THE dust-up between Singapore-based online shopping platform ezbuy.sg and the Alibaba Group’s Taobao marketplace has turned the spotlight to the role of intermediary merchants in e-commerce. Companies such as ezbuy – which purchase items on customers’ behalf and ship them here for a fee – took off by offering consumers a convenient way to shop […]
Read MoreForeign banks will be permitted by the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) to provide export financing services. The move, which aims to help local export businesses gain access to working capital, was announced Monday by the CBM and welcomed by the business community. “In the trading sector, the local banks are not able to provide […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Secretary General of Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) Anwar Abba has called on the public to reduce the use of US dollars for international transactions to press US President Donald Trump to withdraw his policy recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli capital. “If Donald Trump does not pull himself away from the Jerusalem issue, we need to gradually […]
Read MoreWith the rapid expansion of political, economic and social relationships between the countries of what is now becoming known as CLMTV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), this sub-region of ASEAN is beginning to become recognised as the mainstay of Thailand’s international relations. Historically, this region was once identified as Indochina – the lands between India […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will be able to maintain its strong growth trend with the economy’s long-term potential growth to stay robust at around 5%, significantly stronger than most other A-rated sovereigns, says Moody’s Investors Service. In its recently-released report titled, “Government of Malaysia: FAQ On Credit Resilience To High Leverage and External Vulnerability Risks”, Moody’s […]
Read MoreDespite a 31 percent increase in Cambodian rubber exports during the first 11 months of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture is failing to recoup on expenses it has spent sending expert technicians into the field in order to help boost production. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, the government has spent $379,000 […]
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