PETALING JAYA: The “new normal, ” brought upon by the Covid-19 pandemic, has had minimal effects on property-buying sentiment, according to a survey by CGS-CIMB. Citing the survey, the research house said 41% of respondents had unchanged interest in property investment following the Covid-19 outbreak. It added that 39% had decreased interest, while 20% had […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s finance minister said “the worst is over” for South-East Asia’s largest economy, after third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data confirmed the country fell into recession for the first time since 1998. Sri Mulyani Indrawati (pic) said a contraction in private consumption and investment had eased in the third quarter, after suffering bigger blows […]
Read MoreLazada, an Asean e-commerce arm of Alibaba, is gearing up efforts to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, logistics operations in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), and an array of new services to become a lifestyle app that goes beyond a shopping platform. “Thailand’s e-commerce arena is an emerging market. We are committed to this […]
Read MoreA senior official of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) has called on international buyers to continue to order goods from Cambodia to contribute to improving the living and working conditions of the Kingdom’s employees. During a workshop on a joint development plan for sustainability of compliance in the field of textiles, garments, […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Consumer prices rose at a faster pace last month, driven by higher food and transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. In its report, the PSA said headline inflation the rate of change in the average prices of goods and services typically purchased by consumers quickened to 2.5 percent in […]
Read MoreVietnam still managed to maintain export growth in the first 10 months of this year despite COVID-19, and exports for the year as a whole are expected to rise 3-4 percent against 2019, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Export revenue stood at 26.7 billion USD in October, down 1.7 percent compared […]
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