Malaysia sees six-year record high investment
Malaysia attracted 162.4 billion ringgit (about 52.4 billion USD) in domestic and foreign direct investment in 2012, a record high…
ASEAN, SAARC Secretariats strengthen cooperation
A delegation from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) led by its General Secretary Ahmed Saleem was in…
Regional conference aims to solve labour disputes
A regional conference on labour disputes was held in Hanoi on Feb. 28 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in…
First-ever space tourist plans Mars mission
The world’s first space tourist, US multimillionaire Dennis Tito, unveiled plans to send a manned mission to Mars and back,…
Obama warns cuts to hit US, global economy
President Barack Obama warned the US economy would take a “big hit” and other countries would also suffer when harsh…
Tokyo nominates ADB head Kuroda as Bank of Japan chief
Japan on Thursday nominated Asian Development Bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda as the next governor of the Bank of Japan, a…
Industrial relations in ASEAN discussed in Hanoi
The fifth tripartite regional seminar on industrial relations in the ASEAN region held in Hanoi on February 27 with the…
ASEAN 2013 Business Forum opens
The 4th ASEAN Business Forum kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand on February 27 with the participation of nearly 600 businessmen…
US economy still needs Fed stimulus: Bernanke
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the US economy still needs the Fed’s stimulus, and warned that looming…
JPMorgan to slash 19,000 jobs by end-2014
US banking giant JPMorgan Chase plans to axe up to 19,000 jobs by the end of 2014 as it seeks…