Google is eyeing 10 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia to avail themselves of its business services by 2020. The company had begun to offer training courses for SMEs in Indonesia in 2015 and currently served 1 million SME customers, Google Indonesia marketing head Veronika Utami said on Friday, adding that the participating […]
Read MoreRetailEX Asean, the largest annual international trade exhibition and conference in Southeast Asia, catering to retailers and brands focused on succeeding in regional markets, will be held from September 19 to 21 in Halls 3 and 4 of Impact Exhibition and Convention Centre in Bangkok. The theme will be “Transforming the Asean Retail Landscape”. More […]
Read MoreThe Philippine central bank hiked its key interest rates by a decade-high 50 basis points on Thursday as it moved to curb inflation, while downplaying the impact its action would have on slowing economic growth. The monetary authority acted hours after the government announced a 6.0 per cent growth in the second quarter, a sharp […]
Read MoreEnergy policymakers are maintaining the cap on cooking gas prices at 13.08 baht per kilogramme, equal to 363 baht per 15kg cylinder, until the end of the year. Thursday’s meeting of the Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) approved the resolution despite Saudi Arabia’s reference price rising by 4.5% to US$587 a tonne in August from $562.50 […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index for June 2018 increased marginally by 1.1% as compared with the same month of the previous year. The growth of IPI in June 2018 was supported by an increase in the Manufacturing index (4.5%) and Electricity index (3.0%). The mining index, meanwhile, posted a decrease of 9.4% from a […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — An aggressive monetary policy could prevent second-round effects of rising inflation, but would have little impact on nipping the source of domestic inflationary pressure, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Ernesto Pernia said rising inflation is primarily caused by issues in the supply side […]
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