Apple to open first store in Malaysia as Asia expansion continues
Apple plans to open its first store in Malaysia next month, the company said Wednesday, underscoring a bigger push into the Asia region beyond China.
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Cambodia deputy PM says Japanese investment to help curb its China dependence
TOKYO -- Cambodia expects growing Japanese investment to help curb its economic dependence on China, the Southeast Asian nation's deputy prime minister told Nikkei Asia.
Malaysia to train 60,000 engineers in bid to become chip hub
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia plans to train 60,000 high-skilled local semiconductor engineers to help the country achieve its ambition of becoming a global chip hub, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced Tuesday.
China's Visionox turns up heat on Samsung, BOE in OLED panels
BEIJING -- Major Chinese display manufacturer Visionox said Tuesday that it will invest 55 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) to build a plant for cutting-edge organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, intensifying competition in the arena with Samsung Electronics and compatriot BOE Technology.
Japan’s Toyota shows ‘an engine born’ with green fuel despite global push for battery electric cars
TOKYO (AP) — “An engine reborn.”
‘Neutral’ Malaysia is best bet for chipmakers seeking haven from US-China tech war, Anwar says
Anwar said Malaysia aimed to secure at least 500 billion ringgit (US$106 billion) in fresh semiconductor investments under a new National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS).
Gold, silver and copper rally has just taken a breather — new highs are not that far off, experts say
Gold prices have been rallying to record highs, with spot gold notching a new top of $2,449.89 per ounce on Monday. Silver too hit multi-year highs earlier last week, as did industrial metal copper.
India-China trade just keeps growing – even if New Delhi would really rather it didn’t
India’s bilateral trade with China totalled US$118.4 billion over that period, with imports rising by 3.24 per cent to US$101.7 billion and exports increasing by 8.7 per cent to US$16.67 billion.