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Costa Rica gets congressional nod to join OECD

Central American country overcomes final hurdle to be 38th member of global forum

5y

Grab on mission to help small businesses navigate digital economy

It will launch programme aiming to raise visibility, traffic to their online shops next month

5y

Scrap fossil fuel projects now if world to reach net-zero by 2050: IEA

Agency also predicts sharp decline in demand for commodity in next three decades

5y

Musk loses world’s second-richest man rank as Tesla shares tank

France’s Bernard Arnault of LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton takes up mantle

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Major beef exporter Argentina halts exports for 30 days

Measure aims to combat price increases in domestic market, govt says

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Asia markets mostly rise despite Covid-19, inflation fears

Investors bet on global recovery as traders build on broadly positive previous day

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US voices ‘concern’ over Canada’s proposed tax on tech giants

On global level, OECD studying reforms to modulate corporate tax according to profits made in each country, regardless of nation of origin

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Japan Q1 GDP shrinks 1.3% after Covid-19 curbs reimposed

Quarterly fall comes after world’s third-largest economy records growth for 2 quarters to December

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Bursa swells in early trade on bargain hunting

Meanwhile, ringgit strengthens against greenback

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WEF scraps Singapore meet over Covid-19 concerns

Next annual meet will be held in first half of 2022, with final location, date to be determined based on assessment in coming months

5y

Virus sends Ryanair into €1 bil annual loss

CEO warns fares will climb next year as capacity remains capped by restrictions

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Indonesian unicorns to merge, creating tech giant

Ride-hailing company Gojek and e-commerce firm Tokopedia to form GoTo Group

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McDonald’s M’sia denies channelling aid to Israel

Local arm of international fast food giant says it does not contribute, support, nor get involved in any political or religious conflicts in any countries