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  Syria and Trump-Xi talks keep investors on sidelines

  Business, Published on 10/04/2017

  » Recap: Markets were rattled late last week after US cruise missiles struck a Syrian air base, while global investors moved to the sidelines pending the outcome of talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Safe-haven assets such as the yen and gold soared and oil prices also surged. The formal promulgation of the country's 20th constitution, ensuring an election sometime late next year, helped keep the Thai stock market in a rangebound trade.

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  HSBC's unit 'helped clients dodge taxes'

  Business, Published on 10/02/2015

  » Geneva: Banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc faced damaging claims yesterday that its Swiss division helped wealthy customers dodge millions of dollars in taxes after a 'SwissLeaks' cache of secret files emerged online.

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  Gold prices fall B100 to B20,600

  Online Reporters, Published on 08/04/2017

  » The Gold Traders Association this morning announced buying prices at 20,132.48 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 20,500 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

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  Egypt, Saudi Arabia agree $16bn investment fund

  AFP, Published on 10/04/2016

  » CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi King Salman agreed to set up a $16-billion investment fund Saturday and settled a long-standing maritime dispute as the monarch continued his rare visit to the country.

• BUSINESS

  SET index surges 22.76 points

  Online Reporters, Published on 06/09/2013

  » Thai stocks rose 1.7% on Friday as investors continued to hunt for bargains amid signs of continuing improvement in the global economy.

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  Asian stocks, baht climb

  Bloomberg News, Published on 10/09/2013

  » Asian stocks rose, extending the longest rally in the benchmark equity gauge this year, and the Thai baht and Malaysian ringgit climbed before Chinese factory output and retail sales data expected to show growth in August. Crude oil slipped for a second day and credit risk fell.

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  Oil falls below $109 on Syria plan

  Associated Press, Published on 10/09/2013

  » Oil prices, which have shot up in recent days over the threat of a United States strike against Syria, fell below US$109 a barrel Tuesday after Damascus reacted favourably to a proposal to turn over its chemical weapons.

• BUSINESS

  Middle east oil loses some of its power

  Business, Published on 10/09/2013

  » On his way back from the Yalta conference in February 1945, where US president Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Great Britain's Winston Churchill and the Soviet Union's Josef Stalin, the American president made an unscheduled stop in Egypt where he met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdel Aziz ibn Saud aboard the USS Quincy, in the Suez Canal's Great Bitter Lake. The basis of the meeting was to ensure that Americans would have an uninterrupted supply of oil.

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  Oil Market Outlook

  Business, Published on 22/07/2013

  » Crude oil prices increased last week after a report showed that China's oil demand in June surged to 9.9 million barrels per day, the highest level in four months. China's oil demand is also forecast to grow 5% this year despite modest economic expansion.

• BUSINESS

  The risky new world of 'Digital Wildfire'

  Published on 01/06/2013

  » The highly accessible internet not only facilitates the fast communication of information, but also poses new risks to the world, the biggest one being the misinformation that is spread either intentionally or unintentionally.

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