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STABILITY THE REAL ISSUE FOR THAILAND
26-08-2008
THE Government is be-sieged on all fronts, the threat of civil strife is real . . ....
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Fuel costs, competition put squeeze on shipping
26-08-2008
MUCH has been written about the impact of high fuel costs on airlines, little on the impact bunker fuel is having on the shipping industry. Slow-steaming has become the order of the day as shipping lines grapple with a dilemma where surcharges allow only partial recovery of their higher fuel costs . . .....
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China’s ‘third wave’ to impact global inflation
13-08-2008
 INDIA’S NUCLEAR power plants are desperately short of fuel, forcing the Government to seek a deal with the United States and to speed up development of domestic uranium deposits. Fuel shortages have forced India’s 17 nuclear reactors to reduce
output to less than half of capacity…....
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Private sector wants Hun Sen to clean up
13-08-2008
 CAMBODIA has probably the most liberal conditions for foreign investment in the region. As investors show more interest, corruption is emerging as a major challenge for a Hun Sen
government set to enter its fourth elected term . . .....
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India's balancing act on subsidies, exports
30-07-2008
 Fuel, fertiliser and food – the three Fs – are global challenges
facing India, says Trade and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, who again points the finger at US and EU agricultural subsidies for
forcing up food prices . . .....
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Anwar plays the Borneo card
30-07-2008
 FORMER Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, hopes to form a Government by September if his offer of greatly-enhanced oil and gas royalties to Sarawak and Sabah works . . .....
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De-leveraging on sub-prime risk
17-07-2008
 The top 1,000 multinationals are not excessively dependent on credit – but Asia is missing an opportunity to appreciate its currencies, says the IIF’s Greg Fager . . .....
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Confronting the sub-prime ogre
17-07-2008
 THE US Government should offer incentives for borrowers and creditors to agree on a new level of debt, says former IMF head, Rodrigo de Rato, who says the Government could facilitate establishment of a debt exchange . . .....
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A GRAIN OF TRUTH
25-06-2008
 THERE is no overall world food – or even bio-fuel – problem which could not be fixed by ending subsidies and freeing markets....
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ADB to kick-start PPPs
25-06-2008
 Wanted: US$150 billion a year from private sector for new infrastructure
IN A NEW programme that is ‘set to go’, the Asian Development Bank will bring new infrastructure proposals to bankable stage and provide political risk – but not commercial risk – to encourage private sector participation. ADB Managing Director-General, Rajat Nag, says the biggest problem in PPPs is the dispute resolution mechanism, and that this is being addressed by the ADB, which will oversee corporate governance of chosen projects in transportation, waste water management and power. Asia, he says, needs to spend US$300 billion annually over the next 10 years
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Low productivity, ageing key challenges for Japan
25-06-2008
JAPAN’s potential growth rate (2004-2013) is now estim-ated at 1.4 per cent, the lowest of the OECD countries....
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Food security fears as supplies dwindle
25-06-2008
JAPAN first raised the issue of food security in the 1990s – now there is public alarm as biofuel demand eats into incremental food production....
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Ten Asian risks to watch in 2008
21-05-2008
 SYDNEY – Despite buoyant growth ever since the world credit squeeze emerged nine months ago, Asian economies face a range of regional and country–specific risks which could hinder their progress in 2008. Some are related to the global credit squeeze and expected OECD economic slowdown. Others are different altogether.
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Trillions coming in petrodollar ‘tsunami’
21-05-2008
 LONDON – A petrodollar tsunami is coming, warns Stephen Jen, London-based Chief Economist of Morgan Stanley.
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Hong Kong, S’pore woo Islamic banking market
30-04-2008
 ISLAMIC financing has grown around 15 per cent in each of the past three years, with Malaysia expecting this sector to account for 20 cent of total banking assets by 2010. Singapore and Hong Kong are moving to secure a slice of the market
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