NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW Malaysian leader should use affair to launch wider reforms and boost investor interest William Pesek It took two decades, but Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad is finally a Wall Street sensation. In the late 1990s, during his first stint as prime minister, Mahathir became a pariah of the New York trading pits. His battle
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW Like Estrada before him, Duterte ignores the economy at his peril William Pesek The “sick man of Asia” may need a return visit to the economic emergency room. The Philippines managed to shed that dreaded moniker thanks to the tender care of Benigno Aquino’s intensive care team from 2010 to 2016. President
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW The silver lining in the dull pockets of Japanese telecoms William Pesek November 05, 2018 “NTT Docomo signals fierce mobile price war.” The headline would seem to say it all about the epic rout in telecom stocks which followed the Oct. 31 news that the Japanese giant would slash charges by as much as
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Brazil kills off the BRICS dream with election of strongman Jair Bolsonaro by William Pesek The bright future that then-Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neillenvisioned 17 years ago has had a rough few months. In July, nations comprising the BRIC acronym held their annual summit. Yet by the time leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China converged in
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