Thais are turning to banks as a safe haven, adding deposits at a record pace in the Covid-19 era. While that’s a vote of confidence, the lenders are likely to face a hard time putting all the funds to …
Turkey Avoids Contraction With Consumption Leap Before Virus
Turkey’s economy clocked one of the fastest expansion rates among peers in the first quarter thanks to a surge in consumption before a lockdown to slow the coronavirus outbreak began to take hold.
Philippine Stocks Jump as Bank Reserves, Lockdown Eased
Philippine stocks advanced the most in two months, as looser reserve requirement rules and a relaxation of lockdown restrictions in the capital region spurred hopes of a less prolonged and severe …
Optimization of Business Environment Stimulates the Recovery of the Economy in Changsha, China
Changsha, the capital city of Central China’s Hunan province, issued multiple policies on optimization of business environment to stimulate a strong economic and social recovery.
China says non-peaceful action on Taiwan is last resort
Li Zhanshu, who is the head of China’s parliament, said Beijing will use force as a last resort.
May sees a huge spike in Covid-19 cases
After recording the biggest jump of five new cases within 24 hours on May 14 and three cases each on May 22, 24 and yesterday, Bhutan today has 31 Covid-19 positive cases, one of the lowest in the …
Coronavirus: Singapore Institute of Management to offer traineeships for graduates and enhance students’ bursaries
Private education provider Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) will give its graduating cohort opportunities to get additional qualifications and new skills to boost their employability, and also …
Did You Manage To Avoid China Aviation Oil (Singapore)’s (SGX:G92) 36% Share Price Drop?
Many investors define successful investing as beating the market average over the long term. But its virtually …
Singapore commercial REITs may yield between 4%-4.5% post-pandemic: Keppel REIT CEO
If bond rates and borrowing costs remain low post-pandemic, investors could see yields shift to around 4%-4.5% range for commercial real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Singapore, says Paul Tham, …
Will companies flee Hong Kong? New law could imperil business in one of world’s biggest financial hubs
Critics say the law undermines the “high degree of autonomy” promised when Britain handed control to China in 1997.