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Tech fans Tokyo rally on broadly positive day for Asian markets
Tech fans Tokyo rally on broadly positive day for Asian markets
Business and Economy
by  AFP

A surge in tech firms helped Tokyo's Nikkei lead most Asian equities higher on Friday as investors headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note, with US rate-cut hopes out-muscling concerns about a government shutdown. The advance helped push Tokyo's Nikkei 1.9 percent higher, while there were also gains in Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Wellington, Taipei, Jakarta and Manila.

Spain's Benidorm embraces its Franco-era mass tourism model
Spain's Benidorm embraces its Franco-era mass tourism model
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Fifty years after General Francisco Franco's death, Benidorm still clings to the mass tourism model it pioneered under his dictatorship, even as protests against overtourism sweep other Spanish holiday hotspots. Criticised for decades for its high-rise skyline and dense crowds, in recent years it has been hailed as a model of sustainable tourism.