BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) — The number of small and medium-sized enterprises founded by women in Azerbaijan is rising steadily, Orkhan Mammadov, chairman of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBIA), said at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit 2025 in Baku. The summit, organized by the Azerbaijan HR Institute and the Women’s Entre...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – A senior minister says that Indonesia is yet to lodge an application to join the Singapore-backed FIT trade coalition, reports Jakarta Globe. The freshly minted FIT – short for the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership – is a multi-regional group of countries that aims to address trade-related issues for greate...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan will channel massive investment into jobs, housing, industry and services in 2026 as part of an accelerated push to reduce poverty and unemployment to below 4.5 percent, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said during a nationwide video conference, UzDaily.com reported. Officials say unemployment has fallen to...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia has decided to impose a high final anti-dumping tariff on galvanized steel sheets from Korea, reports Chosun Biz. Malaysia has decided to apply an anti-dumping tariff rate of up to 31.47 percent on Korean galvanized steel sheets from early this month through Oct. 2030. Malaysia will also apply anti-du...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Maybank is facilitating more than 15 billion Malaysian ringgit ($4.7 billion) of investments into the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) through a combination of committed financing and interest from clients, reports The Business Times. Malaysia’s largest lender by assets, Maybank said the support co...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Indonesia’s job market showed renewed strain in August, with unemployment ticking higher as tens of thousands lost their jobs and young workers once again bore the brunt of the slowdown, reports The Star. While the share of formal employment improved, analysts warned that many of these positions were short-term or ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia ( MNTV) – Lotte Chemical Indonesia’s new petrochemical complex in Cilegon, Banten, will help create tens of thousands of jobs and cut the country’s reliance on imported chemical feedstocks, Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said. The Golkar Party chairman said that the $3.9 billion project, backed by Korean and Indonesian eng...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Indonesia is seeking to convince the United States to remove its shrimp producers from the so-called “yellow list,” as Jakarta tries to cool down the radiation scare spoiling its seafood exports, reports Jakarta Globe. The archipelagic country is now back in the shrimp business, with Washington following some certi...
SHANGHAI, China (MNTV) – As Malaysia seeks a stronger role in global halal logistics, major port operator Westports Holdings Bhd is positioning itself to capitalize on China’s rapidly growing halal food and beverage market, projected to reach $217.10 billion by 2034, reports The Edge Malaysia. Handling a significant share of Malaysia’s contain...
CNN exit polling finds majorities disapproving of Trump’s handling of the economy and sending a message of opposition at the ballot box NEW YORK (MNTV) – As voting ended Tuesday, CNN exit polls showed that Americans across several battleground states are unhappy with President Donald Trump’s economic policies. Rising costs, inflation, and fea...
