by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | General
A view of a Best Buy retail store on August 29, 2019 in San Bruno, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesBest Buy said it will gradually reopen its doors to customers with in-store consultations by appointment.Starting in May, the company said about 200 of its U.S....
by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | General
BANGKOK — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is enjoying an extended political honeymoon in Sri Lanka with his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic — his first major test five months into his inaugural term.The health crisis is a political shot in the arm for...
by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | General
SINGAPORE — As the world fights the novel coronavirus pandemic, Southeast Asian startups face another battle: Cash burn. With economic activity paralyzed by the outbreak, many startups are scrambling to cut costs — slicing payrolls and the wages of those...
by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | General
SINGAPORE — Singapore-based venture capital group Quest Ventures has secured the first close of its $50 million fund, according to a statement.More than half of the target corpus has already been raised with its limited partners (LPs) comprising Temasek’s...
by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | General
SINGAPORE — The Singaporean government has backpedaled away from a coronavirus PR campaign that was supposed to lighten the mood but instead came across as insensitive — and alienated Liverpool soccer fans.A government website on Monday introduced the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | General
SINGAPORE — One of Singapore’s foremost oil traders, Hin Leong Trading, is now struggling to stay afloat amid a plunge in crude oil prices and greater scrutiny by banks that has left it facing a cash crunch.The company had by Wednesday submitted a court...
