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Foreign investors keep dumping Philippine stocks
Philippine stocks, once favoured by emerging-market investors, were under heavy selling pressure siege from April to June, Reuters data shows. Net foreign selling in...
Philippine stocks in huge plunge
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange Index has plunged 21 per cent since its peak in May 2013 as international investors pulled a net $955...
ASEAN youth unemployment needs to be addressed
The International Labour Organisation puts youth unemployment across ASEAN at 12.7 per cent, which means that around 75 million young people do not have a job. Their potential needs to be unlocked.
Sarawak’s widening problem with obesity
Sarawak, unfortunately, is part of the obesity rise in Malaysia, an epidemic that can have drastic economic implications on a country’s social sector, namely upped healthcare expenditures, as well as a drop in work productivity.
Qatar royal family buys Greek island
The royal family of Qatar has bought an uninhabited Greek island for around €5 million, Greek media reported on April 28. Emir Sheikh Hamad bin...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...