Small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) optimism about fourth-quarter income improved for the first time in several quarters, thanks to the festive season, says TMB Analytics, the research unit of TMB Bank. The SME confidence index for fourth-quarter income increased to 62.9 from 56.7 in the previous quarter, helping to boost the TMB SME Sentiment index […]
Read MoreDESPITE the government’s aim to push Myanmar up the World Bank’s ranking for ease of doing business, the country has fallen one place since last year and remains the least favourable country to conduct business within the ASEAN region. In the World Bank’s Doing Business rankings released on Tuesday, Myanmar ranks 171th out of 190 […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) output may have grown 9% month-on-month to 1.95 million tonnes in October, 2017, according to survey findings by the CIMB Futures team. Meanwhile, palm oil export likely grew by about 2.4% on-month, based on export statistics. “The m-o-m rise in exports in October was due mainly to stronger […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Chinese business tycoon and Alibaba founder Jack Ma is keen on assisting the Philippine government in ensuring an “enabling” regulatory environment for e-commerce in the country, according to the Department of Finance. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said the DOF and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) are set to […]
Read MoreHANOI — The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has attracted 11 more projects with total registered capital of over VND2.18 trillion (US$96 million) during the first ten months of this year. So far, industrial parks (IPs) and economic zones (EZs) in the province have attracted a total of 147 projects with total registered capital of […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has issued a new directive regulating the activity of agents who wish to conduct certain procedures at the ministry on behalf of private entities. The order, named “Prakas 258 on the recognition of legal entity representatives”, establishes the procedure to follow to become the legal representative of a company when […]
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