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After the World Bank recently released its bi-annual East Asia and Pacific Update on economies in the region, there was much talk about the...

Late September 2001, and the world was still on-edge during the weeks after the infamous Twin Tower attacks. What better time to open a...

Qatar's telecom company Ooredoo is in talks with Norway's Telenor to share transmitter towers in Myanmar, seeking cost savings as they build networks in...

Telenor, the Norwegian company that was granted one mobile phone license in Myanmar, said that mobile phone subscriptions in the country are likely surge...

The “Indonesian Trade and Investment Update 2013” held at the Indonesian embassy in Doha on September 26 is a good occasion to give an...

Taiwan's largest telecom company, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), together with leading smartphone maker HTC will cooperate with overseas firms to invest in the largest telecom...

Steve Troop, CEO of Barwa Bank, about GCC investors' response

The surprise announcement by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on September 19 that the Fed will not taper its money stimulus programme yet came...

The number of  Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Qatar has been decreasing since 2012, partly because of the Philippine government’s imposition of a $400...

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who via the Brunei Investment Agency controls the Dorchester Collection, chain of currently 9 luxury hotels in the US and...

Myanmar's Yatanapon Teleport, one of the two local rivals against the two foreign mobile operators in Myanmar - Norway’s Telenor and Qatar’s Ooredoo who...

An easy question, it seems: Pay them a multiple of what they would earn at home. That’s true, but does only apply to highly-skilled...

A new trade pact, the Gulf Cooperation Council-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (GSFTA) came into effect on September 1, 2013. The GSFTA is a comprehensive free...

What is currently happening in Southeast Asia’s economies needs closer attention. It seems that the major nations have hit a speed bump in their...

The Philippines' low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air said it is considering launching direct flights from Manila to the Qatari capital Doha. Officials from the Manila-based...

Norway's mobile phone giant Telenor, which was one of the firms being granted a license to build up a mobile phone network in Myanmar,...

The successful bid of Ooredoo (formerly Qatar Telecom) for a mobile phone licence in Myanmar was a great step forward towards closer business relations...

A global investment guide by Stuart Williamson, CEO Montpelier Malaysia