To win over Asia, Canada needs more than nice speeches
CANADA is on a public-relations roll. Prime Minister Mark Carney wowed Davos elites by declaring a 鈥渞upture鈥 with the American-led financial and industrial system that has prevailed for decades.
Philippines鈥 Maya is said to weigh US IPO of up to $1 billion
Philippine financial-technology firm Maya is considering a US initial public offering that may raise $500 million to $1 billion, according to people familiar with...
OECD says Philippines must confront fiscal gap, reduce tax perks
The Philippines must step up efforts to reduce its persistent budget deficits and consider paring back fiscal incentives to help it sustain its economic...
How to create jobs for the world鈥檚 1.2 billion new workers
THE WORLD moves on different wavelengths. Some are high-frequency shocks 鈥 wars, emerging technologies, market panics 鈥 that spike quickly and dominate our attention. Others are low-frequency forces that move slowly but relentlessly: demographics, globalization, water and food scarcity.
Samsung family鈥檚 art collection goes on world tour
FOR DECADES, one of the world鈥檚 most historically significant collections of Korean art has been kept largely out of public view, quietly assembled by...
Everyone in Asia wants a stronger Japan. Except China
ACROSS ASIA, the reaction to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi鈥檚 election triumph has been near unanimous: A stronger Japan is good for the region. Everyone, that is, except China.
Climate risk threatens sovereign credit ratings for dozens of countries
NATIONS that pollute the least are among the most vulnerable to disasters and face the highest barriers to the financing they need to protect...
Renewable energy contracts for sale fuel Philippines crackdown
MANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS who won contracts for renewable energy projects in the Philippines had no plans of building them. They were only waiting to...
Why Asia can鈥檛 undo decades of falling fertility rates
SINGAPORE has been put on notice. The city-state has long wrestled with how to lift the birthrate. But despite an array of incentives, couples aren鈥檛 showing much interest in larger families, or having any at all.
Interest rate swap volumes surge in Philippines, Remolona says
Interest-rate swap transactions in the Philippines have jumped more than 60-fold since the launch of a peso IRS facility in late 2024, the nation鈥檚...
Philippine garment makers find they can鈥檛 quit the US just yet
WHEN US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump set a 19% tariff on exports from the Philippines last July, its key body representing foreign buyers of...
Alphabet plots big expansion in India as US restricts visas
ALPHABET, INC. is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet in new office space...