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MANILA: Philippines central bank governor Benjamin Diokno was named the nation’s finance secretary by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Diokno, whose term at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to end mid-next year, will succeed Carlos Dominguez in the top finance post, Marcos said in a televised briefing, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report of the … [Read more...] about Central bank’s Diokno named as Philippine finance chief

A job crisis is looming for China’s youth as entry-level positions are disappearing across industries from tech to new energy vehicles amid the country’s rigid zero Covid-19 policy. Anecdotal evidence, local media reports and official statistics point to a rapid increase in the number of offers being withdrawn, a phenomenon only seen when there is a sudden and significant … [Read more...] about Job crisis looms for Chinese graduates as tech, new energy vehicle firms stop hiring amid Covid-19 lockdowns

Britain’s business secretary has ordered a full national security assessment of the £63 million (US$79 million) acquisition last year of the country’s biggest semiconductor maker by Nexperia, a Dutch subsidiary of China’s Wingtech Technology. The inquiry comes after media reports in April stating the British government would not intervene in the deal following a separate … [Read more...] about UK orders full national security review for Chinese takeover of semiconductor maker Newport Wafer Fab

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (pic) on Thursday (May 26) described the Republic's brand of democracy as a system that works and has yielded results such as law and order, growth and efficient governance. He was responding to a question by Nikkei Asia editor-in-chief Shigesaburo Okumura, at a discussion at the 27th … [Read more...] about Singapore’s democracy is a system that works: Lee Hsien Loong