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USA
BoT: Baht climbs as greenback slips
The baht's rising value is a result of the US dollar depreciation, stemming from domestic political developments in the world's largest economy, says the Bank of Thailand.
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Thailandia
Depa plans March launch of government startup hub
The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) will start operating the government startup centre in Bangkok by March to promote and scale up local startups, serving the government's goal of creating a hub in the region.
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Thailandia
FTI edgy on negative factors in outlook
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has a conservative outlook on the country's automotive industry in 2019, saying there are ample negative factors to pressure both domestic sales and exports.
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Cina Italia
Pechino: la montagna italiana in mostra in Cina
Sostenuta dall’azione dell’Ambasciata d’Italia a Pechino, l'industria italiana della montagna, con le sue stazioni sciistiche, i marchi e le aziende che producono attrezzature invernali di alta tecnologia, è stata in mostra a Pechino all'undicesima edizione di Alpitec China,...
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Nigeria
Tax on luxury items, corporate gains coming
VALUE Added Tax on luxury items and corporate gains tax are to be introduced this year to widen revenue sources, the Federal Government has said. The government yesterday unveiled its Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives aimed at generating more revenues to finance programmes. Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who launched the ...
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Nigeria
CBN Committed To Growth Of Real Sector
Efforts by the federal government, in particular, the policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to restructure and diversify the economy in the areas of agriculture, mining and manufacturing are beginning to attract local investors like Dangote Group. The CBN’s decision to ban several import items from accessing the ...
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Nigeria Pakistan
Assessing Nigeria-Pakistan Military Cooperation
Bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Pakistan began five decades ago and diplomatic ties have continued to go from strength to strength most notably, in the area of military cooperation, trade, cultural exchange and education. Military to military ties can further increase between two countries as Nigeria expressed its desire to ...
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Israele
Business in Brief: Israeli equity crowdsourcing platform starts cannabis tech fund
Hapoalim official: Israel faces no credit crisis ■ UroGen plans $150 million share sale in U.S. ■ Teva leads Tel Aviv shares higher
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Brasile
Marinho defende retirar tutela do Estado das relações trabalhistas
O secretário especial de Previdência e Trabalho, Rogério Marinho, disse hoje (23), em Brasília, que é preciso retirar a tutela do Estado na relação entre empregadores e trabalhadores, ampliando a reforma trabalhista. Marinho apresentou os dados do Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados (Caged), em 2018, quando houve saldo positivo ...
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Brasile
Aéreas brasileiras transportaram 103 milhões de passageiros em 2018
As empresas aéreas brasileiras transportaram 103 milhões de passageiros em voos domésticos e internacionais no ano passado. De acordo com a Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (Anac), esse número representa aumento de 4,1% em relação ao ano anterior. Os dados fazem parte do relatório Demanda e Oferta do Transporte Aéreo, ...