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Alisher Ali, CEO of Silk Road Management tells CNBC's Cash Flow how to play the Myanmar growth story and which stocks he likes.
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WASHINGTON, May 15- More than 80 percent of the world's major oil and gas-producing and mining countries fail to meet "satisfactory standards" for managing their natural resources, according to a report tracking global resource mismanagement and corruption.
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WASHINGTON, May 15- Over 80 percent of the world's major oil and gas-producing and mining countries fail to meet "satisfactory standards" for managing their natural resources, according to a new report that tracks resource mismanagement and corruption.
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Alisher Ali, CEO of Silk Road Management tells CNBC's Cash Flow how to play the Myanmar growth story and which stocks he likes.
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JAKARTA, May 7- Veteran U.S. rock band Aerosmith has not explained what security concerns prompted it last week to cancel a near sell-out concert in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the show's promoter said on Tuesday. Jakarta was put on high terror alert last week after counter-terrorism police said they had foiled a planned attack on the Myanmar embassy.
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Singapore shares rose slightly, with casino operator Genting Singapore PLC among the biggest gainers. The Straits Times Index rose 0.3 percent to 3,392.56 points, while the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.1 percent.
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ZURICH, May 7- Swiss stocks were expected to open little changed on Tuesday as other European share markets were indicated slightly firmer but Asian stocks were capped by weak global growth data. The Swiss blue-chip SMI was seen flat at 7,928 points, according to premarket indications from bank Julius Baer.
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WASHINGTON, May 2- The United States on Thursday lifted another set of sanctions against Myanmar to support reforms in the formerly army-ruled country, while retaining visa and investment bans against individuals accused of human rights abuses.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 2- Shares of MTN rose more than 3 percent on Thursday after Turkcell withdrew a $4.2 billion lawsuit against the South African mobile operator in a dispute over a massive mobile phone contract in Iran.
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SINGAPORE, May 2- Following is some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. -Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, which controls container port assets in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, said its first-quarter profit fell 15 percent on the year to HK $380.3 million.
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YANGON, April 30- Ford Motor Co opened the first Western car dealership in Myanmar on Tuesday, hoping its models can take market share from Japanese brands that dominate the country's potholed streets.
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YANGON, April 30- Ford Motor Co opened the first Western car dealership in Myanmar on Tuesday, hoping its models can take market share from Japanese brands that dominate the country's potholed streets.
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The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 1 percent, after the S&P 500 index closed at an all-time high on Monday. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Singapore's second-largest lender, traded flat at S $10.92, retreating from a record high of S $11.07 last week.
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ABUJA, April 29- Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, a piracy watchdog and a security source said on Monday, part of a growing trend of attacks that are pushing up maritime insurance costs in the Gulf of Guinea.
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**Kinross Gold Corp estimated the cost of a scaled-back expansion of its struggling Tasiast mine in West Africa at $2.7 billion, more than some analysts had expected, sending its shares 3 percent lower.
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Singapore shares rose slightly, led by CapitaLand Ltd after the biggest property developer in Southeast Asia posted strong first-quarter results. The Straits Times index was up 0.2 percent at 3354.34, its highest since early 2008, matching the rise in the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan.
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SINGAPORE, April 29- Asia needs to guard against asset bubbles and its emerging economies must improve government institutions and liberalise rigid labour and product markets if they wish to reach the level of developed countries, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
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SINGAPORE, April 29- Shares of Aussino Group Ltd. Aussino shares had previously run up after the Singapore bed linen retailer said last year that it will issue new shares to buy the energy business of the Max Myanmar Group, headed by Myanmar tycoon U Zaw Zaw. If the transaction were to succeed, Zaw Zaw would have become the new controlling shareholder of Aussino.
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SINGAPORE, April 29- Cellular operator Digicel Group Ltd jumped into Myanmar early and big, hiring staff, funding local sports, negotiating land deals for thousands of cell tower sites and signing up hundreds of partners for retail outlets.
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By Harry Papachristou ATHENS, April 26- Greek telecoms company OTE. struck a deal on Friday to sell its Bulgarian unit to Norway's Telenor and will use the proceeds to reduce its debt and fight for clients in its recession-hit home market.
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Rather than referring to the end of 2015 as a firm goal, officials at this year's first summit of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, whose 10 members range from glitzy Singapore to impoverished Myanmar, prefer to call it a "milestone" to be built on in years ahead.