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A selection of Business, Tech and Asian news hand-picked from CNBC.

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  • Singapore ranked 30th in the World Happiness Report’s ranking of 143 countries
  • However, Singaporeans under 30 years old reported significantly lower quality of life than those over 60
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Wally Adeyemo said China’s economy faces ‘significant headwinds … a slowing Chinese economy is going to have an impact, but mostly on their neighbours.’

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNBC on Thursday that tariffs on China put in place by the Trump administration will be ‘kept in place for the moment’.

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Top US diplomat ignores pleas from Beijing and world health officials over the use of names for the Covid-19 disease that incite racial discrimination. New nomenclature comes as President Donald Trump’s administration faces criticism for its response to community transmission.

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Concerns include a lack of specifics on farm purchase commitments and enforcement mechanisms, a shortage of trust on both sides and the US president’s mercurial negotiating style.

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Hangzhou-based JS Global, the maker of Ninja, Joyoung kitchen appliances and Shark vacuums, is meeting investors from Monday on its Hong Kong listing plan after delaying its stock offering in late October.

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Ross, one of the richest people in US President Donald Trump’s cabinet, is questioning why furloughed federal workers are reluctant to take out loans to get through the government shutdown.

The two presidents could meet in Buenos Aires at the end of November as relations between their countries continue to be strained by multiple issues.

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