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The WTO's investment challenge
Oped, Published on 01/03/2024
» Every country is eager to attract foreign direct investment -- and for good reason. FDI facilitates capital inflows, creates jobs, drives skills development and facilitates technology transfers, accelerating economic growth and enabling recipient countries to access global markets.
Bitcoin hits $60,000 as fans eye record highs
Published on 28/02/2024
» Bitcoin hit $60,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than two years, as a flurry of capital into new US bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fuelled a 42% price rally in February, its best month since December 2020.
Going green on catalytic capital
Oped, Published on 28/02/2024
» The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) concluded with a landmark agreement to shift away from fossil fuels and triple the world's renewable-energy capacity. While this is a step in the right direction, how can we ensure that emerging economies have the necessary resources to achieve a just clean-energy transition?
Thailand's unicorn factory
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/02/2024
» The National Innovation Agency (NIA) has designed a new strategy to support local startups, facilitating their development and enabling them to keep pace with innovation demand in global markets.
A tale of nickel and copper
News, David Fickling, Published on 23/02/2024
» The world's biggest miner, BHP Group Ltd, grew powerful by building dominant positions in producing the minerals of the future. That makes the challenges it's facing with two key clean-tech ingredients a sobering lesson for the energy transition.
SET rangebound as earnings season winds down
Business, Published on 17/02/2024
» Thai shares moved sideways early this week as investors awaited US inflation figures and related signals about Federal Reserve interest rate policy.
Global trade war or merry dance?
News, Published on 15/02/2024
» Globalisation may have stalled amid the fiery geopolitical posturing of recent years, but many doubt it's in reverse, given that supply chains have been re-routed rather than returned home and overall trade volumes are less disturbed than first feared.
Time to ease Thai bond market rules
Oped, Published on 14/02/2024
» The Thai bond market, with massive valuations surpassing 16.7 trillion baht as of the end of the third quarter of 2023 and continuous prospective growth, is a crucial mechanism in the capital market and the Thai economy. Net market value could rise by over 386 million baht per year if legal restrictions on bond trading are unlocked.
Japan maglev train project being derailed by Shizuoka stalemate
Kyodo News, Published on 13/02/2024
» SHOZUOKA - The start date of the new high-speed maglev train that will run from Tokyo to Nagoya has become increasingly uncertain, as long-running environmental disputes with the Shizuoka prefectural government leave the project at a stalemate.
Trading range of 1,350 to 1,380 foreseen for SET
Published on 03/02/2024
» The SET index in January reached a monthly high of 1,438 points, but subsequently retreated. Breaking below the critical 1,400 threshold, it found support at 1,352, closely mirroring the low from December at 1,354.