DUBAI / WAM The 19th edition of the Dubai International Wood and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition concluded, with 412 exhibiting companies from 42 countries, including the US, Russia, China, India, Portugal, France, Turkey, Panama, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE in attendance. The founders and top executives of participating companies emphasised the distinguished position of the Dubai WoodShow and its ...

BLOOMBERG Sea Ltd and GoTo Group, two of Southeast Asia’s largest internet companies, are embarking on fresh layoffs as the region’s once high-flying tech leaders retrench to focus on profitability over growth. Singapore’s Sea is cutting fewer than 500 jobs at e-commerce unit Shopee in Indonesia, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, days after the company reported ...

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 ...