TECH: Smart Solutions Can Improve Lives in Southeast Asian Cities: McKinsey
Real-time road navigation applications such as Google Maps and Waze, enable road users to avoid congested areas and accidents, saving
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BIZ-ENERGY: Jakarta – Asian Countries Improve in Soft Power: Report
Economic development in recent years has advanced the use of soft power in foreign policies of Asian countries. (Reuters Photo/Toru
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BIZ-COLUMN: Economic Affairs – Who will win the World Cup? Football’s thrilling unpredictability
Vikram Khanna Associate Editor Professional forecasters have trained their full analytical powers to predict who will win the World Cup.
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EDITORIAL OPINION & CARTOONS: MANILA – Faster inflation rate
Consumer prices in June rose at a pace faster than what the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and most economists expected.
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OP-ED Biz-Editorial: Businesses should reduce plastic use to secure a greener, better Myanmar
In Myanmar, plastic waste put tourists off in Ngapali, they are a blot on the landscape in Bagan and they
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BIZ-COLUMN: OPINION By Invitation – Good design is good business – Beh Swan Gin For The Straits Times
From a portable ultrasound scanner to Bluetooth-enabled toothbrushes that encourage children to brush their teeth, the field of design thinking
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BIZ-COLUMN: OPINION ON PAGE ONE – ‘The big, new airport’ BY JOJO ROBLES
OPINION ON PAGE ONE JOJO ROBLES THE big and excellent business news of the week has to do with the
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OPINION-ECONOMY: MALAYSIA – Mythbusting in Malaysia By Professor Dr. Hoo Ke Ping Economic Analyst -Malaysia
According to the World Bank’s September 2017 report on Malaysia, less than 1 percent of Malaysian households are currently living
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ASEAN 2018 BIZ-TECH: SINGAPORE – The rise of Asean digital companies
Executives of Amazon Web Services lead a panel discussion during the AWS Summit Singapore. . BUSINESS – POWER & TECH
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BIZ-A.I. OPINION: MANILA – AI will not doom Philippines’ call centers — BPO expert
While AIs are touted the capability to handle customer calls faster and with less errors than their human counterparts, they
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