SEOUL : South Korea’s central bank said on Friday Kim Jong-hwa and Lee Soo-hyung have been nominated as new members of its seven-seat monetary policy board.Kim, a former deputy governor at the central bank, and Lee, a professor of economics at Seoul National University and a former finance ministry official,…
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Tell us more about adapting the Giga Tourbillon into the Long Island case. The Giga Tourbillon has been in our collection for about 10 years now, but we revamped it about two years ago where certain parts of the mechanism are highlighted to draw attention to the tourbillon. For this new collection, it’s still the same large 20mm tourbillon, but once again, the trick was to fit everything harmoniously within the 36.3mm case width. Assembly…
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SINGAPORE — All companies in Singapore will soon be required to have a “formal process” for employees who have completed their probation to request for flexible work arrangements, a tripartite workgroup announced earlier this week. But what exactly is flexi-work, and how does it differ from one’s current arrangement? Will…
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COPENHAGEN: Firefighters worked through a second night to quell the remaining flames that destroyed Denmark’s Old Stock Exchange, while the Copenhagen mayor was invited to Paris to learn how the city dealt with a similar fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. The blaze ripped through Copenhagen’s 400-year-old landmark stock exchange on…
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TOKYO: Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday (Apr 18) the pace of future rate hikes would likely be much slower that of its global peers in recent tightenings, as the impact of rising domestic wages has yet be fully passed onto prices. “With regard to the…
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One of his favourite accommodations is The Capitol Hotel Tokyu. The original hotel has an illustrious history. It was built in 1963 as Japan’s first foreign-affiliated hotel (then, as Tokyo Hilton Hotel) and hosted many dignitaries. The new building was completed in 2010 and rebranded as The Capitol Hotel Tokyu,…
