Regional News State-owned companies resist proposals for their sale or restructuring After four years of economic instability, Vietnam is embarkin
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted press release. Washington, D.C.—On November 18, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) signe
Read MoreRegional News NUSA DUA, Indonesia—As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Indonesia for a series of summits, Southeast Asia is hoping the U.S. wi
Read MoreSUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Total investments committed by Filipino-owned companies operating in this free port reached $1.07 billion as of the third quarter
Read MoreRegional News Bali. The government is sticking to its projection that realized investment growth in the country will be steady at 15 percent next y
Read MoreAs far as emerging markets go, the Philippines is seldom the choice investment destination, but one analyst says the Southeast Asian nation could we
Read MoreECONOMIC GROWTH likely improved in the third quarter from April-June, a Cabinet official said, citing “still robust” private investments, a service
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINES remains behind schedule -- by a decade or longer in a number of indicators -- three years before the deadline to meet the so-called
Read MoreTRADE Secretary Gregory Domingo expressed “guarded optimism” in meeting the target of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) of establis
Read MoreAccelerating Fall in Sector Signals Government Efforts Are Working, but Raises Fears About Growth BEIJING—A decline in China's property prices is p
Read MoreRegional News JAKARTA—Indonesia's economy picked up speed in the third quarter, expanding 3.46% from the prior quarter, the government said Monday,
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Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted opinion piece. The world's most important trade initiative can take advantage of the WTO's openness and enforcemen
Read MoreRegional News AS the powerful Communist Party chief of Guangdong Province waited in an ornate conference room last week for the arrival of the new
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted opinion piece. Rising discontent is challenging Communist Party rule. If economic growth is supposed to enhance p
Read MoreRegional News TOKYO—Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unexpectedly delayed an announcement that Japan will join regional free-trade talks, amid opposit
Read MoreFOREIGN DIRECT investments (FDI) stayed positive in August but were significantly below year-ago levels amid uncertainties abroad, the Bangko Sentra
Read MoreRegional News HONOLULU (AP) — Pacific Rim leaders gathered for an annual summit in Hawaii pledged Saturday to work together to keep world growth on
Read MoreGlobal News This is a re-posted press release. Building on Recent Momentum, Donohue Calls Trade an ‘Antidote to Our Weak Economy and Answer to Doubt
Read MorePRESIDENT BENIGNO S.C. Aquino III left for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday, with the intention of
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