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            <title><![CDATA[An App for That? APEC Looks to Blunt Trade Protectionism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pacific Rim nations to hold app contest during ministers meeting.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 21:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shipping containers sit stacked on the China Shipping Container Lines Co. CSCL Brisbane container ship at Terminal 3 of Port Botany, operated by Sydney International Container Terminals Ltd., a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd., in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Australia last year reached free-trade agreements with its three biggest export markets, China, Japan and South Korea. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Digital Revolution Clears Hurdles for Asia's Emerging Economies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 00:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Court Ruling Seen as Unlikely to Derail Singapore Trade Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 09:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asian Exports May Be About to Slow, From Great to Merely Pretty Good]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Credit Suisse anticipates slowing Chinese demand in the second half]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 21:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Stacked containers sit among gantry cranes at Tanjong Pagar Container Terminal, operated by PSA International Pte, at the Port of Singapore in Singapore, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Singapore&apos;s non-oil exports - the most commonly-used gauge for trade performance  are estimated to fall 3.1 percent in August after they dropped 10.6 percent in July from a year earlier. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The $367 Billion Haul That May Boost Tax Amnesty: QuickTake Q&A]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s a popular, if not foolproof, way for countries to boost their coffers without raising taxes: Declare an amnesty to give tax offenders a chance to come clean. Indonesia collected more than $11 billion in penalty payments from such a program, and other Asian nations may follow suit. An amnesty provides citizens with a window of opportunity to declare assets previously undisclosed to tax authorities. They typically pay a lower rate than they would normally owe and avoid legal prosecution. The]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India, Philippines to Lead Asian Growth as Workforces Rise]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 21:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Traffic passes through a crowd of shoppers, vendors and pedestrians at the Sitabuldi market in Nagpur, India, on Sunday, June 30, 2013. India&apos;s services growth slowed in June with the purchasing managers&apos; index falling to 51.7 from 53.6 in May. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[APEC Chief Says Asia Trade Pact Wouldn’t Be ‘Very High Level’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 04:51:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asia Should Favor Stability Over Growth as Risks Rise, AMRO Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 01:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore's Jobless Rate at 7-Year High as Builders Cut: Chart]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 03:30:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Creates S$1 Billion Innovation Fund to Drive Growth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 06:33:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A woman on the waterfront boardwalk of the Marina Bay Sands shopping mall takes in the view of the central business district skyline, in Singapore, on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Singapore&apos;s economy contracted last quarter as manufacturing eased, and the central bank said it will widen the range its currency can trade in to absorb greater volatility in global financial markets. Photographer: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Philippines Hunt for Billions Through Tax Amnesty Won't Be Easy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Businesses Brace for Higher Costs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Is Asia's Best in Attracting Talent Amid Digital Push]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Australia is the only other Asia Pacific country in the top 10]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A pedestrian walks through Esplanade Park as commercial buildings stand in the central business district of Singapore, on Sunday, March 22, 2015. Lee Kuan Yew, who helped transform Singapore from a colonial trading center into one of Asia&apos;s most prosperous nations during 31 years as its first elected prime minister, has died. He was 91. Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Taizo Son Ditches Japan to Start Afresh in Singapore]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yoolim Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 08:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Sticks to Neutral Monetary Policy as GDP Contracts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Netty Idayu Ismail]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore's Economy Contracts Annualized 1.9% in First Quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deeper Capital Markets Hold Key to Asia's $800 Billion Question]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:55:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Motorcyclists travel along a road as construction continues on a bridge in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Vietnam&apos;s economy expanded more than 6 percent for a second year in 2016, defying a regional slowdown to remain one of the world&apos;s best performers as retails sales rose 10.2 percent. Photographer: Lin Luong Thai/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asian Nations Swimming in Debt at Risk From Fed Rate Hikes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Philippines to Hunt Tax Evaders to Boost Revenue, Dominguez Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 06:37:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Pays Price of Protectionism as Commodity Exports Sink]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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