AirAsia celebrated its 21st anniversary with the formation of an airline in Cambodia. Danielle Keeton-Olsen for Forbes Asia AirAsia Aviation Group—controlled by Malaysian tycoons Tony Fernandes and Ka...
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Malaysia’ Desperately Needs New Economic Story
After years in and out of jail, Anwar Ibrahim has finally has grabbed the premiership. Afif Abd Halim/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s hard not to feel jaded as “CSI: Malaysia” gears up from another sea...
This Fund Thinks Southeast Asia Looks Ripe For Investment, And Here’s Why
S&P Global Market Intelligence predicts that the Asia-Pacific region will dominate the world’s growth in the coming year, generating positive real GDP while the U.S. and Europe likely fall i...
How much does it cost to travel full time? Here’s what one couple pays
Ernestas Tyminas felt “stuck” in his role as a marketing manager at a newspaper in Colorado Springs, Colorado. So he requested two months off to backpack through Asia, he said, landing in ...
Asia Niche Will Help East West Bank Weather U.S. Economic Downturn, CEO Dominic Ng Says
East West’s Chairman and CEO Dominic Ng. East West Bank East West Bank, today one of the largest American banks to service the U.S.-China business community, started out its life banking to Chin...
Japanese shipping giant to take part in tidal power project
Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects. Guvendemir | E+ | Getty Images Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power pr...
Travelers return to Southeast Asia but inflation could hurt recovery
After more than two years of lockdowns and border controls, Southeast Asia is finally experiencing some semblance of the old days of travel. Flights are steadily returning to 2019 levels in the region...
Australia, India, Singapore Help Fuel Executive Search Gains In Asia-Pacific As Covid Impact Wanes
“It’s a very good year,” says Boyden APAC board member William Farrell. Boyden Growing demand for business and engineering talent in Australia, India and Singapore is giving a boost to executive searc...
China’s Fosun Pharma Invests $158 Mln For 60% Stake In Singapore Cancer Treatment Centers
Guo Guangchang, chairman and co-founder of Fosun International, pictured in 2018. Guo is worth $4.6 … [+] billion on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List today. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomb...
Recession Risks Are Contagious As Japan’s GDP Stumbles—Again
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has very few options to avoid a recession that may be all but inevitable. Getty Images Japan’s economy shrank…Typing these words is maddeningly familiar for long-time Toky...
Shopee, Garena post strong revenue
Singapore, Singapore – 2021: A large Shopee logo at the entrance to the e-commerce platform’s headquarters at Science Park. (Exact photography date unknown due to incorrect camera settings...
Marcum-Friedman Accountant Merger Would Quicken U.S. Firm’s Expansion In Asia
MBP Co-Chairman Drew Bernstein. MBP In March, “China Wealth” profiled MBP as a successful New York-based accounting company in China that is now on the move in Southeast Asia with plans to open an off...
Tycoon Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia Group Q1 Traffic Nearly Quadruples As Pandemic Travel Restrictions Ease
A Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 takes off from Donmueang International Airport. getty AirAsia Group—controlled by Malaysian tycoons Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun’s Capital A Berhad—said first quarte...
Alibaba’s Ant Group Buys Majority Stake In Singapore Fintech 2C2P
The Ant Group Co. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Alibaba Group … [+] Holding Ltd.’s fintech affiliate Ant Group Co. had its initial public offering torpedoed...
ESR’s Perlman Charts Next Growth Path After Blockbuster ARA Deal
Fresh from a pivotal deal that transformed ESR into Asia’s largest property manager, chairman Jeffrey Perlman is bulking up on the physical assets that power Asia’s digital boom such as data centers, ...
Philippines’ DoubleDragon Hotel Unit Bets On Post-Pandemic Tourism Recovery With Japan, Southeast Asia Expansion
A porter pushes a trolley laden with luggage at a Hotel 101 property, operated by DoubleDragon … [+] Properties Corp., in Manila, the Philippines, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Photographer: Veejay Vil...