFL’s most valuable team for the 15th consecutive year at US$6.5 billion in Forbes magazine’s annual rating of club values for the world’s richest sports league. Forbes unveiled the 2021 list Thursday with the Cowboys on top, the New England Patriots second on US$5 billion, the New York Giants third […]
In this picture taken on July 27, 2021, plainclothes security personnel guards as goods trucks prepare to make their way towards the Afghan border crossing point in Chaman, after a key crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan partially reopened days after the Taliban took control of the Afghan border town in a rapid offensive across the […]
US, Jun 30, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – News flows the past week has centred around BTC’s big flash dip and about how long-term investors are taking the chance to accumulate more BTC. However, no one seems to be talking about the second largest coin, ETH. Is ETH a good buy at these […]
Malaysia received US$80 million from Deloitte PLT in settlement over the firm’s audit of 1MDB and its former unit SRC International between 2011-2014, and the finance ministry said it is in negotiations with KPMG, another former 1MDB auditor. The government also expects to get 2.83 billion ringgit (US$699 million) from local lender AMMB Holdings Bhd. […]
James Shaw, New Zealand's minister for climate change, welcomes United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) as he attends a breakfast with youth climate change and environmental leaders in Auckland on May 13, 2019. (MICHAEL BRADLEY / AFP) SYDNEY – New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 31, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Bin Zayed International LLC (BZI) has targeted RM100 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Malaysia over the next few years, to be delivered in phases, starting with the development of Widad@Langkasuka. BZI is a leading conglomerate owned by His Highness Sheikh Khaled […]
A US judge rejected the Justice Department’s attempts to seize US$325 million from an oil exploration joint-venture linked to the 1MDB scandal, in a setback for federal prosecutors in a multibillion dollar kleptocracy case. The US ruling emerged at a London court hearing this week where Petrosaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd is battling to win […]
HONG KONG, Mar 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. (SSE:601899, SEHK:2899) is pleased to announce audited consolidated annual results for the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the year ended 31 December 2020 (the “Period”). Group results for the period are summarized as follows: — Operating income […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson led his country out of the European Union on grounds of uncontrolled mass immigration from Africa and the Middle East, yet he is offering visas to hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents. It is unclear how many eligible residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will take advantage […]
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is marking its fifth anniversary. Facts speak louder than words, and by all accounts, the Beijing-based multilateral development bank has been doing quite well. The AIIB’s mission is financing infrastructure with sustainability at its core. Since beginning operations in January 2016, its membership has grown from 57 to 103. The […]
