Pharmaron Beijing’s shares trade in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Photographer: Roy Liu/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP Pharmaron Beijing, a China-based pharmaceutical research services company led by billionaire Lou Boliang, expects profit earned in the year to Dec. 31 to have climbed by as much as 45% to 1.7 billion yuan, or about $265 million,… More
‘All of Us Are Dead’ pits high school students against zombies. Netflix In 2021 Netflix NFLX had a runaway international hit with the Korean drama Squid Game. The series about a group of desperate debt-ridden individuals competing in a potentially fatal series of games became the most watched Netflix show in its history, earning the… More
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance. Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has teamed up with Sarath Ratanavadi’s Gulf Energy Development to look into setting up a digital asset trading platform in the Southeast Asian country. Gulf Energy said the agreement with Binance is a response to the “rapid growth” of Thailand’s digital… More
Vingroup vice chair and VinFast CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy. COURTESY OF Vingroup On Thursday, VinFast, a rather obscure automaker from Vietnam, revealed three new electric vehicle models at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, the world’s largest tech trade show. The move comes less than two months after the company unveiled two electric SUVs… More
Kim Hye-soo plays a judge with a poor opinion of juvenile offenders in ‘Juvenile Justice.’ Netflix The start of 2022 finds dozens of interesting Korean dramas in varied stages of planning and production. A few dramas on the slate were originally scheduled for 2021 and postponed. Future air dates may also face delays or cancellation.… More
AC Energy’s windmills in Bangui. Ilocos Norte in northern Philippines. Flickr Vision AC Energy—a unit of billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayal’s Ayala Corp.—is investing 14 billion pesos ($274 million) to fund the solar and wind energy projects of two subsidiaries as the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate continues to deepen its investments in renewable energy. The company will inject… More
Rachmat Kaimuddin ZHU QINCAY FOR FORBES ASIA Shares of Bukalapak fell on Thursday after Rachmat Kaimuddin resigned as CEO a few months after leading the e-commerce firm’s historic initial public offering on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. Bukalapak said it has appointed Willix Halim, currently the company’s chief operating officer, as interim CEO following Kaimuddin’s resignation.… More
Yu Gong (center), founder and CEO of China-based iQiyi (IQ), rings the Opening Bell at Nasdaq … [+] MarketSite in Times Square with Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and others in celebration of its initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2018 in New York City. Getty Images In Asia, global streaming giants Netflix NFLX and… More
The flagship Selfridges store in London Courtesy of Central Group Central Group—controlled by the Chirathivat family, among Thailand’s richest—and Austrian partner Signa Holding have agreed to buy British retailer Selfridges & Co. from the Weston family of Canada. The equal partners are acquiring a portfolio comprising 18 department stores, including the flagship Selfridges store on… More
He called for the government to set up a Bitcoin policy, arguing that India already had some regulations in place. Nasir Hayat Magoon, the president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has stated that Pakistani citizens have a combined crypto assets value of $20 billion.During a news conference, the FPCCI president… More
Visitors check out the booth belonging to SenseTime at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence … [+] Conference in Shanghai on July 7, 2021. STR/CNS/AFP via Getty Images Chinese artificial intelligence giant SenseTime is pushing ahead with its initial public offering in Hong Kong despite being placed on a U.S. investment blacklist just one week ago,… More
A plane and a shuttle bus belonging to Philippine Airlines PAL are seen at the Manila Ninoy Aquino … [+] International Airport NAIA terminal 1 in Paranaque City, the Philippines, on February 3, 2021. Rouelle Umali/Xinhua via Getty Philippine Airlines—controlled by billionaire Lucio Tan—has won court approval to restructure, paving the way to revive the… More
Power tool supplier Chervon is aiming to list at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP … [+] via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The launch of an IPO in Hong Kong by a China manufacturer of power tools this week may mint the country’s newest billionaire. Chervon Holdings is offering 71.9 million shares… More
A driverless AR bus and AI intelligent car developed by SenseTime are unveiled at the World … [+] Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai, China, July 7, 2021. Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime has decided to postpone its initial public offering in Hong Kong after it was put on a… More
Zhao Changpeng speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on November 19, 2021. Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg Binance Singapore has withdrawn its application for a license to operate a cryptocurrency exchange, and will shut down its trading platform in the city-state by February 13. Binance Singapore’s users will be informed through email as… More
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