Nearly 28% of Atlanta small business owners polled by Lending Tree said they have less than one month of cash on hand. As many as 45% of minority business owners responding to a national survey ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait curbs curfew hours as country gradually reopens
Kuwait has reduced its curfew hours from nine hours to six, running from 9pm to 3am, as the country enters the third phase of its recovery process from the enforced coronavirus lockdown measures. ( read original story ...)
Students from 10 different countries graduate from Dubai Business Associates programme
The DBA programme offers outstanding and ambitious graduates an unrivalled opportunity to study and do business in Dubai. ( read original story ...)
Dubai-based start-up reveals launchpad for young entrepreneurs
Dubai-based start-up Lock&Stock is providing a helping hand to young entrepreneurs across the UAE with the launch of Founder’s Club. With only five percent of start-ups making it to their fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan: How Maryam’s cheese-making business helps support her family
From receiving aid to supporting herself, how a refugee in Jordan got her life back on track through her cheese-making business. ( read original story ...)
Cambodia set for mall glut as foreign and local projects pile up
Of this target, it wants overseas business to comprise 35% -- up from 12% last year. Cambodia housing developers, meanwhile, have moved to start their own retail projects, often as additions to ... ( read original story ...)
The Increasing Investments in Thailand’s Food Sector Reflects the Confidence in Thailand Despite COVID-19 Outbreak: BOI
From January 2019 to June 2020, international and local investors have filed 116 investment promotion applications for food processing and drinks manufacturing projects in Thailand, representing a ... ( read original story ...)
Thai Airways details creditor claims amounting to Bt85 billion
Thai Airways International has disclosed details of Bt85 billion ... payments and has received letters demanding repayment “by other creditors who are business partners of the company”. The rest of ... ( read original story ...)
Business groups urge Duterte to implement economic recovery plans
The country’s largest business groups appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to implement long-awaited economic measures to ensure the country’s recovery and help COVID-19-hit micro, small and medium ... ( read original story ...)
‘My world stopped spinning’ – life on hold for millions of Philippine migrant workers
"My world stopped spinning," Salvador, 33, who has been a sailor for nine years, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from the Iloilo province. His cousin, a deck officer on another ship, was ... ( read original story ...)