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Fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs in Southeast AsiaRising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...
Governments worldwide shield households from rising energy costsNations globally are taking action to protect citizens from rising energy prices. Countries are introducing subsidies, tax cuts and fuel co...
Price shocks from the Iran war power solar sales in energy-hungry AsiaIran war news: Soaring fuel prices due to the Iran war are pushing consumers in Asia towards rooftop solar power. In the Philippines, insta...
The delimitation debate reflects our inability to eschew the politics of handouts, caste and ethnicityIndia faces a critical juncture as a proposed constitutional amendment fails. This highlights a growing divide between economically prosper...
$1.8 Trillion: China runs record budget deficit as welfare spending soarsGovernment expenditure saw a nearly 4% increase compared to the previous year, resulting in a deficit of ¥12.7 trillion ($1.8 trillion). Th...
India now reverse AI trade after being relative-return disaster: Chris Wood of JefferiesIndia has become the “reverse AI trade” in emerging markets, underperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by 27 percentage points year-t...
The country that once limited babies is now paying for themChina birthrate: China plans to give cash to families to encourage childbirth. Each child will get 3,600 yuan yearly until age three, start...
'Take as much as you can': Company lays Rs 70 crore cash for employees to grab; Netizens say, 'my company just gives pizzas'Henan Mining Crane Co., Ltd. held an event where employees could count cash bonuses on a large table for 15 minutes. The total amount was S...
China raises salaries for government workers to boost spendingChina has increased the basic salaries of many government employees by at least 500 yuan per month. This raise has been backdated to July. ...
China to give cash handouts to the poorChina will provide one-off cash handouts to people in extreme poverty before National Day. The aid, announced just after a new economic sti...
Fridges not bridges: China veers off beaten path with consumer stimulusChina used ultra-long treasury bonds to fund a consumer goods trade-in programme, deviating from typical investment-boosting strategies. Ab...
China is trying to make its gloomy consumers spend moreChina has detailed a series of measures aimed at boosting consumer spending, including subsidies for drivers who trade in older cars for ne...
Pakistan banks on Saudi Arabia to avoid defaultTwice in the past three months, Dar had said that Saudi Arabia would give $3 billion cash -- the second bailout in the past one year. It is...
TikTok owner doles out bonuses to assuage beleaguered staffByteDance’s move contrasts with belt-tightening across scores of Asian startups from Singapore’s Grab to India’s Oyo. It echoes a handout f...
Coronavirus: China city offers $1,400 reward for virus patients who report to authoritiesA city in China's Hubei province, the epicentre of the global coronavirus epidemic, will pay residents as much as 10,000 yuan ($1,425.96) i...
BJP will need help of allies to form government: Ram Madhav"If we get 271 seats on our own, we will be very happy," Madhav said in an interview with Bloomberg on Saturday
Hong Kong's dilemma is what to do with its massive cash pileChan highlighted education, medical services, housing and innovation as among the most pressing issues in the city, with the government obl...
It's becoming harder to use cash in China: Fully chargedEven beggars in China reportedly accept handouts via WeChat, using QR codes linked to payment accounts. (Some have cautioned that this phen...
- Mongolia Shining: Important lessons in inclusive growth
India’s economic gurus, now in hibernation somewhere deep inside Raisina Hill, should wake up and look at the world’s latest poster-child o...
- Japan's 2Q GDP rises 3.7 per cent
Japan's economy grew 3.7 per cent at an annual pace in the second quarter, signaling exports were gradually picking up after the nation's w...