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Asian shares fall after Wall Street plunge
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» BEIJING: China's stock market benchmark plunged 5.5% on Friday and other Asian markets were off sharply after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off.
Election-related bills 'still at risk of being axed'
News, Published on 09/02/2018
» The possibility of the two bills on the election of MPs and selection of senators being scrapped or sent for a Constitutional Court review, which would yet again push back an election, cannot be ruled out, political sources say.
N.Korea stages Olympics-eve military parade
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over an extravagant military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday, grabbing the spotlight on the eve of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea to thumb his nose at Washington while making a point of showing off his new-found restraint toward Seoul.
AirAsia seen sticking with Airbus A330neo
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: AirAsia is expected to reconfirm its commitment to the A330neo jet after Boeing sought to poach one of Airbus's top customers, a person familiar with the discussions said on Thursday.
MBKEST keen on bourse reaching 2,000
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 08/02/2018
» Despite the recent plunge, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index could rise to an ultra-bullish level of 2,000 points by the end of this year or next, helped by the government's infrastructure investment projects, says an analyst.
Kim Jong Un sends influential sister to Olympics
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, an increasingly prominent figure in the country's leadership, will be part of the North's delegation to the South Korean Winter Olympics, officials said Wednesday.
As US rattles sabre on trade, Asia bites its tongue on soft dollar
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2018
» SEOUL/TOKYO: A year after US President Donald Trump took office, heightened rhetoric out of Washington about unfair trade has kept Asian policymakers reluctant to openly talk down their currencies despite the dollar's slump to multi-year lows.
Scale, complexity of Asean terror threat growing
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia is growing as foreign fighters return to the region, Southeast Asian defence ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday in which they pledged to improve cooperation to tackle militancy.
Wall Street stocks plunge in chaotic session
AFP, Published on 06/02/2018
» NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks plunged in chaotic trading on Monday, as the Dow's gains for 2018 were erased in a brutal pullback from months of stock market euphoria that had been acclaimed by President Donald Trump.
Thriving in a disrupted world
Business, Published on 05/02/2018
» Nazir Razak, chairman of CIMB Group, has spent a lot of time thinking about the increasing impact of technology. "CIMB is in good shape for the future, but, unfortunately, the future is not in good shape," he said at the annual management summit of Malaysia's second-largest financial services firm in November.