Electric scooters: not so eco-friendly after all?

Across what has already become a multi-billion dollar industry, companies are trying to make e-scooters more robust, and thus more profitable. (AFP pic)  E-scooters touted as zero-carbon urban transport are flooding city streets worldwide, but just how green they are remains an open question. The companies – from multinationals to local start-ups  – distributing them insist […]

Trump says Fed is ‘our most difficult problem’

Donald Trump takes to Twitter once again to hit back against the US Federal Reserve. (AFP pic) HONG KONG: US President Donald Trump continued his attack on the Federal Reserve, saying it “raised rates too soon, too often” and “doesn’t have a clue.” “Our most difficult problem is not our competitors, it is the Federal […]