Authorities have set new electricity rates for households, organizations, and businesses this month throughout the country. According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MOEM), Lao Authorities have decided to increase electricity prices for households and small businesses by 2 percent, effective this month. Notice on Electricity Rate Increase, March 2021 The total […]
Read MoreThough the automobile market has become big enough for manufacturers to step up domestic production, industry policies remain unencouraging. With 300,000 cars sold in 2020, Vietnam has surpassed the Philippines to become the fourth largest automobile market in the region, according to AAF (ASEAN Automotive Federation). Thailand led the region with 792,146 cars sold in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 12:06 p.m., March 5)— Inflation soared to a level not seen since it eroded growth in 2018 as new sources of price pressure appeared with rising crude costs, exacerbating the impact of costly food yet to be convincingly addressed. Consumer prices rose 4.7% year-on-year in February, up from 4.2% in January and the highest since December […]
Read MoreSOME emerging markets managed to stage a great escape from the ravages of Covid-19 by deploying all sorts of clever and ambitious monetary policy tools. Others behaved exactly as you’d expect amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with central bankers scrambling to avoid a massive rout. The elusive dividing line between these […]
Read MoreDespite the cord-cutting and digital-first phenomenon sweeping the globe, television advertisements in the Cambodian market remain a lucrative option for firms promoting a mass-market product. That’s according to Nancy Jaffe, former director for Nielsen Ratings’ Southeast Asia Cross-Platform Audience Measurement division in Singapore. “Digital advertisements are useful when targeting young, affluent urban professionals but television […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Go big in digital or risk being left behind. The government took full cognisance of this, which saw it roll out the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint or MyDigital recently. It dove deep into the national digitalisation journey since 1996 when the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) was initiated and picked up on several weaknesses […]
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