Asia's manufacturing activity grew in October as emerging economies saw COVID-19 infections subside, but rising input costs, material shortages and slowing Chinese growth cloud the outlook, business surveys showed on Monday. Policymakers in the region face pressures on multiple fronts as they steer their economies out of the pandemic-induced doldrums while also trying to keep prices under control amid rising commodity costs and parts shortages. China's factory activity expanded at its fastest pa

TOKYO: Asia’s factory activity stepped up a gear in October as emerging economies saw Covid-19 infections subside, but rising input costs, material shortages and slowing Chinese growth cloud the outlook, according to business surveys. Policymakers in the region face pressures on multiple fronts as they steer their economies out of the pandemic-induced doldrums while also trying to keep prices under control amid rising commodity costs and parts shortages. China’s factory activity expanded at its

TOKYO: Asian factory activity grew in November as crippling supply bottlenecks eased, but rising input costs and renewed weakness in China dampened the region's prospects for an early, sustained recovery from pandemic paralysis. The newly detected Omicron coronavirus variant has emerged as a fresh worry for the region's policymakers, who are already grappling with the challenge of steering their economies out of the doldrums while trying to tame inflation amid rising commodity costs and parts sh

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan Sabah’s battle for the support of the native Kadazandusun and Murut communities has been hit with two of its assemblymen quitting the party. The resignation of vice-president Datuk Peter Anthony and Juil Nuatim effectively takes away the party’s presence in the rural Murut-Dusun belt of the interior and shakes Warisan’s hold on the semi-urban new Limbahau seat in Papar. Its remaining elected Kadazandusun leader is its deputy president Datuk Darell Leiking who holds t

A pregnant woman who was once refused the COVID-19 vaccine said," I didn't know why, and I wondered if I was wrong," on July 7, 2021.... It's my decision." So said a doctor to a pregnant woman he was examining.... Information available on adverse reactions is a mix of truth and fiction, and if there is a deep-rooted misunderstanding and distrust of the vaccines' safety even among medical professionals, the vaccination rate will probably not improve much....

BARCELONA: SMS fraud, or" smishing", is on the rise in many countries, fuelled by the increasing use of smartphones. This is a challenge for telecom operators who are meeting at the Mobile World Congress( MWC), the sector's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona this week. What is smishing?... Smishing is a cybersecurity attack carried out over mobile text messaging, also known as SMS phishing which target both individuals and corporations. The name is a play on the term" phishing", the fraudul

stabilised, challenges persist, contingent on the effective implementation of sound policies

CLICK TO ENLARGEAS the last quarter of the year rolls in, hope for a firmer recovery seems within reach.... While the move online has helped many SMEs, observers note that small businesses may find the e-commerce race challenging as consumers seek out more notable brands.“ People say the pandemic is like a leveller, but it’s not.... It actually makes the bigger companies better and the smaller companies worse.“ For example, for a bigger brand that has 100 outlets, consumers know you and there’

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French President Emmanuel Macron has the power to cause a" major headache" for the European