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Malaysia to liberalise bond market
Reuters, Published on 06/11/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will liberalise regulation around bond issuance early next year to boost retail participation in the bond and sukuk markets typically dominated by high-net worth individuals and institutional investors, the capital markets regulator said.
Youths charged with murder after Malaysian school fire
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian teenagers were charged with murder on Thursday for setting fire to an Islamic boarding school that killed 23 people, mostly boys.
'Red Scare' puts pressure on Indonesian president
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police will deploy as many as 30,000 personnel to guard an anti-communist rally on Friday, as the country’s military chief and Islamist groups stoke fears of a hard left revival in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
BoT: Major Thai banks strong, bad loan growth slows
Reuters, Published on 26/09/2017
» Thailand's major commercial banks remain strong with high capital adequacy ratios, while bad loans are rising at a slower pace, the central bank said on Tuesday.
Indonesia to tax assets kept hidden during amnesty
Reuters, Published on 19/09/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's government has issued new regulations aimed at tracing and taxing the wealth of taxpayers who were not pardoned in the nine-month tax amnesty that ended in March.
After Malaysia fire, outrage over unregulated religious schools
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia faced mounting calls for stronger regulation of religious schools following a horrific fire at an Islamic boarding school that killed 23 victims, most of them teenage boys trapped behind the barred windows of their dormitory.
Flying water taxis highlight startup frustrations
Business, Reuters, Published on 25/08/2017
» PARIS: French yachtsman Alain Thebault wants to turn a boat design he used to break a world speed sailing record in 2009 into a clean, fast taxi service for the waterways of major cities.
Uber appeals Philippine suspension, resumes service
Reuters, Published on 15/08/2017
» MANILA -- Uber said on Tuesday it had appealed to the Philippine authorities to reconsider a one-month suspension handed out to the ride-hailing firm a day earlier, and was resuming services as it waits for a decision.
Indonesia law gives tax office access to financial data
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia's parliament on Thursday passed into law a government regulation that gives tax authorities access to information on accounts held at financial institutions, including banks, deputy speaker Agus Hermanto said.
Trump isolated on climate issue as G20 begins
Reuters, Published on 07/07/2017
» HAMBURG - US President Donald Trump arrived for a G20 summit in Hamburg on Thursday risking isolation on climate policy and the wrath of anti-capitalist protesters threatening to disrupt the meeting of the world's leading economic powers.