(April 10): Till fairly recently, it looked like two massive new agreements would compete to define the future of world trade. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, backed by the US, would try to move the global trade architecture toward new norms, with harmonized regulations at its center. Meanwhile, t...

India is losing faith in free-trade agreements: Mihir Sharma

(March 8): It didn't take long for Malaysia to retaliate against North Korea for barring its citizens from leaving the country on Tuesday. Within hours, a security cordon had surrounded North Korea's Malaysian embassy to prevent diplomatic staff from leaving. The response may not be legal under i...

Malaysia has more than one reason to challenge Kim: Adam Minter

(March 10): Chinese President Xi Jinping seems interested in embracing the role of global steward — champion of the liberal political and economic order the U.S. administration seems uninterested in promoting. Now is his moment to prove he’s serious.

China’s erstwhile client North Korea...

This is China’s moment to deal with North Korea: Bloomberg Editorial

(March 16): The Federal Reserve did more today than increase its benchmark interest rates by a quarter-point, only the third hike in more than 10 years — it also took an important step forward in a gradual policy transition.

Hoping for what I have labelled earlier a “beautiful normalisa...

Fed delivers a hike and a subtle message: Mohamed A. El-Erian

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on March 23, 2017.

 

RESEARCH on the so-called productivity paradox — declining productivity despite the ongoing technological revolution — abounds in explanations ranging from statistical error to...

The less-tech-is-more business

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on March 24, 2017.

 

TUESDAY’s sell-off in stocks was wonderfully brief, reinforcing two hypotheses that have served investors well for several years now: that markets are extremely resilient and t...

The many culprits in Tuesday’s market sell-off

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on March 27, 2017.

 



“GO live in better neighbourhoods. Drive the best cars. Live in the best houses,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a rally in Eskisehir last week, addressing not his ...

Why Erdogan seeks to provoke European leaders

Bursa Malaysia rebounds in early session, lifted by bargain hunters

Elon Musk knocks Bernard Arnault off the perch to reclaim top spot

Kenanga Research projects  CY23F FBM KLCI earnings to contract by 1.2%

Australia raises minimum wage by 5.75% as living costs surge

HLIB Research says Velesto's valuations have become inflated

Malaysia's corporate profits disappoint on slowing demand, with little help from China reopening

Elon Musk is accused of insider trading by investors in Dogecoin lawsuit

Russia accuses US intelligence of hacking thousands of iPhones

Apple plans major retail push with new stores across China, US

Wall Street rises on hopes of Fed pausing hikes, debt ceiling deal cheer

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