SINGAPORE, Nov 6: For the fourth consecutive year, Singapore has retained its title as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates to live in, according to survey results released on Monday (Nov 6) by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU). Hong Kong came in second ahead of Zurich, while the return of Japanese cities Tokyo and […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded Indonesia’s growth based on expenditure grew 5.06 percent year-on-year (yoy) as of the third quarter this year. Agency chief says the increase was driven by all components. “All components of GDP expenditure grew positively, the highest was exports. Meanwhile government consumption and investment also grew well,” BPS chief […]
Read MoreHANOI — As importing countries impose trade barriers to protect their goods and products, they often utilise trade remedies against exporting countries. There are short-term solutions for exporters, like Vietnam. But in the long run, enterprises still need strategic planning and specific steps to overcome trade barriers in order to increase exports and develop sustainably. […]
Read MoreSiam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement producer, has reported that Cambodia and Indonesia are the top markets in Southeast Asia in terms of the company’s economic performance, with the construction boom in the kingdom playing a significant part in SCG’s bottom-line during the first nine months of the year. According to SCG’s consolidated financial […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A celebrated playwright and coincidentally one of the founders of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), George Bernard Shaw once famously quipped “If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.” Economics as a field has been characterized by a number of disagreements. One only […]
Read MoreMore than 150 prospective investors and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam will be joining a business forum in mid-November in Bangkok in the hope of finding new business partners. Investors and SMEs from 19 provinces in Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CMTV) situated along the Southern Economic Corridor […]
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