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Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, the cost cutter with a big price tag

PARIS (REUTERS) - In his 40 years in the auto industry, the praise Carlos Ghosn has won for turning around businesses has regularly been matched by criticism over the amount he has been paid to do it.
  • Mr Yoshitaka Sakurada, in Parliament on Wednesday, also appeared confused by the concept of a USB drive.

Japan cyber security minister: I don't use computers

Indonesian woman who lost fiance in Lion Air crash goes ahead with their planned wedding

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'Good evening. I'm your robot cook, please enjoy your meal'

Life in Tianjin Eco-city, an environmentally-friendly township jointly developed by the Singapore and Chinese governments, is a peek into what the future might look like.

All-out courtship in Taiwan's mega 'nine-in-one' elections

Election fever is building up across the island in the run-up to Saturday's polls. 
  • Clothes on sale at a street stall in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's US$7.9 billion garment and footwear industry is set for another hike in the minimum wage from US$170 a month now to US$182 next year. The emphasis on benchmark minimum wages marks something

Minimum wage in vogue across Asia as debate rages on

The ongoing debate over minimum wage in Cambodia mirrors a broader debate across much of Asia - including Singapore, where the issue resurfaced last month when Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh rebutted Manpower Minister Josephine Teo's remarks that a wage floor could cause unemployment and illegal employment.
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