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The World Bank on September 28 released its October 2020 Economic Update for East Asia and the Pacific. It earlier cut Myanmar’s GDP growth to 0.5 percent from 6.8pc in the year ending September 30.
The big drop in growth “is likely to erode recent gains in poverty reduction,” the report warns. |
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Two enlightening new books describe the long shadow China casts over its southern neighbours. China exerts an outsize, at times overbearing influence in south-east Asia — as surely as the US looms over.... |
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The outspoken diplomat has blasted Beijing on a number of occasions this year regarding issues ranging from the human rights to the coronavirus pandemic. The US State Department announced Mr Pompeo’s East Asia trip yesterday, though very few details were given. |
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Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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MUSCAT: Sooty Falcons breed in north coastal Oman and on the Daymaniyat and Fahal Islands. Steppe Eagles visit Oman in the winter, having migrated from breeding areas, mostly in central Asia. Lappet-faced vultures are the largest breeding bird in Oman and can range over thousands of square kilometres in search of food. |
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TAIPEI -- Google plans to produce less than 1 million Pixel 5 smartphones this year, sources told Nikkei Asia, signaling a far more conservative outlook for the internet giant's flagship device than last year. Production could be as low as around 800,000 units for the 5G-capable flagship smartphone, which is set to be released on Sept. |
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QBO Innovation Hub recently partnered with Investing in Women , an Australian Government initiative that promotes women’s economic empowerment in South East Asia, to expand the Startup Pinay , a startup innovation platform that narrows the gender gap in the tech industry by fostering a community of.... |
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Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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Tokyo, Japan (September 30, 2020) - Shiseido Company, Limited has announced the appointment of Nicole Tan as President ＆ CEO of the Asia Pacific Region, effective October 1, 2020. As regional head, Nicole Tan will develop and execute the strategic vision for Shiseido's operations in Asia Pacific.... |
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With rising demand for personalised digital experiences [1] , UOB Infinity offers a customisable dashboard that enables clients to prioritise and to display information that is most important to them. The customisable dashboard presents financial information visually, thereby making it easy for.... |
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BEIJING , Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) ("Baidu" or the "Company"), a leading search engine, knowledge and information centered Internet platform and AI company, today announced that its Smart Living Group ("SLG") has entered into definitive agreements with CPE, Baidu.... |
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(NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, and T-Systems Singapore today announced an expansion of their partnership to include Fortinet's FortiSIEM solution to the T-Systems' suite of Managed Security Services (MSS) to better protect customer organisations through their digitisation journey. |
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WASHINGTON — Poverty in East Asia and the Pacific could increase this year for the first time in 20 years as the coronavirus pandemic keeps people in poverty and creates a class of new poor, the World Bank said on Tuesday (Sept 29). While China will fare better than its neighbors, the region as a whole is still expected to grow by only 0. |
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Over 135 countries, led by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), are working hard to build a multilateral consensus around international tax issues arising from the growth of the digital economy. |
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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - In a recent video conference, the State Council leading group for reforming state-owned enterprises (SOE) stressed that the country's three-year action plan for SOE reform has listed concrete steps to implement the top authorities' top-level design for reforming SOEs over the next three years. |
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Indonesia's Health Ministry has formed a team to investigate the high death toll among doctors from Covid-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has announced. "(The team) has just been formed by the Health Ministry," IDI chairman Daeng M. Faqih said on Monday (Sept 28), as quoted by kompas. |
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Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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Stocks are mixed in Asia while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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APAC is placed to become a prominent enterprise data powerhouse with the highest compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) - 153% by 2024, according to new research released today from Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR). Four cities in the top six for the Data Gravity Intensity Metro forecast are from APAC, with.... |
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While economic activity is reviving in some countries, long-term threats to growth and poverty reduction remain. (KPL) COVID-19 has delivered a triple shock to the developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region: the pandemic itself, the economic impact of containment measures, and reverberations from the global recession brought on by the crisis. |
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Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Hong Kong and Shanghai led regional gains while Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged lower. Overnight, the S&P 500 lost 0. |
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A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street recovered some of this month's losses as investors looked ahead to a debate between President.... |
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PETALING JAYA : Malaysia is well-positioned to be the nerve centre for the Southeast Asian animation industry, and it should take advantage of this to provide better opportunities for Malaysians, according to the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). |
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