ECRL to be completed by end-2026, operational from January 2027
SEPANG: The Transport Ministry is confident that the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) will be completed on schedule in December…
Prabowo meets Xi before heading to Japan amid sea tensions but promises better ties between both countries
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday before heading to Japan for similar top-level…
India’s top yoga guru faces judges’ ire in misleading ads case
India's top court on Tuesday warned the nation's most popular yoga guru and his company of stern legal action for…
Large firms’ confidence hits three-decade high
TOKYO: Japan’s largest service sector firms are their most optimistic in more than three decades, even as confidence among manufacturers…
Co-ops to be able to use reserves to pay dividends
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s cooperatives will be able to use their reserves to pay dividends and honoraria under proposed changes to an…
New platform allows banks to exchange information
SINGAPORE: A centralised digital platform that enables banks to voluntarily share information with one another about suspicious customers is in…
Mixed monetary indicators in February
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s monetary indicators were mixed in February, as loan growth hit a 16-month high amid slowing broad money…
Dollar is more armoured division than currency
THERE’S just no getting past the supremacy of the US dollar, much as sceptics of American influence wish for it…
Next BoJ hike likely in October at the earliest, says economist
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will probably take its time before raising interest rates again, with October likely being…