Xiaomi smartphone sales surge to top Samsung as China’s no. 1

Xiaomi Corp. almost tripled shipments to overtake Samsung Electronics Co. as China’s top smartphone vendor last year, according to researcher IDC. Xiaomi, founded in 2010, captured 12.5 percent of the 421

Uniqlo owner cuts hours at China factories after criticism

Fast Retailing Co., Asia’s biggest clothing chain, said two of its China-based suppliers are reducing working hours following a report that criticized the factories making its Uniqlo garments for labor

Corporate Bits | Galaxy Macau, BMW engineer automotive show

For families, children can also race with the BMW Baby Racer at the Kids Zone, join an origami workshop, take the Playstation simulator challenge and snap a few shots at

Real Estate Matters | The Most Important Questions To Ask……

All property transactions are sizeable when compared with most other decisions. It follows that you would give these transactions the time and effort that they warrant, but this does not always

PROJECT POKER | Better late than never

I was recently in Macau to play the Asia Championship of Poker. I wanted to share a story of someone I talked to on my way over -- a kind

Portugal | Public debt reaches 224.5 billion euros in 2014

Portugal’s public debt at the end of 2014 is expected to have stood at between 127.9 percent and 128.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), according to estimates from the

IMF warns of ‘tough period’ for Angola in 2015

The Angolan government’s proposal to revise the State Budget for 2015 due to the significant decline in oil prices was “timely and fast,” the head of a mission from the

Hong Kong | In Year of Sheep, CE Leung suggests following their lead

In Hong Kong, the scene of protests that disrupted the city’s Central district for 11 weeks, the chief executive used his Year of the Sheep address to ask people to

CNY holiday makes business, cultural waves around world

Decades ago the Chinese New Year holiday, also known as Spring Festival, had little impact outside of China. But as the country gained outsized economic influence, the holiday, which has enormous

Chinese corruption crackdown slams sales of New Year’s bling

During China’s boom years, Shanxi province was an economic backwater notorious for coal mine accidents and air pollution. According to a 2013 study by researchers at Princeton University, the University

Gov’t urges fewer fireworks during Lunar celebrations

Setting off fireworks to celebrate Chinese New Year may be a centuries-old tradition, but the country’s authorities are urging people to light fewer of them this week as cities fight

Philippines | Muslim rebels return 16 firearms of slain Filipino commandos 

Muslim guerrillas returned to the Philippine government yesterday at least 16 assault firearms of police anti-terror commandos who were killed in what the insurgents say was a “misencounter” that has

INDIA | Modi’s uniquely monogrammed suit to be auctioned for charity

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dark suit with its unique monogram pinstripes went up for auction yesterday in his home state of Gujarat, officials said. The money raised in the three-day

Bangladesh | Tribunal gives death sentence to 1971 war collaborator

A special tribunal dealing with war crimes involving Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war convicted and sentenced a leading collaborator to death yesterday for crimes including mass killing, arson and looting. The head judge of

Myanmar | Gov’t puts army in charge in troubled Kokang region 

Myanmar granted its military unprecedented powers to deal with fighting between ethnic minority rebels and government troops in the Kokang region, after week-long clashes left dozens of soldiers dead and

Afghanistan | UN finds 22 percent rise in civilian casualties 

The number of civilians killed or wounded in fighting in Afghanistan climbed by 22 percent in 2014 to reach the highest level in five years as foreign troops concluded their combat mission,

Ukraine | Troops withdrawing from embattled Debaltseve 

Ukraine has pulled most of its troops out of Debaltseve, the epicenter of recent fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine, the president confirmed yesterday. The Russia-backed separatists reported taking hundreds of

Libya | Italy presses UN to achieve political solution

Italy pressed for swifter action yesterday by the United Nations to find a political solution to Libya’s rapidly deteriorating security situation. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, speaking in Parliament, urged the world

Arrested Romanian ex-minister wants to wallpaper her cell

Marius Stribulea, lawyer to Elena Udrea, said his client, one of the most influential Romanian politicians in the past decade, wanted to renovate her current accommodation. "As you know the conditions

This Day in History | 1997 – China’s reformist Deng Xiaoping dies

He had been suffering from failing health for several years and was last seen in public three years ago. The country’s official news agency said his death was the result of

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