Parents expect to spend an average of nearly $900 per child on back-to-school shopping this year: GMA/Ipsos Parents Poll
The first-ever GMA/Ipsos Parents poll finds that a majority of parents with children in kindergarten through 12th grade…
World’s second-richest country to give $930 to nearly 7,000 hawkers amid dining crisis
Singapore, ranked the world’s second-richest country by GDP per capita in 2025, will provide S$1,200 (US$930) in rental…
Banks struggle with coin-filled vaults in cashless Korea
As Korea becomes increasingly cashless, banks are grappling with a problem — too many coins piling up in…
AI-related imports prove to be drag on US growth
The US economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter, as AI-related imports weighed on otherwise…
China sets 95% transport goal for 2030, focusing on efficiency and shielding supply chains
China aims to make its transport systems even more expansive and efficient in the next five years, setting…
Britain’s quarter century: wealth and widening inequality
In this second part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years,…
Singapore adds more jobs in Q2 even as retrenchments rose
SINGAPORE – Layoffs rose in the second quarter of 2026, even as the Singapore labour market continued to…
Türkiye’s tourism income totals $25.75 billion in first half
ANKARA Türkiye’s tourism income edged down 0.1 percent year on year to $25.75 billion in the first half…
Private sector wage gains lift US labor costs in Q2, underlying trend benign
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – U.S. labor costs increased slightly more than expected in the…
Canadian economy grew 0.3% in May, paving way for 2nd-quarter rebound
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
GDP posts fastest rise in nearly 40 years to 12.92%
PROMISING PROSPECTS: Full-year economic growth could surpass 10 percent if the current momentum persists, buoyed by exports and…
June manufacturing sector indicator shows more growth
Taiwan’s manufacturing sector continued to grow in June, with the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台經院) yesterday…