South Korea eyes 4.5-day week to ease burden on toiling workers
Economy Improving productivity will be key to success South Korea logged the sixth-longest hours per worker per year…
US tariff collection falls short as implementation issues bite
The United States is collecting fewer duties than expected from exporters in the UK and elsewhere, as the…
Rising Food Prices Are Likely to Continue, Thanks to Trump’s Trade Wars
Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows food prices have spiked by 2.9 percent since last July, and wholesale…
The Greek economic tragedy we could all learn from
Families jetting off to Greece this summer may have dim memories of a time when coverage of that…
GT Voice: Will India pivot toward Asian markets amid tariff pressure?
Shipping containers stacked on the KMTC Jebel Ali container ship at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai,…
Trump gave China the AI chips it wanted. Beijing isn’t saying thank you
People visit the booth of Nvidia at an supply chain expo in Beijing, China. – An Ming/ Feature…
Duty-free shops facing ‘full-blown crisis’ with no relief in sight
John Slipp took over his father’s duty-free store in 1994, which had been started more than a decade…
Why America can’t shake off inflation
The Yiddish phrase “farshlepteh krenk”, untranslatable into English, describes an illness that just won’t go away. That is…
Manufacturing is vital — we must hold on to what is left
Small things can make a big difference. Had Thursday’s second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures shown no growth…
China ‘pretend work’ firm offers shared office space for US$4 a day, promotes personal growth
Pretend work companies that help unemployed people fake having a job for a small price are springing up…
Taiwan incomes hit record high; young adults average NT$559,000
Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) Taiwanese incomes hit new highs in 2024, buoyed by steady economic growth, with the…
Tinubu’s bold economic reforms yielding good results – Osun APC guber aspirant
A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has…