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...The sanctions in fact hurt Myanmar’s broader population, while alienating Myanmar’s Asian neighbours, which mostly did not follow suit....
...Sean Turnell, a special economic consultant to Aung San Suu Kyi, concedes that the refugee crisis has hurt the country and the economy. “It has been a huge direct impact,” he recently told local media....
...With reporting from Nikkei Asian Review chief editor Gwen Robinson and editor-at-large Ken Koyanagi in Bangkok and Nikkei staff writers Tomomi Kikuchi in Singapore, Debby Wu in Taipei, Kentaro Iwamoto and...
...But Gwen Ruta of the Environmental Defense Fund described the API’s position as “actually recommending we do nothing”. She added: “Managers don’t cut what they’re getting for free....
...“Of course it will hurt, particularly in the outer provinces where the quantum of increase was high,” said Sriyan Pietersz of JPMorgan in Bangkok....
...Additional reporting by Gwen Chen in Beijing and Julie Zhu in Hong Kong...
...steering a steady course that helped Thailand bounce back after the flood crisis slashed 2011 economic growth by about four percentage points, has said that abandoning the inflation-targeting framework could hurt...
...By Gwen Robinson and Nguyen Phuong Linh Lost in the excitement over China’s move to cut rates was Vietnam’s very own cut – of sorts....
...The first monthly PMI, for April, however, shows a moderate deterioration in economic conditions from March, driving a dip below the level of 50 to 49.5, “Limited access to credit has hurt business and...
...called for foreign aid, loans and expertise to help reduce poverty and drive economic growth but, in a refrain also used by Ms Suu Kyi, warned that Myanmar would “choose the type of investment that does not hurt...
...meddling in the market through excessive subsidies and populist interference, as in the case of rice, or the lack of a coherent energy stabilisation price scheme will do serious damage to the economy and hurt...
...Additional reporting by Kathrin Hill, Gwen Chen and Javier Blas...
...Additional reporting by Gwen Chen and Zhao Tianqi in Beijing...
...His network of relationships built up during his years in the army probably didn’t hurt, either. “Real estate deals a lot with the government,” Mr Wang acknowledges....
...The disappointing debut by the US luggage maker could hurt plans by other western brands to tap the Hong Kong stock market for capital and came as Italian luxury brand Prada lowered the top amount it was...
...John Paulson is not the only prominent fund manager hurt by the share plunge of Sino Forest, the Toronto-listed Chinese company, reports Bloomberg....
...The Telegraph reports that Kazakhstan’s key opposition figures have accused Glencore of illegally privatising assets worth up to $7.6bn amid fears the recent commodities sell off could hurt its valuation...
...A group of the largest US banks and fund managers has urged Congress and the Obama administration to reach a deal to increase the country’s debt limit, warning that even a short default could badly hurt...
...Britain’s banks will argue that tougher transparency rules could hurt the UK’s competitiveness as a financial centre....
...Most Asian stock fell on Tuesday after S&P cut Greece’s credit rating by two levels, pushing the yen higher amid concern that Europe’s debt crisis may hurt a global economic recovery, reports Bloomberg....
...Don’t worry about April’s industrial production figures - Miliband’s priority ‘cutting deficit’, leaked speech reveals - Ed Balls profile - Shareholders feel boardroom failings where it hurts...
...Second is the drag from power shortages over the coming six months, which are likely to hurt service sector activity and perhaps trigger a rise in SME bankruptcies....
...Most of the region would be hurt through the terms-of-trade effect… Even the impact on the energy-exporting economies is equivocal, as fuel subsidies hurt public finances… In terms of currencies, higher...
...The S&P 500 fell 0.3% from Monday’s fresh 30-month high, hurt by softer-than-forecast January retail sales numbers....
...BlueScope Steel Australia’s biggest steelmaker, slid 1.9% in Sydney after saying a government carbon tax will hurt its competiveness....
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