By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba’s mapping app Amap is moving away from its traditional focus on navigation and encroaching into rival Meituan’s local-lifestyle territory by launching its own ranking of restaurants, hotels and tourist destinations. Alibaba and Meituan are among the prominent tech companies in China locked in a bitter battle for market…
WHEELING, W.Va. — If you have a passion for fashion, a new event in Wheeling will provide that during the first week of June. The volunteer-driven non-profit initiative will run from June 1-7, with events taking place throughout the week. It will conclude with the debut runway fashion show on June 7 at Waterfront Hall….
Hongkongers choosing to holiday locally for the Easter break are enjoying the lack of crowds and flocking to the last day of a coffee festival, while authorities have said they expect the number of residents returning home to peak on Monday. The latest figures from the Immigration Department showed the city recorded 88,000 outbound trips…
LONDON, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MyGuava Business helps small and medium-sized businesses in the UK to manage the challenge of payment processing fees, which have long been an unavoidable cost of operation. Whether through in-store POS terminals or online transactions, these fees directly impact profit margins, often leaving smaller businesses at a disadvantage compared…
China’s revised energy efficiency rules for data center chips could limit Nvidia’s (NVDA, Financials) access to a market that contributes roughly $17.1 billion, or 13% of the company’s annual revenue, according to a report from the Financial Times. China is increasing its energy efficiency criteria for data center CPUs, hence challenging Nvidia’s flagship H20 processor….
On the second floor of a London furniture store, three journalists are busy finalising the latest edition of a newsletter, covering everything from local foodbank funding to a neighbourhood cafe. The Slice is a local magazine and a family of four hyper-local online news websites which serve the east London borough of Tower Hamlets —…
Registrations of local and non-local companies in Hong Kong reached all-time highs in 2024, according to authorities. While the Companies Registry said on Friday that it had made the process easier, a lawmaker attributed the increase to the government’s recent aggressive efforts in attracting overseas companies. Last year, 145,053 local businesses were established, bringing the…