Hong Kong’s new world promotional marketing campaign will “kickstart” the town’s reopening to worldwide vacationers, the Hong Kong Tourism Board informed CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday. As a part of the “Hello Hong Kong” marketing campaign, which was launched on Thursday, 500,000 air tickets will be given away over …
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Canadian Tammy Cecco wasn’t a fan of cruising. “The thought of being on a ship with thousands of other people and not being able to get off,” she stated, “was something that I wanted to avoid.” That did not change when Cecco, a journey journal writer, boarded a shock cruise …
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BEIJING — China’s consumption restoration from zero-Covid is getting off to a stable begin – after a miserable fourth quarter. When Michelin-starred restaurant Rêver reopened Thursday from a Lunar New 12 months break, it was absolutely booked, stated Edward Suen, chief working officer of the Guangzhou venue. Reservations for the …
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Islamic fintech startup Wahed has opened its first bodily department on Baker Road in London. The shiny retail location is designed to appear to be an Apple retailer. Wahed An investing platform backed by the likes of oil big Saudi Aramco and French soccer participant Paul Pogba is launching a …
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Kola Aina, a leading Nigerian venture capitalist and a key player in the African venture capital space, is one of the few African entrepreneurs and angel investors who achieved the rare feat of raising more than $45 million in funding for their firms and startups in 2022. As the founding …
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Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is set to become the first African and Black person in history to lay claim to a $30-billion fortune as his $19-billion petroleum refinery nears completion. The 650,00-barrel-per-day refinery is slated to be commissioned before the end of the first quarter of 2023, and could give …
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New York banking powerhouse Morgan Stanley has posted its Q4 2022 financial report, which reveals mixed results. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) recently posted its Q4 2022 earnings report, surpassing consensus estimates. The New York-based banking giant received a significant boost in its latest quarterly bottom line from record wealth management revenue. For …
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Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions among low-income households. The Edelman Trust Barometer, which for over two decades …
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By India Today Web Desk: The richest one per cent in India now own more than 40 per cent of the country’s total wealth, while the bottom half of the population together share just 3 per cent of wealth, a new study showed on Monday. Releasing the India supplement of …
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Wedding ceremonies are held differently even within India with some couples choosing big religious ceremonies, while others lean toward a more intimate celebration. Rvimages | E+ | Getty Images Indian weddings are big business. But some of them may not be quite so big this year as they once would …
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The richest one per cent of Indians own over 13 times more wealth than the bottom 50 per cent, according to a report by Oxfam India. The top five per cent own 61.7 per cent of the total wealth, nearly 20 times more than the 3 …
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The richest 1% in India now own more than 40% of the country’s total wealth, while the bottom half of the population together share just 3% of wealth, a new study showed on Monday. Releasing the India supplement of its annual inequality report on the first day of the World …
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