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28-Jan-19 State-owned Saudi Aramco plans to invest up to USD1.6 bn for a nearly 20 percent stake in South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank, expanding its foothold in one of its biggest Asian buyers of crude oil. [image: Reuters / Hamad I Mohammed]
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25-Jan-19 ESL Gaming has announced a partnership for the inaugural season of the ESL Indonesia Championship. Indofood, a subsidiary of Salim Group, has partnered with ESL as a title sponsor to present ESL’s first entry into the Indonesian market. [image: Esports Insider]
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16-Jan-19 As wages in China have risen, many Hong Kong enterprises with manufacturing there have tried to cut costs and navigate the Sino-US trade dispute by taking production offshore to emerging economies such as Indonesia, India and Vietnam. [image: HKTDC]
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Jan-19 The recovery in emerging market and developing economies has stalled. India is a bright spot where strengthening investment and robust consumption will drive 7.3 percent GDP growth. East Asia remains a fast-growing region but growth will moderate to 6 percent in 2019 as global demand slows and financial conditions tighten. Brazil is forecast to lead Latin America with 2.2 percent growth. And in MENA, while GCC oil exporters accelerate to 2.6 percent growth they will be outstripped by Egypt at 5.6 percent thanks to reforms. [image: World Bank]
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18-Dec-18 Southeast Asia is coming into its own as a key market for anything from cars to computers. But tens of millions still have no bank account. Demand for savings plans, insurance and banking still has lots of room to grow. [image: HSBC]
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