Browsing: Asia
‘Redollarization,’ not ‘dedollarization’: Standard Chartered thinks U.S. dollar fears are overstated
When U.S. allies like Canada and France grumble about overuse of the U.S. dollar, and as Washington’s rivals like Iran…
Vietnam is paying women to have more babies—but they have to be on baby no. 2 to qualify
Like Elon Musk and governments around the world, Vietnam wants more babies, and it’s offering women cash to set their…
The Strait of Hormuz may be open soon—but Asia still faces a prolonged oil supply crunch
The U.S. and Iran signed a long-awaited “memorandum of understanding” on June 17, pausing a Middle East conflict that upended…
When we look at what parts of the world are most aggressively moving in AI disruption, Asia looms large. It’s…
Japanese snack giant resorts to black-and-white bags of potato chips as Iran War literally sucks color out of the world
The biggest snack maker in Japan is making some of its packaging black and white as the Iran war disrupts…
Asian markets surged Wednesday morning as investors welcomed a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, even if details of…
Covid gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a four-day week—and experts say it could stick
COVID-19 gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a three-day weekend. That’s because, as Sri Lanka, the…
“What torments of grief you’ve endured from evils that never arrived,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-century American philosopher and writer. Millions of…
Working from home seemed to be a thing of the past. All it took to revive it was a war…
Western CEOs crack down, demanding super-AI productivity to keep your job. Japanese firms pay older workers to do nothing
As corporate America and Europe drag workers back to five days in the office and squeeze for ever more efficiency,…












