The VAT laws provide that goods and services, except for select exempted items, traded in and imported into the Sultanate of Oman shall be subject to 5 per cent VAT. Every taxable person importing …
Grab – A missed opportunity for Malaysia
The news about South-East Asia’s first decacorn, Grab Holdings Inc, to be listed in the United States in a massive near-US$40bil (RM165.16bil) deal is a big loss for Malaysia.
Biden breaks with Obama, as well as Trump, on everything from Afghanistan to spending
First with the coronavirus relief bill and now with the announcement that the U.S. will withdraw completely from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, Biden is charting his own course, making clear that his …
President Biden on his plans for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plans for withdrawing from Afghanistan, following nearly 20 years of war in the country. We went to war with clear objectives and we achieved those goals, …
‘Time to end the forever war’: Biden to begin U.S. Afghanistan exit on May 1
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he will begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan on May 1 to end America’s longest war, rejecting calls for U.S. forces to stay to ensure a peaceful …
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis (ret.): Afghanistan – 20 years is enough, Biden right to plan firm end to war
President Biden announced Wednesday that all 2,500 remaining U.S. combat troops would withdraw from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. “I am the fourth American president to preside over an …
NATO forces to leave Afghanistan after Biden withdrawal decision
The NATO alliance, which rushed to join the United States in Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks, will depart the war-town country alongside American forces in the months ahead, …
Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United States could cut off financial assistance to Afghanistan “if there is backsliding on civil …
Women hold 7% of executive positions in S. Korea’s finance sector
Women accounted for merely 7 percent of the management boards of financial institutions in South Korea, despite making up nearly half the sector’s workforce, data submitted to a lawmaker showed …
HSBC says four senior bankers to relocate to Hong Kong as it extends pivot to Asia
Senior executives running HSBC’s three major businesses, which account for the bulk of its revenue, will sit in Hong Kong, rather than London as part of pivot to Asia.