SINGAPORE’S January headline inflation climbed to 0.6 per cent year on year – in line with economists’ expectations – due to a hike in the cost of oil-related items, a smaller drop in car prices, and higher services inflation. Core inflation (which excludes the cost of accommodation and private road transport) also rose to 1.5 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore logged its second consecutive month of positive inflation in January, on the back of gradually recovering oil prices The consumer price index – the main measure of inflation – rose 0.6 per cent last month compared with the same month a year ago, according to figures released by the Singapore Department of […]
Read MoreAccording to official figures from the Ministry of Commerce, trade volume reached US$23 billion until the end of January in this fiscal year. The ministry has set the target trade volume to be $31 billion, therefore the ministry will continue trying to achieve its target over the next two months, said U Khin Maung Lwin, […]
Read MorePTT Plc, the national oil and gas conglomerate, has expressed interest in buying a stake from Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in a large upstream Sarawak gas field. PTT president and chief executive Tevin Vongvanich said yesterday that the group is ready to consider the deal once Petronas confirms its […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Japanese and Chinese companies are looking at investing and partnering with Philippine firms amid the bright prospects brought about by the sustained growth in the economy. Security Bank Corp. president and CEO Alfonso Salcedo Jr. said it has partnered with Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Finance Group Inc. (MUFG) to arrange close to 200 […]
Read MoreYANGON – Myanmar will issue passports and certificate of identity (CI) cards to all its citizens who hold a pink migrant card issued by the Thai government, according to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. The ministry said in a statement all pink card holders who can produce both their national identity card and […]
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