Motorists queue at a gas station amid rising petrol prices in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on March 9, 2026. Photo by AFP Southeast Asian nations hit by soaring fuel and food prices caused by the Middle East war are weighing solutions that include setting up a regional oil…

The Court of Appeal more than doubled the damages payable to Louis Vuitton Malletier on Wednesday, as it determined that the seller had blatantly infringed its logos through the online sale and promotion of counterfeit products, according to The Straits Times.The seller, Ng Hoe Seng, operated online stores under the…

Singapore Airlines has pushed back the launch of its next-generation first and business class seats on Airbus A350-900 aircraft to the first quarter of 2027, from the previously scheduled second quarter of 2026. “The revised timeline reflects industry-wide supply chain constraints, as well as a delay in the certification of…

The new carrier will be unveiled within the next one to two months, the low-cost Southeast Asian airline group is already repositioning some of its aircraft for the new venture, Fernandes told Bloomberg Thursday.The move follows AirAsia’s multibillion-dollar order – hailed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as the single…

U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 24, 2026. Photo by Reuters The U.S. dollar fell against the Vietnamese dong on the black market Saturday morning, following its decline against major peers. The greenback was sold at unofficial exchange points at VND26,470, down 0.11% from Friday.Vietcombank kept…

PNB Holdings, the real estate arm of Philippine National Bank (PNB) owned by billionaire Lucio Tan, is considering postponing its planned stock market debut amid market turbulence triggered by the Middle East conflict. Lucio Tan III, grandson of the tycoon and chief operating officer of LT Group (PNB’s largest shareholder)…