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Why buying cannabis in Thailand might get tougher after election
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/05/2023
» The days of easily buying marijuana on the streets of Bangkok or Phuket may soon be over.
Uttama sees scope for fiscal support, lower interest rates
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/08/2019
» The government is ready to take further action to support an economy growing at its slowest pace in nearly five years, and sees room for further interest-rate cuts, the finance minister said.
El Nino seen returning in July
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/03/2017
» HONG KONG/KUALA LUMPUR - El Nino may develop by July as forecasters worldwide predict the pattern that can disrupt global weather is set to return this year.
Oil rally makes desserts expensive when cane becomes a fuel
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/06/2016
» This year’s rebound in oil prices has an unlikely victim: the dessert plate.
As El Niño exits, La Niña looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/05/2016
» BOSTON — Think of it as Mother Nature's roller-coaster ride: the shift between the weather patterns known as El Niño and La Niña that, at their worst, can cause havoc worldwide.
Mekong water crisis compounded by rice-killing drought
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/04/2016
» HANOI -- The 3.6 hectares in southern Vietnam that double as rice paddy and shrimp pond for farmer Nguyen Thi Tam have become a wasteland. After the worst drought in 90 years, almost nothing grows.
Too much rubber, too few tyres leaves tappers in sticky place
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/12/2015
» As rubber prices slumped toward a six-year low, 20 of 30 workers who drained the sticky latex from trees on Winai Chaikunanant’s plantation in Thailand quit. Even with income sharing, they earned less than the minimum wage.
Baht's tumble to 2009 low ties BoT's hands
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/08/2015
» The baht’s descent to a six-year low as investors flee is making it harder for the Bank of Thailand to revive an economy beset by an El Nino-induced drought.
Sugar crop heads for all-time high after rain
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2015
» Sugar production in Thailand could reach record levels this coming harvest season after recent rain offset the effects of a strengthening El Nino to boost crop growth, according to Office of the Cane and Sugar Board.
Drought pits soldiers against farmers flouting water curbs
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/07/2015
» Rice farmer Boontham Chei-pa switches on a water pump in the evenings to irrigate his parched field from a canal in Suphan Buri province. The soil is hardly moistened before the motor is switched off.