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  • BUSINESS

    Oil, war, pandemic: Economic costs mount

    Business, Published on 14/03/2022

    » The Russian invasion of Ukraine is sending economic shockwaves around the globe with crude oil prices at one point reaching US$130 per barrel, hitting businesses already reeling from tepid consumption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian shares advance as oil prices retreat

    Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/08/2022

    » RECAP: Asian equities mostly rose yesterday as a drop in oil prices to pre-Ukraine war levels stirred hopes of a slowdown in inflation and bank interest-rate hikes. But while global markets have enjoyed a broadly positive week, recession worries and Chinese military drills around Taiwan have traders' nerves on edge.

  • BUSINESS

    2020 scenarios for equity investors

    Business, Published on 21/12/2019

    » At its current level, the Thai stock market is quite attractive in terms of forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio and equity yield gap for 2020, especially now that progress has been made towards a Sino-US trade deal.

  • BUSINESS

    GH Bank has high-income earners in sight

    Business, Published on 21/08/2019

    » The head of GH Bank wants it to lend to high-income earners, putting it on a level playing field with commercial banks and broadening borrowers' alternatives.

  • THAILAND

    New tax boss's tech dreams

    Business, Published on 28/05/2018

    » Adoption of new technologies like big data and pursuing digitisation of the tax collection system are the priorities for the new director-general of the Revenue Department, Ekniti Nitithanprapas, who aims to boost the state agency's efficiency and enlarge the taxpayer base.

  • LIFE

    Dragon's Heart returns

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 26/08/2016

    » Musicals about the lives of Thai defenders of democracy and human rights have come to define director and playwright Pradit Prasartthong's body of work since he founded the Anatta Theatre Troupe in 2012. He's imagined the intimate and personal moments of the late writer Sriburapa, first lady Poonsuk Banomyong and former rector of Thammasat University and Free Thai Movement member Puey Ungphakorn.

  • BUSINESS

    PromptPay picks up among consumers

    Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 08/02/2017

    » PromptPay's consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform, an electronic funds transfer service under the national e-payment scheme, got off to a tepid start but usage is on the rise.

  • BUSINESS

    Equity rally pauses as investors contemplate Fed

    Business, Published on 06/03/2017

    » Recap: Equity markets jumped last week in the US and are up 10% since the presidential election in November, as consumer confidence hit a 15-year high, further supporting the case for higher interest rates when the US Federal Reserve meets on March 14-15.

  • BUSINESS

    Global shares rally on fed set flat amid 4G frenzy

    Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 21/12/2015

    » Recap: Global stock markets moved sideways last week as sinking oil prices pushed down energy shares, and rebounded at the end of the week after the US Federal Reserve ended months of uncertainty by raising its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points for the first time in nine years. Thai stocks were little changed despite sinking on Friday, pulled down by telecoms as prices for 4G licences headed for a world record.

  • BUSINESS

    SET risks and rewards

    Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 23/01/2017

    » The Stock Exchange of Thailand was one of Asia's best performers last year with a rally of almost 20%.

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