The corporate tax cut in the United States will be a boon for Singapore firms operating there, but its impact on inbound investment flows remains to be seen, analysts say. The cut – from 35 per cent to 21 per cent – will make a big difference to local companies with investments there, especially as […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The high costs of power and shipping, coupled with smuggling and corruption continue to burden majority of Philippine industries, a report by the Board of Investments (BOI) showed. In a policy brief, the BOI said opportunities abound for the Philippines to transform and upgrade its industries given the country’s 105 million consumer […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A market researcher GfK Indonesia predicts that consumer spending for communication devices and household utensils will continue to grow in 2018. The company’s research revealed that the consumption of telecommunication gadgets will improve by 7.8 percent, while household utensils will grow 5 percent by year-end. This opportunity was responded well by e-commerce companies as one of […]
Read MoreTHAI EXPORTS soared to their highest in 58 months in November while exports in the first 11 months of the year hit a six-year high, the Commerce Ministry revealed yesterday. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general at the ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), said that exports in November rose 13.4 per cent year on year to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Foreign firms are leading in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Vietnam as they control up to 75 per cent of the country’s major M&A deals, Nguyen Quoc Viet, deputy general director of AVM Vietnam Company, said. Vietnam’s M&A markets this year saw many deals in the industrial sector with the participation of foreign […]
Read MoreSustainability reporting among Singapore-listed companies has begun, but more needs to be done in terms of recognising climate change as a financial risk, says a KPMG survey on corporate responsibility (CR) reporting. According to the report, 84 per cent of the largest companies in Singapore are now undertaking CR reporting, faring better than the global […]
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