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17 Feb GBA@5: how Hong Kong has become the investment and insurance hub of Greater Bay Area

Posted at 03:30h in Asia

Developments like these have enticed high-net-worth individuals from the mainland to use Hong Kong as a base to manage their investments and diversify their portfolio.“I am very impressed by the thoughtful and excellent quality of service provided by financial advisers in Hong Kong,” said a...

16 Feb Chinese start-up EmdoorVR counts on Apple Vision Pro lookalike to break into consumer headset market

Posted at 23:00h in Asia

From its white straps and curved front screen down to its name, the Vision SE shows remarkable similarities with Apple’s headset. Yet, their functionality and prices are starkly different.A customer tests a Vision Pro headset at an Apple store in Palo Alto, California. Photo: BloombergFor...

16 Feb A wedding party had their suitcases ransacked. They want Sunwing to take responsibility

Posted at 22:25h in Canada

Lisa and Dave Parsons were in Jamaica for their son's destination wedding, a week-long dream vacation that was picture perfect — until they unpacked their bags.Travelling with 40 wedding guests from Ocho Rios, Jamaica to Lindsay, Ont., on Monday, the couple says that nearly half...

16 Feb Ontario electronics retailer Factory Direct to liquidate stores

Posted at 16:43h in Canada

TorontoCourt documents show the discount electronics and home goods retailer wanted to close its 14 stores in the province because it has found the business is "no longer viable."Discount retailer says business is 'no longer viable'The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 11:43...

16 Feb OpenAI unveils Sora, a tool that uses AI to generate videos from written prompts

Posted at 16:12h in Canada

The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands.San Francisco-based OpenAI's new text-to-video generator, called Sora, isn't the first of its kind. Google, Meta and the startup...

16 Feb U.S. troops may soon be on the front lines against Russia: Sen. Coons

Posted at 15:25h in Europe

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) speaks to reporters during a break from a Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations joint briefing on the U.S. policy on Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 2, 2022.Al Drago | ReutersMUNICH, Germany — The U.S. faces the prospect...

16 Feb ByteDance founder Zhang asks village to remove stone tablet that calls him a ‘spiritual idol’, according to reports

Posted at 13:00h in Asia

Zhang Yiming, the billionaire founder of TikTok parent ByteDance, has asked a village in his home province to remove a stone tablet that called him a “spiritual idol”, according to local media reports.Images of a stone tablet dedicated to 40-year-old Zhang began to circulate on...

16 Feb U.K. retail rebound provides glimmer of light for recession-hit nation

Posted at 12:13h in Europe

A general view of a kiosk near Charing Cross station in London, England, on January 20, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — Stronger-than-expected January retail sales provided a glimmer of light for the struggling British economy on...

16 Feb Hong Kong stock index compiler leaves blue chip Hang Seng benchmark unchanged in latest quarterly review

Posted at 12:10h in Asia

However, the city’s battered market has hurt the index compiler’s ambitions of hitting the target any time soon as investor sentiment remains weak because of the ongoing slowdown in China following the post-Covid reopening, and deflation has become more entrenched leading to a contraction...

16 Feb Insurance giant Swiss Re posts 580% jump in full-year profit

Posted at 10:52h in Europe

Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler gestures during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2024.Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty ImagesInsurance giant Swiss Re on Friday reported a sharp upswing in full-year profit, benefitting from what it...

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