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Rakuten's Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial move
Viber, the messaging app down by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, is poised to implement a controversial new strategy that will see it charge companies that run chatbots on...
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China wants its rural villages to go cashless by 2020
Residents of even the tiniest far-flung villages in China may soon be able to pay on their phones to run daily errands as Beijing announced this month that it aims to make...
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Asia-Pacific Daily Briefing: Groundhog Day for Japan's CPI
Inflation keeps languishing below 1% y/y, keeping the BoJ's 2% target perennially out of reach.
2 hours ago - Economy
China rebound drives Asian shares higher
Shares in Asia recouped early losses on Friday, buoyed by strong gains in China as signs of progress in trade talks with the United States offset worries about a deteriorating...
4 hours ago - Reuters - 2 articles
Vynn Capital snags investment from Malaysia's MAVCAP for its maiden Southeast Asia fund
Vynn Capital , a new entrant to Southeast Asia's startup ecosystem, is gearing up to close its maiden fund after it landed an undisclosed sum from Malaysia Venture Capital...
5 hours ago - Tech Crunch
Techstars Is Coming To Town
What a time to be a Techstars company! As per CB Insights , 48% of Techstars companies successfully raise follow-on capital within their first year post-program. Not that...
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Uber is reportedly close to making a tactical exit from India's food delivery industry
Uber has said adamantly that it won't exit India following a hattrick of retreats from China , Russia and Southeast Asia , but does that include its food delivery business? The...
7 hours ago - Tech Crunch
Asia shares fall as weakening global outlook offsets trade progress
Shares in Asia slipped on Friday as a deteriorating global economic outlook outweighed further signs of progress in trade talks between China and the United States.
7 hours ago - Reuters - 3 articles
Baidu's video site iQiyi adds 37M subscribers in 2018 amid mounting losses
China's Baidu, which is often compared to Alphabet's Google, is showing no signs of slowing down its pace of betting on video content as its core advertising unit feels the...
8 hours ago - Tech Crunch
Asian shares tread water as investors watch trade talks
Shares in Asia were flat in early trade on Friday following a fall on Wall Street, with a deteriorating global economic outlook outweighing more signs of progress in trade...
10 hours ago - Reuters - 3 articles
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Increased Year-over-year
From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 16 February The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics...