JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia has reached a settlement with Alphabet’s Google for 2016 in their dispute over taxes, the country’s finance minister said on Tuesday (June 13). “We already have an agreement with them based on 2016. But we can’t disclose the figure, that is a secret,” Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters. […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Resale prices of non-landed private homes in Singapore increased 0.4 per cent in May, flash estimates from SRX Property showed on Tuesday (June 13), with 17.4 per cent increase in volume of sales compared to May 2016. Prices last month also increased by 1.5 per cent compared to a year ago, but still […]
Read MoreVietnamese coffee exporters, faced with dwindling robusta supplies in the world’s top producer, are paying up to buy beans from international trade houses who scooped up much of the crop early in the season. Local exporters in Vietnam are struggling to find coffee to fulfil their contracts, trade sources said, after farmers sold forward much […]
Read MoreHA NOI — The country’s inflation this year is forecast to reach 2.6 per cent barring fluctuations of prices on world markets and adjustment in the cost of public services, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) reported on Monday. In the first five months of the year, the average inflation rate was at 4.47 per […]
Read MoreGlobalisation is offering both opportunities and challenges for nations since the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange. This was the theme of Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s statement which he delivered at the 23rd International Conference on the Future of Asia held in Tokyo last week. The […]
Read MoreCambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak put forward a proposal last week requesting that the World Trade Organization (WTO) share information of bilateral and regional trade agreements with all its members to help smaller economies integrate into global trade markets. Speaking during a meeting with the Council of Ministers from the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]
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