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Singapore 'best place for business'
dpa, Published on 29/10/2013
» Singapore was named best place in the world to run a business for the eighth consecutive year by an annual World Bank report on Tuesday.
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Saudi women win in landmark elections
dpa, Published on 13/12/2015
» RIYADH - Three Saudi women have won in the conservative kingdom's municipal elections in which women were allowed to vote and stand as candidates for the first time, unofficial results from the election commission showed on Sunday.
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India PM reaches out to Africa
Business, dpa, Published on 02/11/2015
» New Delhi: Indian Premier Narendra Modi has announced US$600 million and a line of cut-price credit in development aid for Africa as he called for expanded trade, all part of an effort to limit China's influence on the continent.
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AEC set to miss deadline for free-trade bloc
dpa, Published on 20/11/2015
» The Asean Economic Community was scheduled to set up a free-trade bloc by the end of 2015 to rival the European Union or the United States. But legislative foot-dragging and obstructive border practices have effectively prevented the free movement of goods, services and workers, with no chance to meet the deadline, experts say.
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New rules aim to stop crocodile escapes
dpa, Published on 16/10/2015
» Crocodile farms will need walls at least 1.5 metres high around their pits under planned government guidelines, an official said Friday, after 28 crocodiles escaped in early October.
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Cambodia garment unions push for minimum wage rise
dpa, Published on 25/09/2015
» PHNOM PENH -- Negotiations on raising the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of workers in Cambodia's vital garment sector were set to begin in the capital Friday.
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Retailers to invest B100bn to make Thailand shopping hub
dpa, Published on 30/09/2015
» The Thai Shopping Centres Association said it will invest 100 billion baht to turn Thailand into a regional shopping destination.
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China to buy 1m tonnes surplus rice
dpa, Published on 10/08/2015
» China will buy a million tonnes of rice from the country’s huge stockpile accumulated under the previous government’s subsidy scheme, authorities said Monday.
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VW passes Toyota as No. 1 carmaker
dpa, Published on 29/07/2015
» TOKYO / BERLIN — Germany's Volkswagen has taken the crown as the world's top carmaker after its sales overtook those of Japanese rival Toyota during the first half of the year.
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Launch of Myanmar bourse delayed
Business, dpa, Published on 14/07/2015
» Yangon — The planned opening of Myanmar's first stock exchange will be delayed for months due to upcoming elections.
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