International commodity prices for cashew nuts are rapidly increasing due to lower supply from Cambodia and Vietnam which is driving up profits for the Kingdom’s farmers, according to industry stakeholders. The shortfalls of cashew supply into the global market have decreased by around 40 percent this quarter due to lower production in Cambodia and Vietnam, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: SME Corporation Malaysia is looking at improved sales of RM12mil from the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Week 2017 in contrast to the RM8.2mil registered year. Chief executive officer Datuk Dr Hafsah Hashim said the improvement would be driven by the participation of online shopping players such as Lazada, 11street and Google, apart […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (First published May 3 at 10:16 p.m.) — Unless the government steps in and establishes a state-owned telecommunications firm, the prospect of a third player in the industry is low, a study finds. According to Epictetus Patalinghug who, together with three other professors from the University of the Philippines, wrote the study titled […]
Read MoreIn the first four months of this year, the national index of industrial production (IIP) increased 5.1 per cent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. That metric was far below the growth recorded in the same period in 2016 but higher than the increase of 4.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore’s private sector economy gathered further momentum at the start of the second quarter, according to a survey released on Thursday (May 4). The headline Nikkei Singapore Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 52.6 in April from 52.2 in March, the highest reading since November 2016. Both output and new orders rose at […]
Read MoreDIGITAL economy will be a key priority for Asean next year as Singapore takes over chairmanship of the regional bloc, the city-state’s Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade), Lim Hng Kiang, said on Thursday. Singapore will also focus on trade internationalisation measures such as introducing a region-wide certification regime, even as Mr Lim urged economies […]
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