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Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/05/2024
» It came as a shock to learn that long-time friend and colleague Colin Hastings died on Monday in Bang Saray when he suffered heart failure and the car he was driving collided with a wall. He was 73. Here are a few personal memories of Colin, best known as publisher of Big Chilli magazine.
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2023
» Re: "Weed bounty may go to pot", (Editorial, March 7).
Business, Published on 03/02/2023
» It was a tough year for crypto and blockchain. We experienced severe breaches of trust, resulting in an adverse hit to the public and regulators' perception of the industry.
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/09/2022
» On a recent evening in Red Square, a corps of elite paratroopers dressed in camouflage performed a battle-like dance with pyrotechnics. An Egyptian performer dressed as a pharaoh rode back and forth in a chariot wielding an ankh, the ancient Egyptian symbol of life, as a band played Katyusha, a Soviet-era patriotic war song.
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/09/2022
» Pika Pika Pikachu! Pokémon fans are hunting for their favourite childhood cartoon toys at McDonald's.
Business, Published on 25/06/2022
» McDonald's Corp. is planning to make some of the biggest changes in decades to the franchising system that underpins its U.S. operations, as it seeks to reinvigorate its base of restaurant owners.
Business, Published on 07/06/2022
» Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at grocery-chain Kroger Co. after concluding he is likely to lose as he did a similar fight at McDonald's Corp. last month.
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/05/2022
» Re: "Fast-money trail", (PostBag, May 5). I agree with most right-thinking people like Samanea Saman (BP, May 5) that the Thai Pass fiasco may be a simple money grab led by insurance companies forcing worthless Covid policies on tourists.
Oped, Published on 09/03/2022
» Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen was first floated following the collapse of the Bretton Woods and Smithsonian systems of fixed exchange rates.