Philippines

(July 26): In Manila, the crowded Philippine capital of more than 12 million inhabitants, land that was reclaimed from the sea is selling like hot cakes.

SINGAPORE (June 23): With the Asean-5 looking to improve their global competitiveness in the years ahead, HSBC Global Research is anticipating a regional shift in spending from power and telecoms, to the largely-neglected transport infrastructure segmen

(May 5): For a vivid illustration of why demographics matter so much for economic growth, take a look at the diverging trends in Asia.

SINGAPORE (April 24): Nera Telecommunciations (Neratel) has received contracts of approximately $7.15 million in aggregate in relation to the supply, delivery, installation and maintenance of security application equipment to a telecom operator in the Phi

MANILA (March 14): Efforts to salvage a blockbuster Pacific trade deal are struggling against waning enthusiasm from participants such as Malaysia, lowering expectations for a meeting of officials this week in Chile.

MANILA (Feb 2): It’s been a fast ascent for college dropout Edgar “Injap” Sia, who less than a decade ago was selling barbecue chicken in the Philippines. He now leads the real estate developer with the best stock gains in Asia.

BEIJING (Jan 23): China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth US$3.7 billion ($5.2 billion) focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday.

MANILA/SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Manila’s Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Indonesia’s PT Krakatau Steel and Airports of Thailand Pcl are among the top investor picks as Southeast Asian governments embark on programs to boost roads, rail, ports

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Del Monte Pacific posted earnings of US$20.2 million ($28.7 million) for 2QFY17, a 57.8% decrease from the earnings of US$47.8 million in 2QFY16.

SINGAPORE (Nov 29): OCBC is maintaining its “buy” call on multi-industry food company QAF with a fair value of $1.46 given supportive growth conditions like favourable raw material prices due to ample global supply.