The Malaysian voters booted out the previous government largely premised on one main agenda – system-wide reformation. Pakatan Harapan’s promise to enact economic, institutional and political reforms successfully led the coalition to an unprecedented victory in GE14. Indeed, the outcome of GE14 has surprised most observers and research houses such as Nomura and RHB Research […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Foreign portfolio investments reverted to a net inflow in July after massive outflows in May and June due to the strong interest of investors in securities listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), as well as peso-denominated debt instruments, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. The inflow of net foreign portfolio investments amounted to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The funding would help the company to expand the C2C platform Sendo, launch the B2C marketplace SenMall, and make SenPay the leading fintech platform in Vietnam. Sen Do Technology JSC (Sendo), a leading e-commerce platform in Vietnam, has announced that it has secured an investment of US$51 million from SoftBank Ventures Korea, Daiwa […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry says it will push the draft bill on the land and buildings tax for lawmaker approval during the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, but the law’s enforcement may be delayed from the scheduled start at the beginning of 2019. Whether or not the law’s enforcement will be pushed back will depend on the readiness of […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Commerce saw a slight rise of 2 percent in trademark registration in the first half of 2018, with applications increasing by 16 percent, said an official yesterday. Op Rady, director of intellectual property at the Ministry of Commerce, told Khmer Times the ministry has approved 1,871 trademarks in the first half of the year, […]
Read MoreLower tariffs on chicken and fish products could result in nearly P3 billion in potential revenue losses for the government, a senior Finance department official said. “For two products (chicken and fish) it’s about P2.8 billion,” Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran told reporters when asked about the potential revenue loss if tariffs were reduced to a uniform 5 […]
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