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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Seven industry-led alliances formed to create and execute ideas to assist Singapore in its quest to lift the economy out of the COVID-19 crisis have developed solutions including launching autonomous shuttles on the road and creating new seamless shopping experiences to help retail. sector. The seven groups, called …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes has put his sprawling Ayrshire estate in Scotland up for sale for £ 2.5 million (S $ 4.45 million) as the Covid-19 pandemic it has affected airlines around the world. according to the British tabloid The …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Roughly a quarter of organizations in Singapore plan to introduce or continue pay freezes in 2021, down slightly from the 30 percent that halted pay increases this year. As for the pay cuts, about 3 percent of employers said they intend to implement them …

[ad_1] South China morning post Top Minds Call on Joe Biden to Reset US Tech Policy on China A high-powered US task force recommended to the incoming US administration that it restart US technology policy to better counter China’s challenge. The report comes amid discussions on how to correct flawed …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More employers are being investigated for possible discriminatory hiring practices, according to a report on employment practices released on Thursday (November 19). The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep), the national watchdog on fair employment, investigated around 260 cases of such practices in the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It will take several years for the world to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, and even then, some things will change in the new normal, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday (November 19). “In the short term, I don’t see us moving away from the …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan is on “high alert” after recording a record number of daily coronavirus infections, the prime minister said on Thursday (Nov. 19), although no immediate restrictions are planned. But the government will not immediately declare a health emergency and will continue to monitor infection rates and the ability …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: New York City’s public school district, the largest in the United States, will halt in-person instruction beginning Thursday (Nov. 19), announced Mayor Bill de Blasio, citing rising infection rates for coronavirus there and throughout the country. The mayor’s decision, revealed Wednesday on Twitter, came as the U.S. …

[ad_1] South China morning post Leading Minds Appeal to Joe Biden to Reset US Tech Policy on China A high-powered US task force recommended to the incoming US administration that it restart US technology policy to better counter China’s challenge. The report comes amid discussions on how to correct flawed …

[ad_1] South China morning post Leading Minds Appeal to Joe Biden to Reset US Tech Policy on China A high-powered US task force recommended to the incoming US administration that it restart US technology policy to better counter China’s challenge. The report comes amid discussions on how to correct flawed …