Top Chinese cities by consumption expenditures per capita

SHANGHAI: Shanghai tops 35 major Chinese cities in consumption expenditures per capita in 2019, with 45,605 yuan (US$6781.46) spent, followed by the three other first-tier cities of Shenzhen, Beijing and Guangzhou.

Vision of a future maker: Sustainable investing as a multi-decade opportunity

DURING the pandemic-driven market downturn this year, ESG (environmental, social and governance) funds and indices have outperformed traditional funds and indices, highlighting the opportunities and strengths of sustainable investing.

Inight - Modi bets the farm. Will farmers win or lose?

BIG changes are afoot in Indian agriculture, driven by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at considerable political risk. Freeing up farming markets may be as significant as dismantling industrial licences in 1991.

Philippines seeing signs of economic growth

DESPITE imposing one of the world’s longest and strictest lockdowns, coronavirus cases in the Philippines have now surged past 230,000, with Indonesia eclipsed as the region’s biggest outbreak.

Property outlook remains challenging

PETALING JAYA: The outlook of the property sector remains challenging for the next one year with most developers still assessing the economic situation and deliberating whether to continue or defer future launches.

Asia’s oldest railway seeks private money for trains

The project entails an investment of US$4bil

Johor property value seen stable

This time is seriously different

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. Wall Street has marked the largest drop since the October 1987 stock market crash. Gold is breaking record highs, oil prices are back to 19-year lows and bond yields are getting close to zero even in the United States.

Tapping the vast chemical solvent market

SOLVENTS are substances used to dissolve, extract or suspend other substances to form a solution.They have various applications in a wide variety of industries

Paramount Group targets RM1bil sales this year

KUALA LUMPUR: Paramount Corporation Bhd is optimistic of achieving its sales target of RM1 billion this year despite challenging market conditions with the current glut in the country’s property market, said the group’s chief executive officer Jeffrey Chew.