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Indonesia: Grab Opens Registration for Former Uber Drivers

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Management of ride-hailing app Grab opened its doors for former Uber drivers through an online registration. Grab Indonesia Managing Director Ridzki Kramadibrata said that the online registration allows outer region drivers or company partners as it’s called, to be integrated into the company’s core system which would enable them to register outside of Jakarta. […]

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Thailand: The top five key retail trends this year

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, we’ve heard about the upcoming age of disruption. In reality, we are already being disrupted.  At a global level, one of the most affected sector is the consumer and retail industry, especially in terms of online shopping and changes in customer behaviors, resulting in a big shift in the way […]

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Cambodia, Vietnam ink double taxation agreement

Cambodia has signed a double taxation agreement with Vietnam that protects each country’s nationals from dual taxation, according to a news release from the General Department of Taxation released on Tuesday. The agreement was signed on Saturday on the sidelines of the Greater Mekong Subregion Summit held in Hanoi. Chou Vichith, secretary of state at […]

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Philippines: Poverty gains at risk from rising inflation

Poverty reduction efforts are at risk from rising inflation and the government must implement immediate reforms to ensure that gains over the last few years are protected, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Tuesday In its newly launched Socioeconomic Report 2017, the NEDA said that poverty as of last year likely improved […]

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Thailand: Consensus builds on growth path

A PEAK private-sector grouping has raised its forecast for economic expansion to 4-4.5 per cent, backed by an upward revision for growth in the country’s exports to 5-8 per cent.  The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) also cites the sustained recovery of the global economy and the steady gains in Thailand’s […]

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