The government targets to register 9 million heads of low-income families before year-end The Philippines will start next week a 27.8 billion-peso ($575 million) project to give national ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Draws in Fighters From Mideast
Hundreds of fighters from around the Middle East are heading to Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan to join rival countries fighting over the region. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) The Associated Press For the ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Sensex Completes Best Week Since June as RBI Holds Rates
India’s equities benchmark climbed to its highest since February after the central bank signaled more policy easing ahead and made steps to support the economy, improve lending, while keeping rates ... ( read original story ...)
Turmoil at a small 93-year-old bank now threatens to disrupt India’s banking system
Now, India’s central bank and LVB’s senior leadership ... the RBI had rejected a proposed merger of the bank with Indiabulls Housing Finance, another NBFC. There has also been some speculation ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei: Survey finds Asean best for business
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 9 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): The EU-Asean Business Council, the primary business body for European businesses in Asean, on Oct 8 published its 6th Business Sentiment Survey. Key ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus banks must put an end to non-performing loans — Bank of Cyprus CEO
Panicos Nicolaou, CEO of the Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender ... Addressing the Fourth Business Leaders Summit on Thursday, Nicolaou said that businesses and the state alike should ... ( read original story ...)
Payments Landscape Market in Oman
HTF Market Intelligence released a new research report of 45 pages on title Payments Landscape in Oman Opportunities and Risks to 2025 with detailed analysis forecast and strategies The study is a ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict draws in fighters from Mideast
Raffi Ghazarian has been glued to the TV at home and at work watching news about the fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. If it goes on, the 50-year-old Lebanese of Armenian descent says ... ( read original story ...)
Can Cambodia’s Looming Microfinance Disaster be Averted?
A solution to Cambodia’s spiraling debt crisis is urgently required, but risks uncovering deeper economic problems. ( read original story ...)
Government in talks with Saudi Arabia to build new oil refinery in South Africa
Mineral Resources and Energy minister Gwede Manatshe says that government is in talks with a number of international companies around gas and oil business opportunities in South Africa. ( read original story ...)