[ad_1] Toyota may have pioneered the just-in-time manufacturing strategy, but when it comes to chips, its decision to stock what have become key components in cars dates back a decade before the Fukushima disaster. After the catastrophe broke Toyota’s supply chains on March 11, 2011, the world’s largest automaker realized …
Read More »Commentary: The gig economy: a surprise boost from the pandemic and in Singapore, it’s going nowhere
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has dashed hopes for a better future. In Asia Pacific, 81 million jobs were lost in 2020, according to a new report from the International Labor Organization. Commercial Commercial The unemployment rate in many countries has increased from single digits to double …
Read More »Commentary: Elon Musk is betting big on bitcoin to keep Tesla strong
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: In February 2021, Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, said the company had bought $ 1.5 billion worth of bitcoins. He also announced that Tesla would start accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for its products soon. Commercial Commercial Tesla has done nothing wrong by buying bitcoins. Maybe …
Read More »A year later, WHO says early warning of COVID-19 fell on deaf ears
[ad_1] GENEVA: Almost a year after first describing COVID-19 as a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) complained on Monday (March 8) that some did not heed its previous urgent warnings. The WHO sounded its highest available alarm level on January 30, 2020, declaring a Public Health Emergency of International …
Read More »You are ready? PUB Campaign Highlights How Climate Change Threatens Singapore’s Climate and Coasts
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Dramatic scenes of a couple rushing to protect a child from being engulfed by a wall of seawater. Prolonged dry periods and heavy rains. A new campaign by the national water agency PUB aims to raise awareness about the impact that climate change could have on Singapore. Commercial …
Read More »SIA Test App for Covid-19 Test Booking and Registration, Singapore Featured News and Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Travelers flying with Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be able to view Covid-19 test results and use them to check in at Changi Airport with a single app, which could pave the way for travel without stay-at-home notices nor quarantine. The software has been developed by the International …
Read More »SIA to test IATA travel pass for COVID-19 outcome, passenger vaccination status
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) passengers will be able to use a mobile app to check COVID-19 test results and vaccination status as the national carrier becomes the first airline to test the SINGAPORE Travel Pass. International Air Transport Associations (IATA). The test will begin with passengers traveling from Singapore …
Read More »GE Closes in on Deal to Sell Air Lease Unit to AerCap for Over $ 30 Billion
[ad_1] General Electric is reaching an agreement to sell its aircraft leasing business to Irish group AerCap for more than $ 30 billion, the latest move by the US industrial group to restructure its business, people briefed on the matter said. A deal, which would combine GE Capital Aviation Services …
Read More »Austria suspends batch of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after death, Europe News & Top Stories
[ad_1] ZURICH (REUTERS) – Austrian authorities suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the injections, a health agency said on Sunday (7 of March). “The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care …
Read More »Myanmar police shoot protesters in former capital Bagan
[ad_1] YANGON: Police in Myanmar’s former capital Bagan opened fire on Sunday (March 7) on protesters protesting last month’s military takeover, injuring several people, according to eyewitness accounts and videos on social media. . At least five people were reportedly injured as police tried to break up the Bagan protest, …
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