The following keynote speech given by former finance minister and Gua Musang parliamentarian Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 4th...
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BUSINESS
Japan rating agency ups Indonesia to investment grade
HONG KONG, July 13 (Reuters) – Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) raised Indonesia’s sovereign debt rating to investment grade in a move that could be followed by major rating agencies, reflecting growing confidence in the management of Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
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Asia stocks slump as Alcoa profits boost short-lived
HONG KONG – Asia-Pacific stock markets sank on Tuesday as optimism about US corporate earnings tapered off and China denied it was easing restrictions aimed at curbing its red-hot property market.
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Citibank eyes new growth engines
KUALA LUMPUR: Citibank Bhd, which is well known for its consumer banking operations here, is eyeing new growth engines in Islamic retail banking and stockbroking.
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Chinese speakers get easier access to Internet
HONG KONG (AFP) – The web will soon be a lot more accessible for more than a billion people after the body that runs the Internet’s naming system gave the green light for the use of Chinese script.
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China stocks slide on property, weigh on Asia
HONG KONG: Chinese stocks fell 2 percent on Tuesday, July 13 on reports that Beijing will not relax tougher property measures any time soon, weighing on the Australian dollar and curbing early gains in Asian shares.China’s banking regulator left few doubts that efforts to rein in real estate speculation will remain in place despite...
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Asian stocks mixed at midday
HONG KONG – CHINESE stocks fell 2 per cent on Tuesday on reports that Beijing will not relax tougher property measures any time soon, weighing on the Australian dollar and curbing early gains in Asian shares. China’s banking regulator left few doubts that efforts to rein in real estate speculation will remain in place...
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China stocks tumble on property and drag down Asia
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese stocks fell 2 percent on Tuesday on reports that Beijing will not relax tougher property measures any time soon, weighing on the Australian dollar and curbing early gains in Asian shares.
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Chadwick School to operate new school in South Korea
The Chadwick School’s bucolic campus on the Palos Verdes Peninsula is about to have a new incarnation in a high-tech “city of the future” that’s still being built on the far side of the Pacific Ocean.
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Tracing the arc of Australias policy on asylum seekers
The short story is that from reasonably promising beginnings there has been a continual hardening of policy which the Rudd government marginally softened. Where we are now with Gillard is uncertain, but we need to grow up. To give you some idea of my position on these matters, I tried to come to terms...
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Crude Oil Pares Gains to Trade Near $75 a Barrel as China Equities Decline
Crude oil pared earlier gains after Chinese equities fell and the dollar strengthened against the euro, reducing the appeal of commodities as an inflation hedge.
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