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Thailand: E-commerce, engineering among the top payers

E-commerce, medical services and engineering have the highest-paying jobs across all career levels in Thailand, according to a report by employment portal JobsDB.  While medical services and engineering were well-paying fields, e-commerce was found to be the only industry that ranked high at all career levels. IT and e-commerce were found to be the two most […]

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Indonesia wants Philippines import safeguards on coffee mixes lifted

MANILA, Philippines — The Indonesian government is demanding for the Philippines to permanently lift the safeguards on the imports of coffee mixes in exchange for investments in the country. Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said Indonesia has gone straight to President Duterte to lobby for the removal of the special safeguards on coffee mixes which the Department of Agriculture invoked […]

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Thailand: Somkid urges BOT action on baht

THE government’s economics chief has voiced his concerns over a strong baht with his central bank counterpart, citing the impact on farmers and calling on him to be ready to put the brakes on further gains in the currency. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak yesterday said the government was worried that a chain reaction would […]

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Vietnam’s M&A market forecast to mark a banner year in 2019

The Hanoitimes – Chinese enterprises are forecast to shift their investment strategies by pouring more capital into building plants in Vietnam to take advantage of its integration commitments within ASEAN and other free trade deals, which will contribute to pushing up M&A activities. Experts have been upbeat about Vietnam’s merger and acquisition (M&A) market this year, […]

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Indonesia’s Jan trade deficit wider than forecast

[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s trade deficit swelled in January as exports fell sharper than expected, although imports contracted for the first time in 19 months, data from the statistics bureau showed on Friday. Southeast Asia’s largest economy had a trade gap of US$1.16 billion in the first month of 2019, larger than the US$970 million deficit expected in a […]

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Malaysian economic growth beats forecasts

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18) has surpassed expectations, as the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7% year-on-year (y-o-y). This marks the economy’s first acceleration in growth over the last one year, following the continued slowdown in GDP growth after 3Q17 where it registered a 6.2% growth. In […]

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