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Thailand: Index plans CLMV activity to spur growth

Index Creative Village Plc, the country’s largest event organiser, plans to expand further in Indochina to cash in on opportunities arising from strong economic growth in the region. This year will see an emphasis on consumer events such as concerts, trade shows and marketing campaigns in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), said Kreingkrai Kanjanapokin, […]

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Thailand: Poor Q4 growth points to slow recovery

Thailand’s economy expanded less than expected in the last quarter of 2016 and the government left its forecast for growth this year unchanged, indicating recovery will remain a slow process. Growth in October-December was 0.4% from the previous quarter, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, below the 0.6% seen in a Reuters poll. The government revised July-September […]

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Philippines: Alibaba owner invests in Globe unit

MANILA, Philippines –  Ant Financial Services Group, the financial technology company controlled by Alibaba’s Jack Ma,  is making a strategic investment to get a 45-percent stake in Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), a unit of Globe Telecom Inc., to help accelerate financial inclusion in the Philippines.  In a statement, Globe said Ant and Ayala Corp. […]

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Indonesia: Strategic Commodity Prices Will Rise This Year

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Central bank Bank Indonesia (BI) estimated that the prices of the majority of strategic commodity will increase throughout 2017 and such an increase will leverage the rate of exports as one component of economic growth boosters. BI economic and monetary policy director on Saturday (18/02) in Bandung said that the prices of a number of […]

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