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Best Employers: Asia-Pacific
Which companies do people most like working for in Asia-Pacific? The FT and Statista surveyed 50,000 employees to find out. Plus: long hours in Japan; caste and corporate India; China’s robot ...World - Financial Times - November 14 -
Asia Pacific Triennial 11: an enormous explosion of colour and reassuring optimism
Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane With more than 500 art works, the 2024 APT touches on environmental and political crises, but opts to focus on care, community and the ...World - The Guardian - 8 hours ago -
Business pioneers of the Pacific Northwest
How Seattle's iconic brands embody the city's spirit of innovation and connection.Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
Hidden sugars in Asia’s baby food spark concerns
The BBC takes a closer look at the products more and more parents are turning to for their children.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
US shares and Bitcoin hit record highs on Trump win
The result could have a far-reaching implications for tax and trade policy, as well as economies around the world.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Asia will get rough end of the Trump trade
Process of pricing in rising protectionism in the auto sector has barely begunWorld - Financial Times - November 7 -
Mean reversion: has AI abolished gravity for share prices?
Despite the Magnificent Seven, US stocks are predicted to be riding for a fallWorld - Financial Times - November 13 -
Why Michael Learns to Rock Is Big in Asia
Michael Learns to Rock hoped for success west of their native Denmark. But for 30 years, they’ve had a devoted following on the other side of the world.Top stories - The New York Times - November 19 -
World’s largest coral found in the Pacific
The coral could be 500 years old and is bigger than a blue whale, scientists say.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
EstéeLauder Shares Plunge 21% After It Slashes Dividend
The cosmetics giant withdrew its outlook for the current year after reporting another quarter of falling sales.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
Asia review – another David Attenborough masterclass in beautiful TV
The national treasure is back with a witty, warm televisual wonder, this time exploring the most populous and stunningly biodiverse continent. But where is the urgency about the climate crisis?. ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Japan Wins First Ever IIHF Asia Women's Championships
Japan dominated the competition going undefeated, without allowing a goal, at the first ever Asia Women's Championships in Beijing.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 5 -
Asia braces for steep China tariffs in second Trump term
Former president has outlined plans to revive trade war with Beijing and questioned backing for TaiwanWorld - Financial Times - November 6 -
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Charles Sporck, an Early Champion of Moving Microchip Manufacturing to Asia, Dies at 96
He argued that offshoring allowed the U.S. semiconductor industry to create more high-paying jobs at home.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 12 -
Fake-alcohol deaths highlight SE Asia's methanol problem
The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.Top stories - BBC News - November 21 -
Why North Korea is a wild card in the power game in Northeast Asia
Donald Trump and his team will have to go through some basic training in the ways and wiles of the Northeast Asian power game.Politics - The Hill - November 22 -
Scientists say biggest coral in the world discovered in the Pacific
Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially thought it was a shipwreck.Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
A bomb cyclone and atmospheric river are developing in the Pacific
The Northwest is bracing for a strong storm system to move in this week, fueled by an atmospheric river and bomb cyclone. What do those terms mean?Top stories - CBS News - November 18 -
Storms, heavy rain to slam Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest could see about 12 inches of rain as a storm moves near the West Coast. CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Jessica Burch breaks down the latest weather forecast.Top stories - CBS News - November 18 -
Pacific Northwest slammed by powerful bomb cyclone
A powerful bomb cyclone has hit the Pacific Northwest, bringing hurricane-force winds, rain and snow that knocked out power to more than half a million people. The storm could result in significant ...Top stories - NBC News - November 20 -
Business pioneers of the Pacific Northwest [Sponsored Content]
How Seattle's homegrown brands turned local roots into global reach by embracing innovation and community.Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
1 dead as bomb cyclone hits Pacific Northwest
One person has already been killed and hundreds of thousands of customers are without power after a powerful bomb cyclone slammed the Pacific Northwest with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain. ...Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
Bomb cyclone causes deaths, outages in Pacific Northwest
A monster storm known as a bomb cyclone knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers in Washington state and Oregon and caused major damage across the region. The storm's powerful winds ...Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
Restoring Pacific Northwest forests decimated by wildfires
Large wildfires fueled by climate change have destroyed tens of millions of acres of forests in the Pacific Northwest in recent years. Jonathan Vigliotti explores a major effort underway to restore ...Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
"Narco sub" carrying 3.6 tons of cocaine intercepted in Pacific
Navy ships arrived to intercept the boat, which was carrying 102 packages filled with bricks of cocaine, authorities said.Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Reaching Prestige With Pacifism? One Black Ops 6 Player Makes It A Reality
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a FPS, so shooting people seems like an obvious part of the game. However, there's one player out there who's gotten creative enough with pacifism in multiplayer that ...Tech - GameSpot - November 12 -
Marine biologists discover new sea slug species off Pacific coast
California researchers found ‘mystery mollusc’ in deep-sea midnight zone after initially observing it 20 years ago. Researchers in California have discovered a new species of sea slug off the ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
World's largest coral found 'hiding in plain sight' near Solomon Islands for 300 years
The world's largest coral has been discovered by a National Geographic expedition to the Solomon Islands.Top stories - NBC News - November 14 -
Pacific Northwest braces for severe weather from 'bomb cyclone' — with an atmospheric river on the way
Severe weather is set to hit opposite ends of the country this week, with a powerful low pressure system — followed by an atmospheric river — set to bring damaging winds, up to 12 inches of rain ...Top stories - NBC News - November 19 -
Atmospheric River and Hurricane-Strength Storm Drenches the West
A “bomb cyclone” over the Pacific Ocean is expected to bring days of damaging winds, rainfall and blizzards to Northern California, Oregon and Washington.Top stories - The New York Times - November 20 -
California and Pacific north-west brace for an atmospheric river – but what is it?
Powerful storm is predicted to be strongest region has seen this season, causing ‘life-threatening’ conditions. Northern California and the Pacific north-west are bracing for what is expected to be ...World - The Guardian - November 20 -
Atmospheric river set to bring rain and flooding to Pacific Northwest
An atmospheric river is a narrow band of wind that carries immense plumes of moisture, spanning hundreds or even thousands of miles, resembling a vast river in the sky. NBC News' Chase Cain reports ...Top stories - NBC News - November 20
