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Osaka plans for its casino debut
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/12/2022
» LONDON: Japan’s second-largest metropolitan area aims to attract gamblers from South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia to its planned casino-resort as Covid-19 curbs in China have cut the flow of tourists, the region’s leader said.
Virus poses new threat to world economy
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2020
» The outbreak of the deadly coronavirus threatens to derail a fragile stabilisation in the world economy, which had appeared poised to benefit from the phase one US-China trade deal, and signs of a tech turnaround.
Stocks in Asia end woeful year up on US-China trade hopes
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Stocks in Asia, closing in on their worst year since 2011, rose with US futures on the last day of 2018 after US President Donald Trump reported “big progress” in trade talks with his Chinese counterpart. The yen declined.
Asian stocks decline for seventh day
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/05/2016
» Asian stocks outside Japan dropped, with the regional gauge on course for the longest losing streak in almost five months, amid global economic growth concerns.
Istanbul bomb threatens tourism
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2016
» ISTANBUL - A suicide bomb in the heart of Europe's largest city didn't just target innocent tourists, it also hit a $32 billion industry already caught up in the conflict next door.
Emerging currencies post biggest weekly gain in 17 years
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/10/2015
» LONDON/SINGAPORE — Emerging-market currencies posted their biggest weekly gain in 17 years and stocks rallied as prospects for a US interest rate increase in 2015 receded and oil traded around the highest level since late August.
Singha plans B100m property splurge as suds go flat
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/05/2015
» The country’s biggest beermaker plans to spend about 100 billion baht on hotels, shopping centres and property projects over five years as higher taxes and curbs on alcohol marketing erode earnings for the industry.
Rubber groups agree to boost prices
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/10/2014
» Rubber groups from the world’s top producing countries will refrain from selling below current prices and take steps to shore-up rates from five-year lows as demand weakens for the commodity used in tyres.
Thai funds buying into equities
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/06/2014
» When the military coup spurred foreigners to pull money out of the Thai equity market late last month, the nation’s top-performing stock investors jumped at the chance to take the other side of the trade.
Investors shifting to neighbours
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/01/2014
» Three months of political turmoil in Thailand is starting to benefit neighbouring economies, as fund managers pull money from the country, long-term investments are reconsidered and tourists avoid Bangkok.