In this week’s wrapup, we talk about Amazon’s next battle for customers, India’s dilemma over cabotage laws, the India–South Korea partnership, the cost of the EU wanting better phones and PSU stocks rallying because of elections.Also, here’s a quick heads-up: We’re pausing the Markets story for this week.With that out of the way, here’s what we wrote this week.Amazon’s next battle isn’t for customersAmazon’s history in China hasn’t been great. It tried to win over Chinese shoppers, but couldn’t keep up with local giants, and eventually pulled back.But now, it’s making a quiet return. Only this time, the strategy looks…
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With bad loans and repayment collateral in focus, Chinese banks are increasingly using satellites to evaluate their clients’ terrestrial assets, mounting a hi-tech offensive to safeguard against rising credit risks.China Merchants Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank started making use of satellites this year, following a 2022 launch by Ping An Bank and a 2020 move into satellite remote-sensing technology by Zhejiang E-Commerce Bank.Furthering the trend, the Postal Savings Bank of China and the China-headquartered Chang Guang Satellite Technology sent a jointly developed satellite into space this month, the Economic Observer reported.Access to satellite-aided remote sensing – an outgrowth of…
nclusive development can only be realized if the most marginalized groups in society – such as women in Eastern Indonesia – receive serious, sustained support. In this context, women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) are crucial.Amid the persistent imbalance in infrastructure and services, these CSOs are on the front lines, reaching those hardest for the government to serve. Their social proximity also means they are more sensitive to the invisible issues that are often overlooked by outsiders. However, women’s CSOs in Eastern Indonesia face challenges from all directions. Beyond lagging development, they must navigate a dominant patriarchal culture and work practices…
News 02/04/2026 09:32 Newly inaugurated media company Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd has acquired Dundee Press Agency Ltd, E News Now Ltd, and Daily Business Ltd as a first step in its “buy, build and launch” media strategy. Mark Hollinshead: “This is an exciting first set of acquisitions for Hero Media & Entertainment and an important step in our strategy to build a modern, digitally focused, video-led, media company.” Photograph: Milad Fakurian on Unsplash. Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd has announced the acquisition of Dundee Press…
Dubai’s new ‘work from park’ initiative is designed for year-round use with air-conditioned cabins, meeting rooms and a cafe. The workspace will feature four prefabricated air-conditioned cabins arranged around a central amphitheatre-style seating area. Each cabin has a mezzanine floor that can be used for events.The space, developed by Dubai Municipality in collaboration with Letswork and Amana Group, will be launched at Al Barsha Lake Park shortly and allow Dubai residents to trade their home offices for a park setting.Omar AlMheiri, co-founder of Letswork said the initiative has already received high interest. “A lot of people are excited,” he said.…
The 15th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique got underway this Friday, April 24, with free practice sessions for all eight categories. Several drivers, including Jean Alesi at the wheel of the Ferrari 312, ran into trouble. Spectators in the grandstands and the Paddock of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique certainly got their money’s worth. In fact, they didn’t have to spend a single cent, as Friday’s action was completely free to attend. Throughout the day, the eight free practice sessions kept the track busy, while fans had the chance to get up close to the cars in the Paddock.…
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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry is offering 116 new oil and gas blocks to global investors to achieve production targets.In addition to opening new oil and gas working areas (WK), the government is establishing technological and operational collaboration in existing working areas through ESDM Ministerial Regulation No. 14 of 2025, according to the ministry’s director general of oil and gas, Laode Sulaeman said in a statement on Friday (April 24).As stipulated in the 2026 State Budget, the oil production target is projected at 610,000 barrels of oil per day.Laode stated that the major discovery…
LAHORE: The second day of the Pakistan Chemical Forum Expo 2026 at the Expo Centre Lahore proved to be a landmark occasion for the country’s industrial sector, as foreign investors and business leaders expressed strong interest in joint ventures and investment partnerships with Pakistani companies. The expo, featuring hundreds of stalls displaying industrial chemicals, raw materials, advanced machinery, and cutting-edge technologies, attracted participation from major cities across Pakistan, transforming the gathering into a nationwide industrial platform. Foreign delegates described Pakistan’s chemical sector as an emerging and promising market, highlighting opportunities in specialty chemicals, value-added products, and industrial processing. Chairman B2B…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — A bipartisan bill that recently passed the state House could change what goes in to Pennsylvania farmers’ fertilizer—and supporters say it might just smell better.House Bill 586, sponsored by Rep. Paul Friel (D-Chester), would implement certain guidelines when it comes to the use of something called “noxious food processing residual,” or FPR, on farmland.“FPR is exactly what it sounds like — waste left over from food manufacturing, which can include vegetable peelings, raw meat scraps, and liquid like cleaning wastewater that includes blood, fat, hair, and feathers,” legislators wrote in a memo about the bill.The Hill…