Pearson's strategy pays off as Covid-19 accelerates online learning

LONDON: The outgoing boss of Pearson hailed the success on Wednesday of his lengthy and often painful battle to rebuild the education group for a digital generation after Covid-19 accelerated the switch to online learning.

Malaysia unaffected by Indonesia’s new labour law

PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s drastic move to attract investments by amending 79 laws in a single stroke recently, which include abolishing sectoral minimum wage and easing labour regulations, has raised questions on whether it would render Malaysia less attractive in the eyes of foreign investors compared to its neighbour.

BTS needs hits galore to justify its price

SEOUL: Shares of Big Hit Entertainment Co, the company behind South Korean boy band BTS, begin trading this week.

Haunted by Christmas past, M&S tackles food waste

LONDON: British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), seeking to avoid a repeat of last Christmas when its performance was ruined by excessive food waste, is rolling out a supply chain programme it says will crack the problem.

Bankers and hedge funds will always love London

THE power of 27 countries against one is often cited as the reason why the European Union will prevail in Brexit negotiations with the UK.

Insight - The expat experience is turning ugly

SOMETHING big is missing from Singapore’s picturesque and impeccably maintained highway linking downtown with Changi A­irport: traffic.

Insight - Let’s race to success, not whine about race

TALK of a merger between Malaysia’s two biggest property developers has resurfaced, and again, it is inevitably being followed by some individuals and groups who bring up the race narrative

Thomas Cook resurrected as online travel firm

Trading ideas: Willowglen, PetChem, Kerjaya Prospek, GKent, GPacket

KUALA LUMPUR: JF Apex Research expects Willowglen MSC Bhd, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PetChem), Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd, George Kent (M) Bhd, Global Oriental Bhd and Green Packet Bhd to be among the stocks to watch on Tuesday.

Europe, Britain's carmakers warn of 110 billion euro hard Brexit bill

BRUSSELS: Europe and Britain's car industries called on Monday on the two sides to urgently clinch a free trade agreement, warning that a disorderly Brexit would cost the sector 110 billion euros ($130 billion) in lost trade over the next five years.