SINGAPORE inflation missed industry forecasts in January, hampered by a sharper fall in the cost of retail and other goods, according to consumer price index (CPI) data out on Monday. Core inflation, a central bank metric that excludes private transport and accommodation costs, was 0.3 per cent – slowing from the 0.6 per cent clocked […]
Read MoreYANGON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Myanmar’s Yangon Region Investment Committee (YRIC) recently approved 16 foreign investment businesses for the region, according to the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) late Saturday. A total of 28.507 million U.S. dollars of foreign investments from China, Seychelles and Estonia as well as 3 billion Kyats (2 million […]
Read MoreThe EU has expressed interest in pursuing a number of free trade agreements (FTAs) in the region, not only with Thailand but eventually with Asean as a whole, says EU-Asean Business Council Chairman Donald Kanak. While Thailand and the EU have engaged in exploratory talks about a potential FTA, there has been no announcement about […]
Read MoreWHILE production has resumed for the manufacturing sector in China, analysts are expecting slow recovery for Singapore-listed companies with facilities there. In order to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, Chinese authorities had extended the week-long Chinese New Year holidays with businesses only allowed to resume operations in their Chinese facilities from Feb 10. The authorities also meted […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – In five years, Vietnam’s contribution to total revenue of Central Retail, a subsidiary of Central Group, is predicted to rise from the current 17% to 25%. Central Retail, a subsidiary of Thailand’s retail conglomerate Central Group, is expected to expand business activities in Vietnam after raising a record high of US$2.46 billion from […]
Read MoreAfter Honda decision to stop local assembly MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the government would need to put in place safeguard duty on imported automobiles to promote local manufacturing especially after Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) said it would shut down its Sta. Rosa plant in Laguna next month. […]
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