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Malaysians’ interest in 11.11 Singles’ Day sales is skyrocketing – here are the types of promotions on every top online shopping site

Singles’ Day promotions on online shopping sites are all the rage here in Malaysia, according to search trends seen on Google’s search engine. In a new analysis, Malaysian-based online shopping aggregator iPrice said it detected an exponential growth of interest in the Singles’ Day sales period. By analysing Malaysians’ search trends on Google, it detected that interest […]

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Thailand: MARKET RECOVERY SEEN FROM CHINA TAX INITIATIVE

Bear markets tend to present bargain-hunting opportunities to long-term investors. We believe the China market would perform better next year. Our main rationale is not the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G20 meeting at the end of this month, but China’s upcoming massive tax reform initiative. Next […]

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Cambodia: ‘We need to fix Sihanoukville’ Q&A with Transparency International

The massive investment coming from China into Sihanoukville has positive and negative effects on the province. In order to understand the pros and cons, Transparency International executive director Preap Kol sat with Khmer Times Business Insight to dissect the situation in the province. KT: What is your opinion on the different issues regarding the development of Sihanoukville? […]

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Mitsubishi targets full-scale production in Vietnam

The Hanoitimes – Mitsubishi considers Vietnam a very important market in Southeast Asia. Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors planned to expand beyond vehicle assembly in Vietnam and move to full-scale local production, including procuring parts from within the country, Nikkei Asian Review reported.  The move came as the Japanese automaker commits to enhance its already considerable presence in Southeast Asia.  […]

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Philippines: Tobacco farmers oppose tax hike

MANILA, Philippines — A group of local tobacco farmers has appealed to the government to reconsider the proposal to increase anew excise taxes on tobacco products. In a letter to the Department of Finance (DOF), Senate, and House of Representatives, the PhilTobacco Growers Association Inc. (PTGA) expressed its opposition against the proposed excise tax hike […]

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