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Operating results disappoint in Q1, despite SET rising 4.8%
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 22/05/2019
» SET-listed Thai securities firms booked lower net profits and net losses in the first quarter as a sharp decline in trading value, low commission fees and a lower proportion of retail investors contributed to disappointing operating results.
Stars get struck for speaking out
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/08/2017
» The social media world has been swept in patriotic sentiment since singer Suthita "Image" Chanachaisuwan, 19, posted a complaint about Thailand's poor public transport last week. After waiting two hours to catch a bus home in Bangkok, she was driven to tweet her frustration: "What's a lousy country. It's not going to improve in 50 or even 1,000 years from now … Now shoot me."
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.
More bang for bucks, but how low can the baht go?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/09/2015
» Late last month, when the baht was 35.95 against the United States dollar, Jeremy (not his real name) withdrew half a million baht from his bank account and sold them for US dollars at a foreign exchange dealer on Asok Road.
Military minefields blocking transition to democracy
Spectrum, Published on 09/12/2012
» The term ''irreversible transformation'' is popular these days with Myanmar's former military generals who use it at international roadshows, but as the Latpadaung copper mine unrest shows, the transformation may be largely superficial. When protests at the mine led by monks and local activists were brutally broken up by the government late last month, injuring more than 50 protesters, it was stark proof of military's lingering dominance. The unrest also highlights concerns over political and economic ties between the Myanmar military and the Chinese government. The Latpadaung copper mine project is a joint venture between the Chinese-owned Wanbao Mining Company and the Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Company (UMEH), which not coincidentally is run by former military officers.