The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has called on the government to review 200 goods subject to higher import tax as of this month. “Based on our teams’ assessment, 200 capital goods are on the list. We will report them to the government. The point is that the goods are either not available […]
Read MoreMANILA: The embattled Philippine peso needs a break and it may soon get one. More than 10 million overseas Filipinos are preparing to send record amounts of money home for the Christmas and New Year holidays – a period when remittances pick up – with analysts from MUFG Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered Plc saying those funds will […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s on-year non-oil domestic exports growth slowed sharply in August as sales of pharmaceuticals came off the sizzling pace of the month before, official data showed on Monday. Exports rose 5.0 percent in August year-on-year, data from the trade agency International Enterprise Singapore showed, slowing from the revised 11.0 percent rise the month before. […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI – Singapore, South Korea and Japan are the most innovative countries in Asia whereas Pakistan and Bangladesh are the least innovative, according to the Global Innovation Index 2018 report. The report analyses the energy innovation landscape of the next decade and identifies possible breakthroughs in fields such as energy production, storage, distribution, and […]
Read MoreFor industrial operators, a loss in power supply for even a split second could lead to catastrophic damage to their business. But an even greater fear for some operators would be if their power supply contracts were controlled by a monopoly, extracting high prices without competition. Electricity is deemed both a necessity and a public utility […]
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