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Shares dip amid rate uncertainty, high oil prices
Business, Published on 06/04/2024
» RECAP: Shares in Asia declined yesterday, tracking US stocks as interest rate uncertainty, high oil prices and geopolitical tensions weighed on sentiment.
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Cash gifts, free milk raise risks to Thailand, Indonesia ratings
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/02/2024
» JAKARTA/BANGKOK - Southeast Asia’s new leaders risk blowing past budget constraints to make good on costly campaign promises of cash handouts and free lunches, increasing the risks to their prized investment-grade ratings.
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Tech-led rally lifting equities worldwide
Business, Published on 24/02/2024
» RECAP: Most Asian equity markets gained for a second day on Friday, as a global rally led by technology stocks pushed markets from the US to Europe and Japan to all-time highs.
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The silver lining of Widodo's big economic miss
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 15/02/2024
» By his own standards, Joko Widodo has fallen well short of a major economic goal during his decade leading Indonesia. Growth has been laudable in a neighbourhood where the pace of expansion is undergoing a long-term slowdown, but nowhere close to the outgoing president's lofty ambitions. That's a pity, because part of Mr Widodo's attraction as a candidate in 2014 was his image as a self-made businessman, an outsider who could nudge the country towards achieving its much-promoted potential.
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Indonesia revives $10.5bn Jakarta sea wall plan
Published on 10/01/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of a series of measures to prevent its capital city Jakarta from sinking at a faster rate.
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Indonesia presidential frontrunner under fire over defence plans
Published on 08/01/2024
» JAKARTA: Indonesian presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto suffered a barrage of attacks in a heated election debate on Sunday, with his two opponents taking aim at his military procurement strategy as defence minister, calling him reckless and wasteful.
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Life of pain for toxic syrup survivors
Published on 23/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Devouring books from a young age, Sheena Almaera Maryam had been excited about her first day of kindergarten near Jakarta.
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Stocks sink ahead of three-day weekend
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/10/2023
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index plunged below 1,400 points on Friday ahead of the three-day weekend, as other regional markets also tracked Wall Street’s overnight declines amid hawkish statements from the US Federal Reserve about further US interest rate hikes.
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Most Asian markets rise ahead of US job figures
Business, Published on 07/10/2023
» RECAP: Hong Kong led the charge as most Asian markets posted gains yesterday, shrugging off Wall Street losses ahead of US employment data due later in the day.
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BoT: Baht slump in line with regional trend
Published on 03/10/2023
» The Bank of Thailand said on Tuesday it was closely watching movement in the baht, which it said was depreciating as a result of external factors and in line with regional peers.
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