Asia markets extend Fed-fuelled rally, Tokyo hit by yen
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalInvestors make trades at a security exchange house in Shanghai, China. Photo: Qilai Shen/EPAAsian markets extended their gains Friday on the lingering effects of the...
View ArticleBangladesh heist exposes Philippine dirty money secrets
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalFilipino fishermen riding on a boat maneuver along the Laguna Lake with a backdrop of Manila skyline in Taguig city, south of Manila, Philippines. Photo: Francis R....
View ArticleMega seeks home, Myanmar growth
Bangkok PostCategory: BusinessInternationalMr. Vivek Dhawan, Chief Executive Officer & Chief CoachSET-listed Mega Lifesciences Plc, the pharmaceutical and herbal medicine manufacturer, will...
View ArticleAsian markets end week with losses
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA multiple exposure picture shows Chinese investors monitor the index price at a stock exchange market in Shanghai, China. Photo: EPAAsian markets turned lower Friday,...
View ArticleChina to drag down growth in developing Asia: World Bank
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA general view shows the skyline of the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in Pudong of Shanghai city, China. Photo: Wu Hong/EPAChina's economic slowdown will hit growth...
View ArticleNew BRICS-supported bank approves first set of loans
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalFlashback - (L-R) The President of the New Development Bank (NDB), Kundapur Vaman Kamath of India, China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei and Shanghai's mayor Yang Xiong,...
View ArticleSingapore exports fall most in three years in March
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA long exposure image shows a general view of the Victoria Theatre clocktower (L) and the skyline of the financial district of Singapore at dusk, 15 October 2015....
View ArticleOil profits plunge as industry eyes a bottom
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA worker next to an oil drilling rig of Mol Plc in Hosszupalyi, 253 km east of Budapest, Hungary. Photo: EPAPlunging crude prices battered oil giants' profits in the...
View ArticleUpcoming energy forum to look at growing economies
MizzimaCategory: BusinessInternationalMyanmar has a major electricity shortfall - Electric power pylon at Biluchaung Hydropower Station in Kayah State, Myanmar. Photo: Ye Min/MizzimaGovernment...
View ArticleWoodside increases its Myanmar offshore gas estimate
MizzimaCategory: BusinessInternationalPluto LNG Loading jetty, Pluto LNG onshore gas plant. Photo: WoodsideAustralian energy company Woodside said it raised its reserve estimate for natural gas...
View ArticleVietJet to buy 100 Boeing aircraft for $11.3 bn: airline
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalPhoto: VietjetVietnamese budget airline VietJet, famed for its bikini-clad air hostesses, has agreed to buy 100 passenger jets from US aircraft maker Boeing for $11.3...
View ArticleWorld stocks slump on flight to safety
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA trader looks up at displays showing halted trading of stocks at the New York Stock Exchange after trading was halted due to a technical glitch in New York, New York,...
View ArticlePound, Asia markets collapse as Britain quits EU
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalThe logo of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is displayed on a electronic stock market indicator board in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Christopher Jue/EPAThe pound collapsed to...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Royal Express goes international
Tara LeeCategory: BusinessInternationalManaging Director Min Min Oo with some of his team. Photo: Hong Sar/MizzimaRoyal Express, will be the first Myanmar domestic postal delivery brand to expand...
View ArticleOil prices up in Asia but traders on edge over Brexit crisis
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalPhoto: MizzimaOil prices rebounded in Asia Tuesday on bargain hunting but tremors from Britain's shock vote last week to leave the European Union continue to dampen...
View ArticleAsia builds on global market rally as Brexit shock eases
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA monitor (R) displays the current exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the British Pound as a trader works at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, 24...
View ArticleSouth Korea and Myanmar to enhance bilateral cooperation
MizzimaCategory: BusinessInternationalSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye (3-R) holds a meeting with visiting Myanmar Commerce Minister Than Myint (3-L) at her office in Seoul, South Korea, 04 July...
View ArticleOil rises as strong US jobs report stokes growth hopes
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalOil prices improve on US job figures. Photo: EPAOil prices rose modestly Friday as an unexpectedly strong US jobs report encouraged optimism about better economic...
View ArticleAsia stocks end bright week on a high
AFPCategory: BusinessInternationalA view of the Hong Kong stock exchange, Hong Kong, China, 24 June 2016. Photo: Alex Hofford/EPAAsian stock markets climbed for a fifth-straight session Friday...
View ArticleChina, Myanmar to strengthen economic cooperation
MizzimaCategory: BusinessInternationalMyanmar President Htin Kyaw (L) attends the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit of Heads of State and Government (ASEM11) in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 15 July 2016....
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