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Earnings worries push SET to nine-month low
Business, Published on 26/10/2019
» RECAP: Geopolitical tensions, weak economic data and mixed earnings weighed down global stocks and crude oil prices on Friday, with the SET bourse closing at a nine-month low below 1,600 points.
Trading thins out ahead of Christmas break
Business, Published on 21/12/2019
» Recap: Emerging market equity trading was mostly flat yesterday as volumes thinned ahead of the Christmas holidays, while the Turkish lira firmed after falling for five straight sessions in the wake of worsening relations between Ankara and Washington.
China weakness depresses emerging market shares
Business, Published on 15/12/2018
» Recap: Emerging market stocks recorded a second consecutive week of losses amid worries about a slowdown in China's economy, reflected in weak retail sales and tepid industrial output growth. Also hurting sentiment was the decision by the European Central Bank to end its massive asset-buying scheme, even though policy remains broadly unchanged.
Corruption is like pregnancy
News, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2018
» Re: "Watch this space", (PostBag, Dec 22).
It's swings and roundabouts with VAR
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/11/2019
» The interminable Premier League debate about VAR is in danger of getting as boring as Brexit, although admittedly nothing could be quite as mind-numbing as that. But the VAR controversies are not going away until there is some consistency applied to what will hopefully evolve into a workable system.
Time to make the most of deglobalisation
Oped, Published on 22/12/2022
» After four decades of fostering integration through trade and finance, the global economy has begun a painful process of fragmentation. Initially driven by wealthy countries -- namely, the US under former President Donald Trump and the UK following the Brexit referendum -- several geopolitical forces have combined to accelerate the shift toward deglobalisation.
Global trade will plunge by up to a third in 2020 amid pandemic: WTO
AFP, Published on 08/04/2020
» GENEVA - Global trade growth is expected to plummet by up to a third in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday, warning that the numbers would be "ugly".
Britain and France ease transport ban
AFP, Published on 23/12/2020
» LONDON - France and Britain will reopen cross-border travel Wednesday after a snap 48-hour ban to curb the spread of a new coronavirus variant threatened UK supply chains.
Thailand takes one-by-one approach to bolster EU ties
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 31/01/2018
» Thailand is tightening its strategic partnerships with individual EU nations after the bloc agreed last December to resume political contact "at all levels", more than three years after suspending them in protest against the 2014 military coup.
Prince William to visit Palestinian Territories, Israel
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» LONDON - Prince William will be the first senior British royal to make an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, as part of a tour announced Thursday by Kensington Palace which will also take in Jordan.