Some companies are beginning to restore cuts they made to managers’ salaries and bonuses in the early, bewildering days of the pandemic shutdowns, a sign that some industries–and their white-collar workers–are benefiting from glimmers of a recovery while millions of others continue to endure job and income losses. In the first weeks of the pandemic, […]
Read MoreThe Vietnamese property market is expected to slow down, with prices starting to drop by the end of this year and hitting the bottom by mid-2021, creating opportunities for home buyers sitting on cash, experts have forecast. “Housing prices will begin to plummet by the end of this year and bottom out by mid-2021 when […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Board of Investments (BOI) is willing to study proposed revisions to the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) on production targets and timeline to meet the volume requirements under the program as the COVID-19 outbreak has slowed the demand for new vehicles. Trade Undersecretary and BOI managing head Ceferino Rodolfo told reporters […]
Read MoreCinemas are now re-open and pulling back revenue after five months of being shut down because of the Novel Coronavirus. Around 55,000 people returned to the big screens around Cambodia in the first week alone, still a fraction of previous audiences. After five long months of closures, silver screens re-opened across the Kingdom and saw […]
Read MoreCorporate earnings, trade data in focus TRADE figures to be released this week will continue to draw scrutiny as markets will assess the prospects of economic recovery. The Statistics Department is expected to release July’s export, import and trade balance data on Friday. Malaysia’s trade surplus widened by 98.7% to RM20.9bil in June 2020 – […]
Read MoreInvestors are concerned about the stock market performance, which has become unpredictable because of the pandemic. Covid-19 has had a big impact on the economy. The GDP grew by 3.6 percent in Q2, the lowest growth rate in 10 years. The stock market has also suffered from a Covid-19 crisis. In Q1 alone, the VN […]
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