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Anthony Nelson, Director for Myanmar Affairs at the US-ASEAN Business Council supports Thein Sein's recent trip but says the nation must continue to develop a framework for business and investment.
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Anthony Nelson, Director for Myanmar Affairs at the US-ASEAN Business Council supports Thein Sein's recent trip but says the nation must continue to develop a framework for business and investment.
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WASHINGTON- Two senior White House aides knew weeks ago that a probe of the Internal Revenue Service had found that the U.S. tax agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, but did not tell President Barack Obama, a White House spokesman said on Monday.
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Ken Cheung, Partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Singapore says that extractive industries like mining as well oil and gas are the most attractive investment opportunities in Myanmar.
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Richard Vuylsteke, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, discusses the challenges still facing Myanmar and U.S. engagement in the country.
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*Myanmar president in first visit to Washington. WASHINGTON, May 20- President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political reforms.
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*Myanmar president in first visit to Washington. *Washington wants to foster ally on China's border. WASHINGTON, May 20- President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights on Monday when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years.
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NEW DELHI- India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas.
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*Myanmar president in first visit to Washington. *Washington wants to foster ally on China's border. WASHINGTON, May 20- President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday.
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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.