Returning Cubans boost island’s real estate marketIn shorts and wearing shoes but no socks, Mauricio Garcia could pass for a tourist as he strolls around Old Havana. But he's as Cuban as a Cohiba cigar, and his return after 16 years abroad is part of...
Digital economy and AI key to China’s post-internet future, say country’s tech leadersChinese tech leaders articulated their vision for the post-internet future at the World Internet Conference held this past week, with artificial intelligence, complete digitisation of the economy and...
Queens neighbourhood wary of Amazon coming to townNew York's Long Island City, where Amazon is tipped to set up a new home, is a neighborhood in flux -- a construction site of warehouses and skyscrapers where some fear the online retail giant will on...
Softly, softly for now, British PM May’s enforcers gear up for big Brexit voteLess than five months before Britain leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May's parliamentary enforcers are on the prowl. For now, the government "whips" whose job it is to ensure parliam...
Alibaba Singles’ Day smashes $25bn sales recordChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd smashed the 2017 record for its Singles' Day sales event on Sunday, surpassing 168 billion yuan ($24.15 billion) (18.62 billion pounds) sales in unde...
Despite tax cuts, companies plan to cut back on bonusesThe fact that paychecks have been slow to increase amid the robust economic recovery and record-high corporate profits has left some workers frustrated. Recently, a possible theory has emerged: instea...