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Airbus says Vietjet to buy 20 widebody A330-900 planes
Airbus says Vietjet to buy 20 widebody A330-900 planes
Economy
by  AFP

European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday that Vietnamese airline Vietjet Air has agreed to buy 20 of its A330-900 planes. Vietjet signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for the widebody aircraft, which will replace its current fleet of leased A330-300 planes, Airbus said in a statement.

Japan's Nikkei breaks bubble-era record
Japan's Nikkei breaks bubble-era record
Economy
by  AFP

Japan's blue-chip Nikkei 225 on Thursday finally broke through a record high set just before the country's asset bubble catastrophically burst in the early 1990s. Its stock market was hit by global downturns such as the burst of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
Technology
by  AFP

A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analysed by experts this week has revealed. The leaked data also revealed the fees that hackers could earn, they said -- including $55,000 from breaking into a government ministry in Vietnam.

Asian markets open higher after US tech gains
Asian markets open higher after US tech gains
Economy
by  AFP

Asian markets opened mostly up on Thursday, after higher-than-expected earnings from tech giant Nvidia and as investors weigh Fed minutes signalling most US officials are in no rush to cut rates. Investors were looking to the European Central Bank's minutes of its most recent meeting on eurozone monetary policy, to be released later Thursday, for clues on when it could start cutting rates.