The Ministry of Commerce saw a slight rise of 2 percent in trademark registration in the first half of 2018, with applications increasing by 16 percent, said an official yesterday. Op Rady, director of intellectual property at the Ministry of Commerce, told Khmer Times the ministry has approved 1,871 trademarks in the first half of the year, […]
Read MoreLower tariffs on chicken and fish products could result in nearly P3 billion in potential revenue losses for the government, a senior Finance department official said. “For two products (chicken and fish) it’s about P2.8 billion,” Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran told reporters when asked about the potential revenue loss if tariffs were reduced to a uniform 5 […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: While Turkey is stoking the heat at emerging-market central banks already pressured by global monetary-policy tightening, Thailand is playing it cool. Countries such as Indonesia and India were already raising interest rates as their currencies weakened, even before Turkey’s travails fanned talk of contagion. Thailand, in contrast, is proving more resilient, aided by flush […]
Read MoreBusinesspeople have called on the government to involve them in drafting a regulation on import limitation of raw materials to ease the country’s current account deficit (CAD) because many of their factories still rely on imported raw materials. In an effort to curb imports, the government plans to issue a regulation that among others will […]
Read MoreHIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE AND ADOPTION OF TECH MAKES ASEAN ATTRACTIVE: SONTIRAT PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged policymakers and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia to develop and nurture a digital trade ecosystem as information technology in the region takes off. Delivering the keynote speech on the topic of “CLMVT Taking-Off Through Technology”, Prayut praised […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Maybank Investment Bank Research expects AirAsia Group Bhd’s core net profit for Q2’18, which will be released on August 30, to come in at RM289mil, a 39% decline year-on-year and 10% decline quarter-on-quarter. This would bring 1H’18 core net profit to RM596mil, or 48% of its full-year forecast. The research house noted that yield pressure […]
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