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Department store beauty counters ripe for a facelift
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Cosmetics have long been one of the “golden pillars” of revenue for department stores in Taiwan. With rows of beauty counters and a full lineup of brands, they once served as a powerful draw for customers. However, since last year, the halo...
The first $4T company
Blockworks
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July 9, 2025
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read more editions, subscribe. “I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering.” — Jensen Huang, on building resiliency The history of the world’s most valuable company is a study in how...
Trump wants America to make iPhones. Here's how India is doing it
ETTelecom.com
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June 30, 2025
By Alex Travelli and Hari Kumar DEVANAHALLI: A new iPhone factory in an out-of-the-way corner of India looks like a spaceship from another planet. Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles most of the world's iPhones for Apple, has landed amid...
Under-30s top age groups in credit card spending: report
Taipei Times
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June 30, 2025
Credit card users in Taiwan younger than 30 years old topped all age groups in annual spending last year, spending an average of NT$2.041 million (US$68,256) per card, the National Credit Card Center said yesterday. While credit card users younger...
Kyodo News Digest: July 8, 2025
Kyodo News+
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July 8, 2025
TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Trump says 25% tariffs to be slapped on Japan, S. Korea on Aug. 1 WASHINGTON - The United States will impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Japan and...
Vietnam races to achieve 65 billion USD agro-forestry-fishery export target amidst global headwinds
Vietnam Pictorial
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June 30, 2025
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment sketched out roadmap for the remainder of the year, targeting 14–15 billion USD in Q3 and at least 16 billion USD in Q4, capitalising on the surge in global demand during the year-end holiday season....
Rekindling fading Halal hub hopes
Bangkok Post
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July 7, 2025
Thai veterinarian Ninareeman Binnima has often heard from among foreign Muslim business people that they can hardly find Halal restaurants at either Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang airports in Bangkok. "One time an acquaintance had to ask Muslim staff...
Babymonster members unhurt after lift malfunction
The Malaysian Star
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June 30, 2025
SOUTH Korean girl group Babymonster encountered a lift malfunction during their Hello Monster World Tour concert at NTSU Arena in Taipei, Taiwan, Oriental Daily reported. The lift unexpectedly tilted onto its side and became unbalanced,...
13 International Costco Groceries You Can't Find In The US
The Daily Meal - New York
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June 30, 2025
One of the best parts of traveling to a foreign country is experiencing the local food scene. While this may include stopping for a kebab at a street stand, strolling through a farmers market, or dining at a three-star Michelin restaurant, perhaps...
Netanyahu’s Third White House Visit Brings Higher Stakes
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the White House, the United States issuing new trade threats, and Poland reinstating temporary border controls. Sweetening the Deal Israeli...
Christie powers immersive ocean exhibition at Xpark Aquarium
Blooloop
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June 30, 2025
Christie, the global visual and audio technology company, is celebrating the opening of Xpark meets NAKED – Ocean of Light: Immersive Ocean at Xpark Aquarium in Taipei, Taiwan. The exhibition, which launched on 28 June as part of the aquarium’s...
I went on a food tour of Copenhagen inspired by ‘The Bear’ – these are the best things I ate
Time Out
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‘Ah don lan na di airport. Usay you dey?’ The sound of my Sierra Leonean parents’ mother tongue, Krio, was not on the bingo list of things I expected to hear in Copenhagen – a city with an estimated 3 percent African population – but there it was....
The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders
Cancer Health
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July 9, 2025
Rory De Vries an associate professor of virology in the Netherlands, was lifting weights at the gym when he noticed a WhatsApp message from his research partners at Columbia University, telling him his research funding had been cancelled. The next...
OFW Remittances: Foolproof engine of growth
Business World
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July 8, 2025
(Part 1) Last year, total personal remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Philippines reached $38.34 billion, representing a 3% increase from the $37.21 billion recorded in 2023. Cash remittances (sent through banks) totaled...
Barbie Hsu’s widower DJ Koo rumoured to be shopping for new home closer to her grave
Malay Mail
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June 21, 2025
TAIPEI, June 21 — DJ Koo, widower of the late Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu Shi-yuan, is said to be looking for real estate near Jinbo Mountain in Taiwan. Koo, 55, whose full name is Koo Jun-yup, is currently residing in downtown Taipei but has...
Manufacturing slumps anew in Asia with US tariffs poised to rise
The Straits Times
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July 1, 2025
Export-reliant economies, including Taiwan and Vietnam, saw their PMIs deteriorate further in June.PHOTO: AFP JAKARTA – The slowdown in Asia’s manufacturing activity deepened further in June, a warning sign for the region’s growth prospects, as...
Futures Rise With Trump Tariff Updates, FOMC Minutes On Deck
Zero Hedge
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US equity futures inch higher as the market tries to regain some losses a day after President Donald Trump escalated his trade rhetoric and threatened more charges on copper and pharmaceuticals. Trump also foreshadowed an update to the trade...
‘Aren’t you worried you are being brainwashed?’ The junket that left Richard’s friends on edge
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 27, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Sitting in a cafe in southern Taiwan, tourism graduate Richard Huang makes a frank admission....
Asia manufacturing slumps anew even as some data show resilience
The Business Times Singapore
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July 1, 2025
[JAKARTA] The slowdown in Asia’s manufacturing activity deepened further in June, a warning sign for the region’s growth prospects as tariffs on shipments to the US are poised to increase next week. Export-reliant economies including Taiwan and...
A photographic tribute to His Holiness The Dalai Lama on his 90th Birthday
Organiser Weekly
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As a mark to celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Vijay Kranti, a senior journalist, Tibetologist, photographer and a long term close associate of the Tibetan leader put up a unique photo-exhibition of some of his exclusive,...