MANILA: The embattled Philippine peso needs a break and it may soon get one. More than 10 million overseas Filipinos are preparing to send record amounts of money home for the Christmas and New Year holidays – a period when remittances pick up – with analysts from MUFG Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered Plc saying those funds will […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s on-year non-oil domestic exports growth slowed sharply in August as sales of pharmaceuticals came off the sizzling pace of the month before, official data showed on Monday. Exports rose 5.0 percent in August year-on-year, data from the trade agency International Enterprise Singapore showed, slowing from the revised 11.0 percent rise the month before. […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI – Singapore, South Korea and Japan are the most innovative countries in Asia whereas Pakistan and Bangladesh are the least innovative, according to the Global Innovation Index 2018 report. The report analyses the energy innovation landscape of the next decade and identifies possible breakthroughs in fields such as energy production, storage, distribution, and […]
Read MoreFor industrial operators, a loss in power supply for even a split second could lead to catastrophic damage to their business. But an even greater fear for some operators would be if their power supply contracts were controlled by a monopoly, extracting high prices without competition. Electricity is deemed both a necessity and a public utility […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – E-commerce sales are forecast to reach US$10 billion by 2020, accounting for 5% of total retail and services revenue, while 30% of the population will shop online, spending an average of US$350 per person annually. Vietnam’s e-commerce market has witnessed high growth rate since 2013, with online sales increasing from US$2.2 billion in […]
Read MoreThe Central Administrative Court on Friday issued an injunction against the telecom regulator, allowing customers of Total Access Communication (Dtac) to continue using the 850MHz mobile phone spectrum for another three months. The court order benefits about 95,000 Dtac subscribers, most of them using the 2G service and others for roaming. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication […]
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