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- Singapore extends financing schemes for small businesses
The Singapore government said on Monday that small companies here will continue to receive financing support from the government. The government said it will extend for another year the financing schemes under the Special Risk-Sharing Initiative (SRI) and the enhancements to existing financing schemes that were introduced at the onset of the global economic downturn, according to a joint statement by Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Finance. But the ... - Singapore extends financing schemes for small businesses
The Singapore government said on Monday that small companies here will continue to receive financing support from the government. The government said it will extend for another year the financing schemes under the Special Risk-Sharing Initiative (SRI) and the enhancements to existing financing schemes that were introduced at the onset of the global economic downturn, according to a joint statement by Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Finance. But the ... - Singapore's visitor arrivals up 8.4% in November
Visitor arrivals to Singapore registered 8.4 percent growth in November over the same period last year, official data showed on Monday. According to the Singapore Tourism Board, visitor arrivals reached 830,000 in November. Visitor days grew 0.7 percent in November, the first year-on-year growth for the year, reaching an estimated 3.1 million days. Visitor days refers to the total number of days that international visitors stay in a country outside of their country of residence. ... - Singapore's visitor arrivals up 8.4% in November
Visitor arrivals to Singapore registered 8.4 percent growth in November over the same period last year, official data showed on Monday. According to the Singapore Tourism Board, visitor arrivals reached 830,000 in November. Visitor days grew 0.7 percent in November, the first year-on-year growth for the year, reaching an estimated 3.1 million days. Visitor days refers to the total number of days that international visitors stay in a country outside of their country of residence. ... - Indonesian president says to cut unemployment to 5%, poverty to 8% in 2014
Indonesia aimed to reduce its unemployment rate to about 5 percent in 2014, from the current figure of 7.87 percent, on the back of good economic prospects, the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in Jakarta Monday. President Yudhoyono, who was re-elected on July 8 for his second term, vowed to decrease poverty rate from 14.5 percent now to over 8 percent at the end of his tenure in 2014. "We want the unemployment at the end of 2014 to be no more than 5 or 6 percent ... - Indonesian president says to cut unemployment to 5%, poverty to 8% in 2014
Indonesia aimed to reduce its unemployment rate to about 5 percent in 2014, from the current figure of 7.87 percent, on the back of good economic prospects, the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in Jakarta Monday. President Yudhoyono, who was re-elected on July 8 for his second term, vowed to decrease poverty rate from 14.5 percent now to over 8 percent at the end of his tenure in 2014. "We want the unemployment at the end of 2014 to be no more than 5 or 6 percent ... - S Korea's Hyundai Motor announces 2.21 mln share-repurchase plan
South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it plans to repurchase around 2.21 million shares of its stock in order to pay its workers following a wage deal settled last week. The amount of buyback is to hover around 268.4 billion won (230million U.S. dollars), the company said. "The move comes as the company decided to give out a bonus for workers as they agreed on a strike-free wage deal, for the first time in 15 years," an official at the company was quoted a ... - S Korea's Hyundai Motor announces 2.21 mln share-repurchase plan
South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it plans to repurchase around 2.21 million shares of its stock in order to pay its workers following a wage deal settled last week. The amount of buyback is to hover around 268.4 billion won (230million U.S. dollars), the company said. "The move comes as the company decided to give out a bonus for workers as they agreed on a strike-free wage deal, for the first time in 15 years," an official at the company was quoted a ... - Li: Why does Geely want to buy Volvo?
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Ford Motor Company settled commercial terms related to the potential sale of Volvo Car Corporation on December 23, a significant move for the takeover that has aroused massive speculation. Geely Chairman Li Shufu responded to various doubts about the takeover for the first time in a year. "Selling cars made in China to the whole world, instead of letting foreign cars enter the whole of China" In 1999, Ford bought the world superior brand Volvo for 6.45 bi ... - China-ASEAN FTA sets stage for broader economic integration
A free trade agreement (FTA) between China and the bloc of ten Southeast Asian countries, the first of its kind, will serve as a stepping stone for the diverse Asian community to further integrate and might give birth to a broader multilateralized trading pact across the region, said a senior economist of the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank. "There is a lot of expectation of this FTA," Jayant Menon, principal economist of ADB's Office of Regional Economic Integration, told Xinh ... - Commerce leader: Malaysian businessmen to seek opportunities from China-ASEAN FTA
Malaysia's Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACCCIM) will explore opportunities in China following the full implementation of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Its Executive Adviser Soong Siew Hoong told Xinhua here on Monday that Malaysian businessmen should actively carry out pragmatic actions to find rooms for future development and expansion, while strengthening the business ties with China. Soong said China and Malaysia had been enjoying close r ... - LG Display to invest in electronic paper display maker
LG Display Co., the world's second largest liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer, agreed to invest 30.5 million U.S. dollars in a electronic paper display (EPD) maker from China's Taiwan, the company said in a press release Monday. Under the agreement, LG Display will purchase 30.5 million U.S. dollars worth of bonds issued by Hydis Technologies Co., an affiliate of Taiwan's Prime View International (PVI), and work on a patent cross-licensing deal to expedite technical cooperation be ... - Days of low-interest borrowing may soon end in Canada, economic leaders say
Canada's economic leaders are worried that low interest rates are luring consumers into amassing huge amounts of debt that they may not be able to pay back when interest rates rise from their historic low levels. Canada's central bank lending rate is 0.25 percent. Mortgage rates are about 4.5 percent, while five-year consumer loan rates for items such as automobiles are about 8 percent. Recently, Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the governor of the country's central ban ... - Days of low-interest borrowing may soon end in Canada, economic leaders say
Canada's economic leaders are worried that low interest rates are luring consumers into amassing huge amounts of debt that they may not be able to pay back when interest rates rise from their historic low levels. Canada's central bank lending rate is 0.25 percent. Mortgage rates are about 4.5 percent, while five-year consumer loan rates for items such as automobiles are about 8 percent. Recently, Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the governor of the country's central ban ... - S Korea sees bank loan delinquency rate decline in Nov
South Korean lenders' delinquency ratio for won-denominated loans dropped to an 11-month low in November amid the local economy showing signs of recovery from the fina