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You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... negotiations to conclude a trilateral free trade agreement when they meet on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Cambodia next week... to pursue stronger economic ties". Yes, you read correctly - a free trade agreement between the three biggest ...

Indonesia readies for bond rating upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... impact on inflation will remain manageable, as the government reported seeking for alternative sources from Vietnam, Cambodia and India," noted Mandiri Investasi. The Sukuk issue is being handled by Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered, reported Finance ...

Aust Ethical community grants announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... and $5,000 and were voted on by Australian Ethical staff. Carpets for Communities is a micro-finance program in Poipet, Cambodia, meanwhile Men of the Trees is a landscape revegetation project in the Morbinning wheatbelt east of Perth. Men of the Trees ...

City Super appoints Gibson as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... experience through education, advice and improved operations. After leaving ESI Super, Gibson travelled and worked in Cambodia where she pursued her interest in micro-finance and provided management guidance to a school for disabled youth. Ron Curtis ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Australian listed companies are not properly addressing potential corruption and bribery issues of their employees, a study revealed, amid one of Australia's biggest mining company's being forced to defend itself against corruption allegations. CAER ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... sees opportunities in plantations and farmland (in Latin America and Ukraine), Japanese banks and new regions including Cambodia and Mongolia. In short, Faber believes that based on how economies and markets fared over the last few years, a new world ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... fund locally and we'll invest in them in an opportunistic fashion." Frontier markets include Nigeria, Vietnam, Uganda, Cambodia and some parts of the Gulf States. The reason behind the small allocation is due to the lack of current opportunities in the ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... Group for Asia Pacific. Specifically, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam face negative industry outlooks, while Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand have stable outlooks. "In the case of the negative industry outlooks, common reasons include ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... West for the heavy global lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East Asian Nations, comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The group was created in 1967 at the height ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... of interest rates, economic growth and inflationary pressures, and you would invariably get 100 different answers. In Cambodia they ask the royal cows. Heavily reliant on agriculture, Cambodia's ancient ploughing ceremony involves astrologers feeding ...