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Sir Martin Sorrell's digital advertising firm S4 Capital has enjoyed boosted profits, as the boss said its clients' focus on performance amid forthcoming global recessions will "play to our strengths".he company reported its gross profit and net revenue reached £250 million in the three months to September 30, up 73% on a reported basis from the £144 million posted this time last year.

S ir Martin Sorrell's digital advertising firm S4 Capital has enjoyed boosted profits, as the boss said its clients' focus on performance amid forthcoming global recessions will play to our strengths.The company reported its gross profit and net revenue reached 250 million in the three months to September 30, up 73% on a reported basis from the 144 million posted this time last year.

TikTok has repeatedly explained that it's not a social media app, it's an entertainment platform, with a focus on showcasing the best video content, not building a social graph to connect users with friends, as such.That approach also extends to advertising in the app, and facilitating connection between users and products, via what TikTok calls ' Shoppertainment ', which seeks to align these two key elements.

Independent large-scale marketing events outfit The Company We Keep is expanding into Southaast Asia (SEA) with the launch of its new Singapore office.The release:

Australia's leading independent large-scale marketing events specialist and creators of brand experiences, has expanded into South-East Asia (SEA) with the launch of its new Singapore office.

PRESS RELEASE.INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Dec 2nd, 2022  LBank, a global crypto exchange, hosted an LBank & Crypto Friends' afterparty alongside the Web3 conference DCENTRAL Miami.LBank was proud to host more than 200 guests from all layers of the industry.This was LBank's second event in Miami after exhibiting at the Bitcoin 2022 conference earlier this year.

Alibaba's landmark restructuring has sent its shares soaring in New York and Hong Kong, as investors bet on the return of regulatory support for China's tech industry and private businesses after more than two years of a brutal crackdown.But the nature of the overhaul, in which the internet conglomerate will split its business into six separate units, is a sign that Beijing's campaign against Big Tech hasn't fundamentally changed.

Stocks in the Asia Pacific region rose Tuesday as concerns about the global banking sector eased in response to a whirlwind of intervention by policymakers and industry players.The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia jumped 1.3%, boosted by its AXFJ index, a measure of banking stocks, which surged 1.7%.In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index (HSI) opened up 0.8%.

The nubia Pad 3D introduced last month at MWC, Barcelona is now up for pre-orders through ZTE's official website in 40+ countries of Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa, with open sales commencing on April 11.The Pad 3D comes in a single gray color and starts at $1,199/€1,299/£1,149.

Fuelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, countries in Europe are also increasing their arms imports, the think tank says.Countries in Europe have sharply increased their imports of major weapons in response to tensions with Russia, a prominent think tank has said, with Ukraine emerging as the world's third-largest arms importer following Moscow's invasion last year.

Motorola opened the floodgates by releasing four new Moto G-series phones alongside a new Moto E-series entry.We'll cover the Moto G23, Moto G13 and Moto E13 in this post while the Moto G53 and G73 are in a separate story which you can check out here.Moto G23 and Moto G13 Moto G23 and Moto G13 share the same 6.5-inch

Microsoft (MSFT) on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook used by millions around the globe.Azure's status page showed services were impacted in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

After Xi Jinping became China's leader back in 2013, his inaugural overseas trip was to Russia, and his return to Moscow on Monday marks his ninth visit in total.Much has changed over the intervening decadeperhaps most significantly that Xi will be expected to shake hands with a suspected war criminal upon arrival, following the International Criminal Court's issuance of an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin on Friday.

Starbucks will open more than 400 stores across Asia Pacific in 2023, marking its biggest expansion in the region in five years.The coffee chain plans to add the new outlets in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and the Philippines, where it aims to expand beyond major cities.It will open one outlet in Laos, a Southeast Asian market the company only entered last year, it said in a statement Thursday.

Airbnb shares posted their biggest one-day gain in trading Wednesday after the home rental service posted its first annual profit and forecast a sunny travel outlook in 2023 and an uptick in listings.The company reported it earned $1.9 billion in 2022, compared to a $352 million loss a year earlier.

Kadena Air Base, Japan CNN The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases.A voice, saying it's coming from a People's Liberation Army (PLA) airport, crackles over the radio of the US Navy P-8 Poseidon as a CNN crew, given rare access aboard the US flight, listens in.

Bentley will end production of its famed 12-cylinder petrol engine in April next year, the luxury car maker has announced.More than 100,000 examples of the W12 engine have been built at the company's factory in Crewe, Cheshire over the past 20 years.The decision to halt production is part of the business's move to electric motoring.

Vladimir Putin's absence from the G20 Summit in Bali also undermines talk of a Russian pivot to the Asia-Pacific region.Russian President Vladimir Putin has oozed a casual resentment when describing the irreversible and even tectonic changes that he says have led the West to become a spent force in the world.