Cambodia's tax, custom revenues down 2009
06-08-2010
- Tax revenues in Cambodia drop 8 percent to 1 billion U.S. dollars last year due to the impact of global financial downturn, an official said Tuesday.
Hang Chuon Naron, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and ..
World Bank applauds Cambodia for success in financial industry..
06-08-2010
- World Bank applauded Cambodia for a success in financial industry on Tuesday.
Delivering speech at the opening of the workshop on corporate governance in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, Qimiao Fan, World Bank's country manager s..
Indonesia's Astra sees record vehicle sales 2010
06-08-2010
- Indonesia's largest automotive distributor PT Astra International said it expected record high vehicle sales 2010 as low interest rates spurred consumer demand, a media reported here Tuesday.
Demand for cars picked up i..
U.S. consumer credit grows slightly in April
06-08-2010
- The Federal Reserve reported Monday that U.S. consumer credit up at an annual rate of 954.8 million U.S. dollars, or 0.5 percent in April.
The gain, the only second increase in the past 15 months, was much more than the..
Real estate investment rises in south China
06-08-2010
- The provincial statistic bureau said real estate investment rose 30.5% year on year to 85.9 billion yuan in south China's Guangdong Province in the first four months.
Real estate developers spent 10.65 billion yuan on l..
APEC trade ministers call for early conclusion of Doha Round
06-07-2010
- Trade ministers of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies called Sunday for an early conclusion of the Doha Round trade talks.
The APEC trade ministers made the appeal in a statement in Sapporo, capital..
China "second home" standardized
06-07-2010
- The Chinese Central Government reported its definition of what constitutes a second home will be based on the number of homes owned per family, rather than by each individual on Friday.
The policy will put an end to dif..
Rural home appliances sales in May in China hit new high
06-07-2010
- Rural sales of home appliances in China rose 220% year on year in May, boosted by the government's rural subsidy program for home appliance purchases, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.
The sales value soared to 12.6..
19th World Economic Forum on East Asia opens in Vietnam
06-07-2010
- Under the theme "Rethinking Asia 's Leadership Agenda", the 19th World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia opened in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.
Chaired by Klaus Schwab, WEF founder and executive chairm..
Vietnam expects 6.5% to 7% economic growth 2010
06-07-2010
- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at the opening ceremony of the 19th World Economic Forum on East Asia on Sunday that Vietnam expects an economic growth of 6.5% to 7% 2010.
In the global financial crisis, despite dif..