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Indonesia offers tax cuts to lure investors to new capital

BLOOMBERG Indonesia lowered taxes on some investments and sweetened land acquisition terms as part of efforts to attract funds for its $34 billion new capital project that’s struggling to take off. The government will provide up to 100% corporate tax holiday for companies investing at least 10 billion rupiah ($650,745) in the new capital in Borneo, according to a new ...

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US, India planning to boost chips collaboration, says Raimondo

BLOOMBERG The US and India will sign an agreement to boost coordination of their chip-industry incentive plans and are discussing the best ways to avoid over-subsidisation as the South Asian nation looks to boost its role in the global technology supply chain. The memorandum of understanding focusses on information-sharing and policy dialogue, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told reporters. While she ...

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Apple supplier’s Vietnam chief exits after China shift

BLOOMBERG AirPods maker GoerTek Inc’s Vietnam business chief is leaving the company, days after the executive outlined how Apple Inc’s Chinese suppliers are likely to move capacity out of the country far faster than anticipated to pre-empt fallout from escalating Beijing-Washington tensions. Deputy Chairman Kazuyoshi Yoshinaga is departing for “personal reasons,” the Chinese firm said in a brief exchange filing, ...

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