SAN JOSE, California — The market for hotel purchases has nosedived in both the Bay Area and California, in a sign that investors believe the weakness in the lodging sector has yet to run its course. Measured by dollar amount, acquisitions of hotels pl…
Profit, revenues rise in first nine months for Japan’s Honda Motor
Profit and sales revenue rose in the first nine months of Japanese carmaker Honda Motor’s financial year compared to the same period of the previous year. In addition, Honda Motor said on Thursday it expects an improvement in its annual results. For th…
Pakistanis defy deadly violence, internet suspension to cast votes
Pakistanis on Thursday defied deadly violence and the suspension of mobile phone services to queue up and vote in tumultuous national elections, even though many see the polls as neither free nor fair. Long lines were seen in cities like Lahore, in the…
Taiwan tightens export controls to seal Russian sanction loopholes
Taiwan is to expand the scope of export controls on high-end machine tools for Russia and Belarus in March to stay in line with the tightened sanctions imposed by its democratic partners, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua said on Thursday. Taiw…
Union in favour of new vote on investor in German football
Union Berlin president Dirk Zingler is also in favour of a new vote on the entry of an investor in the German Football League (DFL), echoing the calls from VfB Stuttgart president Claus Vogt. “We’re doing something that has never been done in German pr…
New exhibition ‘Voices in Drawing’ showcases work of emerging artists
A launch party was held at Fen Ditton Gallery for ‘Voices in Drawing’, a new exhibition curated by gallery manager Hannah Munby. It showcases the talents of six recent graduates from The Royal Drawing School. Hannah said: “It was fantastic; we had abou…
Fast-fashion giant Shein expanding to downtown Bellevue as US push intensifies
Shein, the Singapore-based e-commerce and fast-fashion giant, will open an office in downtown Bellevue, Washington, the company said Wednesday, marking some good news for Bellevue’s uneven office market. The nearly 10,000-square-foot office at Key Cent…
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev re-elected president
By Seymur Mammadov in Baku Snap presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on February 7, which concluded with a convincing victory for the incumbent president, Ilham Aliyev. According to preliminary results, he received over92% of the votes, resul…
Czech retail sales declined by 4.1% in 2023
By Albin Sybera Sales in Czech retail trade decreased by 4.1% in 2023, the worst annual decline since 2001, when the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) began to keep records of these. Despite some improvements towards the end of 2023, retail sales decline…
‘We used to be quite good mates’: Simon Jordan explains why him and Ian Wright had falling out
Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has now been explaining why he’s fallen out with Arsenal icon Ian Wright. Of course, Ian Wright played for Palace on 78 occasions before joining Arsenal in 1991. And whilst Simon Jordan became Palace chairman…