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In high-tech Japan, cash is still king

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22-Aug-19 Once a cashless pioneer, Japan is now lagging behind countries such as Sweden and Korea on electronic payments, because of its aging population, low crime and virtually no counterfeiting. Four out of five purchases are still made with cash. [image: AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura]

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Smartphone sales in MENA set to rise in 2019

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04-Aug-19 While smartphone sales in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will reach 76.33 million units in 2019, a 1 percent increase, global sales will reach 1.5 billion units, a 2.5 percent decline. [image: Zawya]

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Manufacturing pain spreads through Asia

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02-Aug-19 A Sino-US trade war could tilt the world towards a global recession. Manufacturing activity contracted in China in June and July 2019. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia registered a contraction, but others benefited as trade flows move away from China. [image: Business World]

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