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Global Pension Systems Ill-Prepared to Deal with Demographic Changes

Life expectancy has declined in many countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, but pensions systems across the world has remained ill-prepared…

3 years ago

Africa Emerging as Tech Hub with Focus on Developing ICT Sector

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is fast catching up in the African continent with countries in the region committing…

3 years ago

Exclusive: Tencent scraps plans for VR hardware as metaverse bet falters

Tencent Holdings is abandoning plans to venture into virtual reality hardware, as a sobering economic outlook prompts the Chinese tech giant…

3 years ago

Exclusive: Airbus roiled by poor start to 2023 as industrial pressure grows

The boss of European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) has read the riot act to executives about disappointing deliveries in January and…

3 years ago

Exclusive: Airbus roiled by poor start to 2023 as industrial pressure grows

The boss of European planemaker Airbus has read the riot act to executives about disappointing deliveries in January and warned them…

3 years ago

Shell makes record $40 bln profit in tumultuous 2022

Shell delivered a record $40 billion profit in 2022, the energy giant said on Thursday, capping a tumultuous year in which…

3 years ago

Swatch positive on recovery in luxury demand from China

Swatch Group shares hit their highest level in nearly two-and-a-half years on Tuesday after the world's biggest watchmaker said it expected…

3 years ago

Exclusive: Blackstone in talks with Bain to sell $480 million stake in top Indian REIT

Blackstone is in talks to sell around half of its stake in India's largest real estate investment trust Embassy Office Parks to…

3 years ago

Exclusive: China to allow Didi apps back online, in latest sign of regulatory thaw

Chinese authorities are set to allow Didi Global's ride-hailing and other apps back on domestic app stores as soon as…

3 years ago

Oil rises on demand optimism as China borders reopen

Oil prices climbed more than 2% on Monday as China's move to reopen its borders boosted the demand outlook and…

3 years ago