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(Bloomberg) -- India’s rupee declined the most in Asia and sovereign bonds dropped after Moody’s Investors Services lowered the nation’s rating outlook to negative citing growth concerns. The reduction comes at a time when investors have been skeptical about the government meeting its budget targets.... |
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From left: Representing Mobitel, Manager, Mobile Financial Services, Rishani Gunaratne, Assistant Manager, Mobile Financial Services, Gayan Kalugamage, Senior General Manger, Marketing, Isuru Dissanayake, CEO, Mobitel, Nalin Perera and representing Visa Worldwide, Group Country Manager, India-South Asia, T. |
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Sri Lanka’s first internationally developed and managed mixed-use project featuring Colombo’s largest retail mall and newest Grade A office tower - One Galle Face was opened on Friday by President Maithripala Sirisena and Shangri-LaGroup CEO, Lim Beng Chee. The opening ceremony was attended by local dignitaries and industry leaders. |
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The second South Asian Actuarial Conference (SAAC) will be held on November 13 and 14 at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo. It is being organised by the Actuarial Association of Sri Lanka (AASL). Actuaries are professionals who are trained to operate within an established framework to answer specific questions about risk. |
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Browns Tours, in partnership with 12Go Asia, has launched a total logistics solution for tourists to travel within Sri Lanka. These long distance sectors, covering over 160 tourist destinations, will be available for instant reservation at reasonable prices via an instant booking facility and.... |
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Kalbe, a healthcare conglomerate in South East Asia, launched another science based nutrition brand – Entrasol Platinum, a formulation to add strength and quality to the most rewarding years of life and during recovery from illness and surgery. It provides nutrition that helps fill in the ‘nutrition.... |
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Port City Colombo, a world-class city in the making for South Asia, signed a MoU (Memo of Understanding) with South Asia’s first-ever green university NSBM Green University Town (NSBM) at the Port City Colombo’s Sales Gallery on the 7th of November. Graced by members of the senior management of both.... |
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The major Asia Pacific shares finished mostly lower on Friday as investors continued to express a tad of uncertainty over how the U.S.-China trade relations will play out even after both economic powerhouses agreed on Thursday to rollback tariffs. Playing on the minds of traders continues to be the.... |
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A landmark trade deal between the EU and Singapore, a major hub for European businesses in Asia, will go into effect on November 21, a statement said on Friday. Both sides have praised the deal as a strong rebuke to the rising protectionism that has been championed by US President Donald Trump in Washington. |
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THE Philippine National Bank (PNB) will host the 36th Asian Bankers Association (ABA) conference this month, during which lenders will tackle the changing financial landscape in Asia. In a recent briefing, PNB President and Chief Executive Officer Wick Veloso said that among the topics to be.... |
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Comparing Myanmar and North Korea’s resentful reliance on China 7 November 2019 Authors: Jonathan T Chow, Wheaton College, and Leif-Eric Easley, Ewha Womans University. Myanmar and North Korea were long known as Asia’s ‘ pariah states ’ — internationally sanctioned and ostracised for human rights.... |
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“The government of Myanmar is fully committed to take back verified returnees based on the bilateral agreement signed with Bangladesh and the trilateral agreement signed with the UNHCR and UNDP,” she told the East Asia leaders’ summit in Bangkok.
According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs.... |
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Between the early 60s and 90s, growth quickly soared, to an average of 10 percent at the peak, according to the World Bank, propelling those economies, now dubbed by some economists as the four Asian Tigers, from developing to developed, high-income nations by the early 21st century. |
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The City of Battle Creek could soon have a new sister city in Southeast Asia. The Battle Creek City Commission is set to vote Tuesday on a resolution that would create a Sister City Exploration Committee, looking into how feasible it is to form a sister city relationship with Falam, a town in.... |
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Myanmar occupies a unique geographical position in the global BRI plan, lying at the junction of South Asia and Southeast Asia, and between the Indian Ocean and southwestern China’s landlocked Yunnan province. Myanmar became an official member of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious.... |
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From the Salem Complex in Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 4, Air Asia unveiled its new and Millennial/Gen-Z-esque Redpoint headquarters at the NAIA Terminal last 3 October. More than just an office space, its interiors feature a hammock and swing area and also a gym, four-season-themed.... |
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Social movement "Occupy Tundikhel" has been launched in Nepal to protect one of the largest parade squares of South Asia. The movement was announced in Kathmandu on Saturday morning and a human chain was formed around the open space of Tundikhel to draw attention to the issue and raise awareness amongst people. |
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COVESTRO is expanding its open innovation, or cross industry innovation with various partners starting from its Asia Pacific Innovation Center in Shanghai with the new concept of “Open Innovation Hub.” The move comes as the multi-industry ecosystems in China have evolved through open innovation.... |
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India’s policy focusing on West Asia (the Middle East) has witnessed an incremental resetting since 2014 when the Modi government came to power. However, the bricks and mortar had been laid before. Even as the previous Congress government focused more on the “Look East” policy, West Asia was viewed.... |
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Will Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani step in once again to save his younger sibling Anil Ambani from the long arm of law? This time the younger Ambani is in trouble with three Chinese bankers who have taken him to a London court over $680-million loan repayment default, media reports say. |
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ANGELES CITY -- At least four students from a university topped the recently concluded 2019 Psychometrician Licensure Exams. Graduates from the Angeles University Foundation (AUF) were Christian Jemverick Manio who placed at the Top 3, Nicole Jane Macalino at Top 4, Gabrielle Ann Canlas at Top 5, and Denise Janelle Soriano at Top 10. |
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And SM Supermalls lighten the city with simultaneous Christmas Tree lightings from SM Mall of Asia and SM Aura Premier on November 7 to SM North EDSA and SM Megaworld on November 8. SM Mall of Asia, your home for the holidays Christmas spirit brightens with.... |
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ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu chaired the 24th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers Meeting in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Saturday. Turkey will develop a new initiative in Asia during its presidency, and increase the dynamism in Asia.... |
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Singapore's welcome mat to virtual banks is going beyond its own shores. The island nation wants to become a regional hub for technology firms with advanced data expertise, said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. |
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Rainsy, who has lived in France since 2015 to avoid jail for convictions he says are politically motivated, had promised a dramatic return on November 9, Cambodia's Independence Day. But Hun Sen, who has ruled the poor Southeast Asian country since 1985, has repeatedly vowed to arrest him and other exiled members of his party if they come back. |
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