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08-Feb-18 Flywire, a US-based provider of global payment and receivables solutions, has opened an Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore to address a growing demand in the region for solutions that can facilitate frictionless transfer of money across borders. [image: Flywire]
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07-Feb-18 Following in the footsteps of Debenhams, Clarks and Gap are counting their last days in Indonesia, following sales declines of 50% from 2015. However, while household consumption continues to decline, domestic airline passengers in 2017 grew 11% from 2015. [image:Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asian Review]
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06-Feb-18 Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare and Singapore investor Temasek Holding are in separate discussions to acquire controlling interest in India's Global Health, the parent of Naresh Trehan-founded Medanta hospitals, in a deal valued at around USD900 mn. [image: ET Healthworld]
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06-Feb-18 Myanmar is stepping up efforts to draw investment into its healthcare sector in an effort to reduce the 80% out-of-pocket spending through insurance investments, and also to launch 10 new hospitals a year funded by international investors. [image: Zarni Phyo / The Myanmar Times]
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02-Feb-18 Healthcare spending in Singapore is expected to grow to USD10 bn in 2018 and will overtake education expenditure in the next 10 years, due to the ageing population, as more hospitals, polyclinics and nursing homes will be needed. [image: Singapore Business Review]
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