WATER: MANILA- Duterte Offers New Deals to Manila Water Providers — But There’s a Catch
File Photo: A woman carries buckets of water from a water truck at their village which has been dry for
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FINANCE: MANILA- Philippine Peso’s Gains May Vanish as Duterte Ramps Up Spending
A bank employee displays 1000 peso notes in Manila. (Photo: TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images) . . Philippines — Once
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KINGSTON, New York, USA- Good sign as more Chinese restaurants in US close shop
Mr Tom Sit has owned Eng’s, a Chinese-American restaurant in New York, with his wife for more than 40 years.
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EXCLUSIVE: Why Dennis Uy Says the Philippines Needs to Support Its Entrepreneurs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, and Dennis Uy, left, CEO of Phoenix Petroleum, and at right is Jose Pardo, chairman
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RANGON- Myanmar’s economy – a kitten among tigers?
. . Back in the 1960s, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong were able use cheap labour and tax
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YANGON, Myanmar- Myanmar climbs in World Bank’s ease of doing business index
. . Myanmar improved its ranking on the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report f by six positions, coming in
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ASEANEWS HEADLINES: BRUNEI DARUSSALAM- Brunei gets ready for enforcement of Competition Order
. The Competition Order 2015, a law that prohibits business practices which restrict a fair competition process in a market
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JAKARTA, Indonesia- Indonesia suspends nickel ore exports
Trucks carry raw nickel ore near Sorowako, Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, on Jan 8, 2014. (Reuters photo) . . JAKARTA: Indonesia
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The Chang family built Forever 21, and fuelled its collapse
1/2: Mr Do Wan Chang (centre), with his daughters Linda (left) and Esther, both executives at Forever 21, at its
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ASEANEWS HEADLINES: PHNOM-PENH- Over $6 billion borrowed through Micro Finance Inc. (MFIs)
CMA’s Kea Boran speaks to reporters during yesterday’s workshop. KT/Chor Sokunthea . The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) yesterday said more than
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