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Surveying efforts to halt cybercrime
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/04/2024
» Despite attempts by state authorities to suppress cybercrime, the number of cases and damage have yet to decline as fraudsters continue to devise increasingly sophisticated ways to deceive people.
Europe upbeat, Asian bourses track US rally
Business, Published on 13/11/2021
» Recap: European stocks were steady yesterday but still on course to their sixth straight weekly gain, with sentiment helped by strong earnings from the Swiss luxury goods company Richemont. Asian shares rose following a rally in US tech stocks on Thursday.
Software successful at snaring smugglers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/08/2021
» The Excise Department is using software to track down suspected smugglers as part of its effort to improve tax collection efficiency, says director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.
Emerging markets fret over Covid, China crackdown
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 07/08/2021
» Recap: Emerging markets remained under pressure yesterday from the worsening pandemic and China's regulatory crackdown. Equity futures in Europe and the US were steady ahead of US payrolls data, after solid earnings pushed shares to record highs.
Recovery outlook lifts most bourses but SET falters
Business, Published on 26/06/2021
» Recap: Global shares were mixed while European and US markets were steady yesterday as investors weighed the outlook for economic recovery, while US banks rose after passing stress tests. For the week, global shares are poised for their biggest advance since April, with the MSCI World index up 2%.
Smartphone supremacy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/04/2019
» Up until three years ago, Gaurav Singh Chauhan used to sell 15 or 20 Micromax mobile phones in a day. Now he considers himself lucky if he can sell one unit a month of the Indian-made handsets.
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
Surge in anonymous Asia Twitter accounts sparks bot fears
AFP, Published on 22/04/2018
» HONG KONG - It has been being jokingly referred to as "Botmageddon". But a surge in new, anonymous Twitter accounts across swathes of Southeast and East Asia has deepened fears the region is in the throes of US-style mass social media manipulation.
Fake software probes rise 20%
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 30/09/2015
» The Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) reported Tuesday a 20% rise in the number of probes into pirated computer software this year, after the police intensified their crackdown on unlicensed programmes.
166 Thailand firms caught using pirated software
Online Reporters, Published on 29/09/2015
» Economic Crime Suppression Division police on Tuesday said 166 businesses used pirated computer software worth 358 million baht between January and September this year, a 20% year-on-year increase.