PETALING JAYA: The banking sector is not expected to see a significant rise in loans and earnings next year amid a tough investment environment and margin compression. Bankers and analysts, however, said the sector would hold up and are maintaining their 2018 average loan and earnings growth projections for next year. They are forecasting an […]
Read MoreAS CLOUDS of global uncertainty show no sign of lifting and Singapore’s manufacturing industry – its erstwhile growth driver – continues to cool from a once red-hot pace, it may seem unclear where the country should look to for growth in 2019. Still, economists see potential in sectors both old and new, with growth staying […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Investments approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) hit a new all-time high this year, exceeding the agency’s P680-billion target. Final figures from the BOI showed the agency approved P907.2 billion worth of investments for this year, 47 percent higher than the previous record high of P617 billion in 2017. “We hit […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The move is aimed to meet customer demands for transportation in new provinces/cities and improve the service quality of the transportation sector in overall, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) has encouraged ride-hailing firm Grab to expand its taxi service network to provinces of Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Binh Dinh […]
Read MoreDespite a decrease in the number of overall complaints in the first 10 months of this year, property and residential businesses remain unimproved, with the majority of complaints concerning condos, says the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB). Pikanes Tapuang, deputy secretary-general of the OCPB, said most condo complaints were in Greater Bangkok for […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is likely to grow in February to April 2019, based on the performance of economic indicators. In the Malaysian Economic Indicators: Leading, Coincident & Lagging Indexes for October 2018 report, chief statistican Datuk Sri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the change of Leading Index (LI) augmented in October 2018 registered a growth of […]
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