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Banks awash with cash spurring sovereign bond rally
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/03/2016
» Banks awash with excess cash are propelling a record rally in sovereign bonds. With economic growth stuck below 3%, that shows no signs of abating.
Shanghai shares rally as margin debt curbs ease
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/03/2016
» SHANGHAI — China’s benchmark stock index rallied above the 3,000 level for the first time in two months and turnover surged after policy makers loosened controls on margin lending.
Thailand making sale pitch for B10bn rubber
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/02/2016
» Thailand may sell more than 10 billion baht of rubber after the government invited buyers to Bangkok to boost sales and bolster prices amid a glut.
Drought seen shrinking sugar cane yield to 4-year low
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/02/2016
» Drought is set to cut the country’s sugar cane crop to the lowest in at least four years, curbing production of the sweetener as forecasts for a global deficit increase.
Gold's rally scares away Indian buyers
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 17/02/2016
» Mumbai: While global investors have piled into gold as a haven from financial turmoil in 2016, the metal's best start to the year in more than three decades has tempered the enthusiasm of buyers in India.
Economy grows 2.8% in 2015 but remains fragile
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/02/2016
» The economy grew more than analysts estimated in the fourth quarter as the government’s series of stimulus measures started to bear fruit, countering a slowdown in exports.
THAI grounds Airbus A340s it can't sell
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2016
» Thai Airways International (THAI) will continue grounding 10 Airbus A340s it hasn’t been able to sell because it still isn’t economical to fly the four-engine aircraft even after fuel prices plunged more than 40% in the past year.
Central Bank chief saving rate cuts for external shocks
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/02/2016
» The central bank is keeping its powder dry on interest rates and is ready to act in the event of external shocks including a sustained decline in oil prices and even slower growth in China, governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said.
Sugar-output estimate trimmed as drought shrivels crops
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/01/2016
» Thailand may produce less sugar than previously forecast as a drought parches crops, potentially reducing exports from the world’s largest shipper after Brazil.
ANA, JAL to phase out fuel surcharges
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 19/01/2016
» Tokyo: Japan's airlines are set to remove fuel surcharges with oil trading around a 12-year low, ending a decade of high jet kerosene costs that had added as much as 66,000 yen ($563) to the price of a round-trip ticket to the United States or Europe.