BIZ-BANKING: MANILA-Banks’ real estate loans slide 20% in June 2018
MANILA, Philippines — The exposure of the Philippine banking industry in the volatile real estate sector eased as of end-June,
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Asian markets sink on fresh trade fears after Trump remarks
People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong. – AP
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HOUSING: KUALA LUMPUR-Affordable homes: 10 per cent for firemen
Malaysia’s Minister of Housing and Local Government Zuraida Kamaruddin meets members of Children’s Fire Safety Club of the Kedah Fire
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BIZ-PROPERTY: INTERIOR Sleep to Dream Beds that add a unique touch to your rest
For those who aren’t keen on being grounded a bed float may be just what the doctor ordered. Not only
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BIZ: BEIJING-Alibaba: Jack Ma to step down as chairman in September 2019
Jack Ma Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to retire, say reports Ma, who has a net worth of $36.6bn, says retirement
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ASEAN-BIZ: The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) key priority in 2018
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn. . Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn talks to the
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ASEANews HEADLINE: Hà Nội mayor welcomes WEF ASEAN 2018
Chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung. VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất . . On the occasion of the
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ASEANews HEADLINE: MANILA-Trump to blame for inflation – Duterte
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte blamed the tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump on certain products for record-high inflation in
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ASEANews HEADLINE: Rakhine crisis and Reuters verdict merit investor attention: Singapore think tank
Reuters reporters Wa Lone (pictured) and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted by Myanmar’s court. Photo: Zarni Phyo . “There is
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BIZ-COLUMN: Opinion-Economic Affairs: India’s ‘billionaire raj’: The fault lines beneath the bling
Vikram Khanna Associate Editor The super rich are not all crazy, rich wheeler-dealers, but India could do more to tackle
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