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Singapore announces first Google Cloud Platform in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE (June 15): Google Inc. has launched its first Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Singapore's internet space – marking the Alphabet-owned tech giant’s first centre in Southeast Asia as well as its third region in Asia.
June 15, 2017
Emerging Markets
Opportunities abound in Indonesia turnaround
SINGAPORE (June 8): Southeast Asian giant Indonesia is finally turning things around.
June 08, 2017
China Focus
Southeast Asia finds China love as Xi pushes 'One Belt, One Road' dream
(May 31): Dominated by Japanese investment since the 1980s, Southeast Asia has found a new source of funds in China.
May 31, 2017
Global Economy
Vietnam's PM wants to convince Trump to keep Obama-era trade ties
HANOI (May 30): Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has a tough task when he visits the White House this week: Convince President Donald Trump to advance trade ties that blossomed under the Obama administration.
May 30, 2017
This is the best-performing casino stock in the world
MANILA (May 19): Melco Crown Philippines Resorts Corp. is the best-performing casino stock in the world this year. To punters playing baccarat at the company’s City of Dreams venue in Manila, that’s no surprise.
May 19, 2017
Southeast Asian companies warming up to divestments: EY survey
SINGAPORE (April 10): Southeast Asian corporates are warming up to divestments as close to a quarter (24%) of those surveyed plan to divest within the next two years, up from 15% in 2014, says the EY Global Corporate Divestment Study 2017.
April 10, 2017
Lazada joins forces with Unilever to tackle regional e-commerce challenges
SINGAPORE (March 30): Lazada Group is teaming up with multinational consumer goods giant Unilever in their first e-commerce cross-functional alliance, just days after launching a dedicated online store to bring products from China’s e-commerce platform
March 30, 2017
Sudden inflation hike puts Southeast Asian central banks on edge
SINGAPORE (March 2): After more than a year of disinflation, price pressures are quickly mounting across Southeast Asia as fuel costs rise, putting central banks on watch after years of policy easing.
March 03, 2017
As Southeast Asia Central banks retreat, focus shifts to budgets
(Feb 2): Governments in Southeast Asia are ramping up spending just as central banks are putting away their policy-easing tools.
February 02, 2017
China Focus
Trump’s withdrawal from TPP viewed as boon for China
WASHINGTON (Jan 24): President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal with Pacific Rim nations creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill, offering a boost for beleaguered US manufacturing regions while
January 24, 2017