INVESTING IN WELLNESS holds the potential to boost Asian economies by eliciting more productivity from healthier workers, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) economist. The wellness economy is a large and growing part of the region’s overall economy, according to Donghyun Park, principal economist at
Liz Truss’s Department for International Trade (DIT) is scrambling to meet a Wednesday deadline for tabling £80bn of trade agreements before parliament, in time for them to come into force in January under standard procedures. Truss’s department has signed a string of “continuity agreements” to ensure
Ryanair expects air passenger numbers to bounce back to near normal levels by next summer, defying industry predictions that it could take years for growth to return after the pandemic. The airline’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, said passenger volumes should reach 75-80% of pre-Covid levels in
Downing Street has unveiled plans to implement a total ban on online junk food advertising – the toughest digital marketing restrictions in the world – in an attempt to tackle the growing obesity crisis. While health campaigners have welcomed the proposed ban, which is now subject
Luxury brands including De Beers and Gucci have warned Rishi Sunak that plans to abolish the VAT rebate for tourists risks their future investment in Britain. A group of 11 companies, which also includes Tiffany, the American jeweller, and Hugo Boss, the German fashion group, said
Economists have upgraded Britain’s growth forecasts amid hopes that Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine will end the health restrictions that have hammered businesses and the economy this year. GDP may return to pre-pandemic levels as soon as the middle of next year as life gets back to normal
SHANGHAI – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd kicked off its annual Singles’ Day mega-shopping event on Wednesday, looking to cash in on consumers itching for discounts as the economy rebounds from the COVID-19 crisis. This year’s online shopping extravaganza also comes a week after
MANILA – Philippine authorities have ordered thousands of residents in eastern coastal communities to evacuate ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Vamco on Wednesday, only weeks after the country was battered by the strongest cyclone so far this year. Vamco, which carries sustained winds of 125
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