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An aerial view shows the Central Bank of India building, in Mumbai, India, 28 September, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Asia-Pacific markets rebounded on Wednesday following a broad decline in the previous session and as Wall Street rallied overnight. Investors are focused on policy decisions from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Reserve Bank of India. New Zealand's central bank is expected to slash its policy rate by 50 basis points to 4.75%, while the RBI is expected to hold rates at 6.5%.
Persons: Niharika Kulkarni Organizations: Central Bank of India, Getty Images, Wall Street, Investors, Reserve Bank of New, Reserve Bank of India Locations: Mumbai, India, Asia, Pacific, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, New
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIndia's central bank is likely to pivot toward lower rates in the next few months, economist saysKrishna Bhimavarapu, Asia-Pacific economist at State Street Global Advisors, discusses the outlook for the Reserve Bank of India's approach to interest rates, saying it's in a "sweet spot."
Persons: Krishna Bhimavarapu Organizations: State Street Global Advisors, Reserve Bank of Locations: Asia, Pacific
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWorld Bank economist discusses how China stimulus could affect regional growthAaditya Mattoo, the World Bank's chief economist for the East Asia and Pacific region, discusses Beijing's latest financial stimulus measures and what it could mean for economic growth in the country and region.
Organizations: World Bank, East Locations: China, East Asia, Pacific
A customer places a Japanese 10,000 yen banknote on a checkout counter while making a purchase at an Akidai YK supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, June 27, 2022. SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Tuesday, with investors watching August pay and spending data out from Japan and as mainland Chinese markets return to trade. Household spending in Japan fell 1.9% year-on-year in August in real terms, a softer fall compared to the 2.6% decline expected by a Reuters poll of economists. That decline also came before spring wage negotiations delivered the largest pay hikes to unionized Japanese workers in 33 years. However, real wages rose in August, with data from the country's statistics bureau indicating that wages climbed 2% to an average of 574,334 yen ($3,877.44).
Locations: Tokyo, Japan, SINGAPORE — Asia, Pacific
European stocks took a hit as China's stock rally lost momentum. A lack of new stimulus details from China has affected the luxury sector. AdvertisementEuropean stocks took a hit on Tuesday as China's stock rally cooled following a lack of much-awaited details about how the government plans to support economic growth in the country. Investors were expecting the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, to provide fresh information regarding stimulus plans at a press conference on Tuesday. Luxury brands have seen sales suffer in China in recent months amid the country's economic slowdown.
Persons: , Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Gucci, Burberry, Kering, Marc Jacobs Organizations: Service, Investors, National Development, Reform Commission, Louis, Burberry Locations: China, LVMH, Asia, Japan, Pacific
European markets are heading for a mixed open Tuesday as regional sentiment sours further after a shaky start to the week, with investors watching the conflict in the Middle East closely and its potential impact on oil markets, supply chains and the global economy. Elsewhere overnight, U.S. stock futures were little changed following a losing day on Wall Street Monday as rising oil prices and bond yields weighed on markets. In the Asia-Pacific region, an initial rally for Chinese markets lost steam after a briefing from the country's National Development and Reform Commission provided few details on further stimulus. Earlier, mainland China's CSI 300 index had skyrocketed over 10% at the open at its return from the Golden Week holiday, but the index pared gains later in the session. Key releases for markets this week include U.S. Federal Reserve minutes and German trade on Wednesday, U.S. inflation on Thursday and U.K. economic growth on Friday.
Organizations: Reform, CSI, Federal Locations: Asia, Pacific
However, despite the measures, which have mainly focused on monetary policy, the World Bank's 2025 growth projection was unchanged from earlier projections. The international lender estimated that China's growth rate would drop to 4.3% next year, down from a projected 4.8% in 2024, in an economic update on Tuesday. China's economic growth rate is expected to decline further in 2025 despite a temporary boost from recent stimulus measures, according to the World Bank. The World Bank has long advocated for China to boost its growth through bold policy actions such as unleashing competition, upgrading infrastructure, and reforming education. "For three decades, China's growth has spilled over beneficially to its neighbors, but the size of that impetus is now diminishing," the World Bank said in its Tuesday report.
Persons: Aaditya, Mattoo, James Sullivan, Hui Shan, Goldman Sachs, CNBC's, Goldman Organizations: World Bank, Bank, JPMorgan, National, Reform, East Locations: Aaditya Mattoo, East Asia, Pacific, Beijing, Asia, China, beneficially
Creating a 'Hellscape'Drones could be deployed by China to swarm over Taiwan and guide high-precision missile strikes, experts told Business Insider. Numbers countBut countering China's drone capability is in part a numbers game, and this is where Taiwan and the US currently fall short. When combined with other Chinese drone companies, that share goes up to well above 80%, it said. AdvertisementThis method would be vital for tracking and disabling some of the smaller drones China might use in an attack on Taiwan, said Pettyjohn. Advertisement"Currently the US and Taiwan do not have sufficient air defenses and CUAS [counter drone] systems to deal with the Chinese drone threat," she said.
Persons: , it's, China's, Adm, Samuel Paparo, Paparo, Stacie Pettyjohn, Xi Jinping, he'd, Zak Kallenborn, Ercin, Teng Yun, Pettyjohn, Weeks, John Aquilino, Sean Gallup, Kallenborn, We've Organizations: Service, Pacific Command, Washington, People's Liberation Army, Center, New, New American Security, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Financial Times, The New York Times, US Army, Armed Services Committee, Institute for Economics, Peace Locations: China, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, New American, US, Ukrainian, Philadelphia, Ukraine, United States, Pettyjohn
WELLINGTON — A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defense Force said in a statement on Sunday. Several vessels responded and assisted in rescuing the crew and passengers who had left the ship in lifeboats, Arndell said. The cause of the grounding was unknown and would need further investigation, New Zealand Defense Force said. The vessel later capsized and was below the surface by 9 a.m. local time, New Zealand Defense Force said. New Zealand’s Navy is already working at reduced capacity with three of its nine ships idle due to personnel shortages.
Persons: Manawanui, Shane Arndell, Arndell, Garin Golding, Judith Collins, Collins Organizations: WELLINGTON, New Zealand Navy, New Zealand Defense Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, New Zealand, NZ, Samoa, Australian Defense, Samoa Police, Corrections, Facebook, South West, South West Pacific . New Zealand’s Navy Locations: Samoa, Upolu, Auckland, New Zealand, Zealand, South West Pacific .
There is “strong evidence of underground data markets moving to Telegram and vendors actively looking to target transnational organized crime groups based in Southeast Asia,” the report said. Southeast Asia has emerged as a major hub for a multibillion-dollar industry that targets victims across the world with fraudulent schemes. Russian-born Durov was arrested in Paris in August and charged with allowing criminal activity on the platform including the spread of sexual images of children. Benedikt Hofmann, UNODC’s deputy representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said the app was an easily navigable environment for criminals. “For consumers, this means their data is at a higher risk of being fed into scams or other criminal activity than ever before,” he told Reuters.
Persons: Pavel Durov, UNODC, Durov, Benedikt Hofmann, UNODC’s, Organizations: , United Nations, United Nations Office, Drugs, Southeast, Reuters, Star Health Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, France, Russian, Paris, , Asia, South Korea
Emerging markets on the MSCI list include Brazil, China, Greece, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Qatar and Thailand. One fund manager, however, is looking outside that list, at an "up and coming emerging market and the next dragon in Asia" — Vietnam. "It's in a sweet spot in terms of economic growth, urbanization, labor market participation and having the right government policy. In spite of its strong growth, Vietnam is still not part of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. A 'big theme' Mafli is betting on "high growth sectors" and stocks "doing well in underperforming sectors."
Persons: Li Mafli, Eric Sturdza, Mafli —, Mafli Organizations: Eric Sturdza Investments, Vietnam Prosperity, CNBC Pro, General Statistics Office, International Monetary Fund, FTSE, Index, Mobile World Investment, Infrastructure Locations: Brazil, China, Greece, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand, Asia, Vietnam
This story is part of CNBC Make It's Ditching the Degree series, where women who have built six-figure careers without a bachelor's degree reveal the secrets of their success. Ashley Quezada has found a career she loves in a place some dread, and others avoid: the dentist's office. It's a lot different than the career Quezada imagined for herself as a teenager growing up in northern Virginia. "I needed a different career path that would create stability for our son and future children," she says. Now, Quezada is a dental hygienist and earns about $140,000 a year as a specialty regional director at Pacific Dental Services in Murrieta, California.
Persons: Ashley Quezada, Quezada, Organizations: CNBC, U.S ., U.S . Navy, Navy, U.S . Coast Guard, Pacific Dental Services Locations: California, Virginia, U.S, Spain, Greece, Bahrain, Murrieta , California
Asia-Pacific markets mostly climbed on Monday, led by Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 2% as investors look ahead to a week of central bank decisions from around the region. Three central banks are set to release their interest rate decisions this week, namely the Bank of Korea, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Reserve Bank of India. Economists polled by Reuters expect the BOK and RBNZ to cut rates, while the RBI will hold. The BOK on Friday is expected to lower its benchmark interest rate to 3.25% from 3.5%, while the RBNZ is expected to enact a 50-basis-point cut to 4.75% on Wednesday. Back in August, the RBNZ surprised economists after it lowered its policy rate to 5.25% from 5.5%.
Persons: BOK Organizations: Japan's Nikkei, Bank of, Reserve Bank of New, Reserve Bank of India, Reuters Locations: Seoul . Asia, Pacific, Bank of Korea, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
“There’s no endgame — it’s starting to feel like a forever war,” said Frank Lowenstein, special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations under President Barack Obama. Storm-battered Florida declares another emergency as Hurricane Milton approachesTropical Storm Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Sunday with its path aimed at Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the state. Ron DeSantis said in a briefing that Milton is expected to make landfall in Hillsborough or Pinellas county Wednesday evening. Since 1850, only two storms that originated in the Gulf’s Bay of Campeche have struck Florida. Politics in briefPresidential promotions: With just weeks before the election, Trump has taken to promoting items and businesses that aren’t connected to his campaign, from a new cryptocurrency platform to NFT trading cards.
Persons: Israel’s, , , Frank Lowenstein, Barack Obama, it’s, Yoram Schweitzer, Tropical Storm Milton, Helene, Ron DeSantis, Milton, Trump, Donald Trump, Corey Comperatore, Elon Musk, MAGA, Adam Schiff, Joe Biden’s, ” Schiff, Kristen Welker, Harris, Notre, Amy Coney Barrett, Melania Trump, Lejeune Leo Case, Jessie Hoerman Leo Case, Lejeune, , Justine Goode, Instagram, Sam Darnold, Kirby Lee Organizations: Milton, Tropical Storm, Gov, Trump, Service, NBC News, Press, Capitol, Notre Dame, Catholic, Supreme, Sunday, Fox News, Lejeune, Pacific, Marine Corps, NBC, Football, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Tottenham Hotspur Locations: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Florida, Tropical, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Gulf’s, Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, Butler , Pennsylvania, , Iwo Jima, North Carolina
This is Singapore’s Pan Pacific Orchard, which has just been named the world’s best new tall building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Video Ad Feedback Watch: Take a look inside Pan Pacific Orchard. In some areas, Singapore’s strict building codes even require property developers to include large amounts of greenery when constructing new towers. Combined, the green spaces at Pan Pacific Orchard amount to around three times more than this legal minimum. “Pan Pacific Orchard represents the best in responsible vertical urbanism today,” said CTBUH’s CEO, Javier Quintana de Uña, in a statement.
Persons: Darren Soh, , Hong Wei, Phua, Singapore’s, Lee Kuan Yew, Marc Tan, Mun Summ Wong, 3XN, Javier Quintana de Uña Organizations: Singapore CNN, CNN, UOL Group, Pan, , Vanderbilt Locations: Singapore, Pacific, WOHA, Orchard, , Pacific Orchard, New York City
The World War II tank commander and recipient of the Navy Cross, the military’s second-highest recognition for valor, was one of the first service members exposed to a contaminated water supply at Camp Lejeune. His granddaughter sought to prove he was sickened at the Marine Corps training facility in North Carolina. Now, she plans to share what she believes is the largest private collection of Camp Lejeune materials with the veterans named in her documents. “I want to give these hard copies back.”Leo Case was stationed at Camp Lejeune after earning a Navy Cross for valor during World War II. Hoerman said she started digging into her grandfather’s history after the PACT Act of 2022 expanded benefits to millions of veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances.
Persons: Leo Case, Camp Lejeune, It’s, , Jessie Hoerman, Louis, , ” Leo Case, Lejeune, Case, Hoerman Organizations: Pacific, Navy, Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, Agency, Toxic Substances, Veterans Administration, NBC News Locations: Iwo Jima, Camp, North Carolina, St, Syracuse , New York
Scientists grow mystery tree from 1,000-year-old seed
  + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
But it doesn’t mean that scientists aren’t interested in bringing the past back to life in some form. Dig thisThe tree, which the study authors believe may have a biblical connection, is seen at 12 years old. Remarkably, the tree thrived and now stands 10 feet (3 meters) tall, although it has never flowered or produced fruit. Using DNA sequencing, the researchers identified the mystery tree as part of the Commiphora genus, but its exact species is unknown and likely extinct. Scientists aim to extract DNA from the remains to learn more about those buried there and whether they were related.
Persons: — it’s, aren’t, Guy Eisner, Sarah Sallon, Louis, Tom Little, Alfred Nobel, didn’t, Johannes Fritz, , Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Natural Medicine Research, Reuters Archaeologists, Vikings, International Union for Conservation of, NASA, , US Navy, — Marvel, CNN Space, Science Locations: , Judean, Jerusalem, India, Åsum, Denmark, Denmark’s, Swedish, Morocco, Europe, Austrian
I tried out two flight simulators, including one for a Boeing 737 Max. AdvertisementI write about planes nearly every day at Business Insider, but trying out a Boeing 737 Max flight simulator gave me new insights into just how much skill and dedication is required to be a pilot. I was helped along the way by Matthew Yemm, a Skyborne flight instructor who spent a decade in the Royal Navy. Flying the 737 MaxThe more imposing simulator was that of a Boeing 737 Max. The entrance to the Boeing 737 Max simulator.
Persons: , Matthew Yemm, Pete Syme, Max, Nick Heard, Skyborne, it's enthralling, Heard, wasn't, I'd Organizations: Boeing, Service, Business, Max, Gloucestershire Airport, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Cathay Pacific, MCC Locations: England, Gloucestershire
China has ramped up its military presence around Taiwan, the country's navy commander said. Adm. Tang Hua told The Economist that China wants it to make a mistake so it can justify a blockade. AdvertisementChina is trying to force Taiwan into making mistakes and is looking for excuses to trigger a blockade, according to Taiwan's navy commander. Adm. Tang Hua told The Economist that China is "slowly, but surely" ramping up its military presence around Taiwan and is ready to blockade Taiwan "at any time they want." "The PLA is trying to force Taiwan to make mistakes," he said, using the acronym for China's People's Liberation Army.
Persons: . Tang Hua, , Adm . Tang Hua, Tang, Phil Davidson, Wellington Koo, Xi Jinping Organizations: Economist, China, Service, PLA, People's Liberation Army, American Enterprise Institute, Institute for, Institute for Economics, Peace, Lieber Institute for Law, Warfare, Financial Times Locations: China, Taiwan, Point, People's Republic of China
Dockworkers strike in a picket line outside of the Port of Houston Authority on October 01, 2024 in Houston, Texas. The strike, affecting 36 ports, marked a historic event and was the first by the union since 1977. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)The tentative agreement to suspend the International Longshoremen's Association strike may have consumers and businesses breathing a sigh of relief. In a statement Friday, the ILA said it wants to tighten the language related to the use of automation at ports. It is only a tentative agreement and automation at ports will remain a major stumbling block," said Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at supply chain intelligence firm Xeneta.
Persons: Brandon Bell, Peter Sand, Harold Daggett, Daggett, Dennis Daggett, Harold Daggett's, that's, Sand, Dr, Michael Nacht, Larry Henry Organizations: Port, Houston Authority, International Longshoreman's Association, United States Maritime Alliance, International Longshoremen's Association, ILA, CNBC, Office, GAO, Public, University of California, Defense, ContainerTrac, International, Warehouse Union, Pacific Maritime Association Locations: Houston , Texas, U.S, Berkeley, Long Beach, Los Angeles , California, West Coast
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — A weakened and “weird” Typhoon Krathon slammed into southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, hitting the island with a storm that has killed two people so far and forced it to shut down for a second day with hundreds of flights grounded and financial markets closed. Krathon made landfall as a much weaker category 1 typhoon around midday at the major port city of Kaohsiung. All domestic flights were canceled for a second day, as well as 236 international ones. Typhoons often hit Taiwan’s east coast facing the Pacific, but Krathon is unusual in that it directly hit the west coast. Local media labeled it a “weird” storm for that reason, and because of how it hovered off the coast before reaching land.
Persons: Krathon, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi, Liao Shian, , Thelma Organizations: Kaohsiung Mayor, Southern, Southern Taiwan Science Locations: KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Southern Taiwan, Pingtung
US Navy warships defending Israel from Iran's missile attack on Tuesday fired SM-3 interceptors. The SM-3 scored its first-ever kill while defending Israel in April from an Iranian bombardment. AdvertisementThe US Navy warships that engaged a massive barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles in defense of Israel on Tuesday fired SM-3 interceptors, a weapon that scored its first-ever kill earlier this year. Two destroyers operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea fired around a dozen interceptors at the Iranian missiles, a number of which were shot down. A Navy official confirmed to Business Insider on Thursday that the destroyers fired the Standard Missile 3, or SM-3, during the battle.
Persons: , Navy Carlos Del Toro, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Bill Urban, USS Cole, USS Bulkeley Organizations: Service, US Navy, Tuesday, Navy, Business, Combat, USNI, US, White House, US Naval Forces Locations: Israel, Iran, China, Tehran, US Naval Forces Europe, Africa
CNN —The wreck of a US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been found off the coast of California by undersea investigators. USS Stewart pictured arriving in San Francisco Bay in March 1946. The ship was damaged in combat against Japanese forces in 1942 and was captured by the enemy, becoming the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Patrol Boat No. “Soon, far-ranging Allied pilots began reporting the strange sight of an old American destroyer operating deep behind enemy lines,” reads the statement. “Whether lost in battle or sunk as a target, a warship remains sovereign property in perpetuity,” he said in the statement.
Persons: Stewart, Donald M, McPherson, fourstacker, , Samuel J, Cox, Organizations: CNN, US Navy, Navy, Air Sea Heritage Foundation, Search Inc, Cordell Bank National Marine, Heritage Command, Imperial Japanese, Naval, US, Military Locations: California, San Francisco Bay, Imperial, Kure, Japan, San Francisco
Iran launched a massive ballistic missile strike on Israel this week, what appears to be the largest ever. The attack represents just a fraction of the scale, devastation, and capabilities a China missile strike could have, experts said. AdvertisementIran launched a major missile strike on Israel earlier this week likely intended to overwhelm the country's air defenses and inflict significant damage. The Iranian attack was massive, perhaps the largest ballistic missile strike in history, but it represents just a fraction of the scale and capabilities of what a Chinese missile attack could look like. AdvertisementA massive missile strikeIran previously launched a missile strike on Israel in April, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.
Persons: , Bailee Ann Darbasie, Tom Karako, Amir Cohen, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, wasn't, Cole, USS Bulkeley, Karako, Thomas Shugart, Liu Mingsong, Shugart, Xi Jingping's, GREG BAKER Organizations: Service, Department of Defense, Army's, Force, U.S . Air Force, Staff, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Missile Defense, Reuters, Air, US, Iranian, US Navy, Center, New, New American Security, Pentagon, Getty, Area Defense, Aegis, Pacific Command Locations: Iran, Israel, China, Taiwan, Chinese, Ukraine, New American, Xinhua, AFP, Japan
SAP Invests in Singapore to boost business AI adoption
  + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
SAP's Asia Pacific and Japan President Paul Marriot talked about the company's S$12 million investment in Singapore's Digital Innovation Accelerator and the next stage of AI applications
Persons: Paul Marriot Organizations: SAP's Asia, Japan Locations: SAP's Asia Pacific
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