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Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges no.3 and 4
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/02/2011
» Chiang Rai will soon connect to Laos at Chiang Khong, a new highway then connects quickly to China.
Interest rate uptrends and business failure
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/02/2011
» Interest rates are rising. Business size and existing debt are key survival indicators.
Finally free
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/01/2011
» Anatoliy Vdovychenko is free after what he says was 12 years of forced labour in a local factory.
Thai-US Free Trade Agreements and lifesaving drugs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/12/2010
» Trade opportunities that Thailand might gain from a Free Trade Agreement with the US have to be weighed against increased cost of life-saving drugs which might well become less accessible.
Global trade imbalances
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/12/2010
» The problems currently plaguing the world economy and what emerging market countries such as Thailand can do about it are outlined by the head of Thailand's SEC.
The curious case of the reappearing mail
Database, James Hein, Published on 08/12/2010
» I use Yahoo for my personal mail and it is an example of how distributed computing can be a bit flakey. I access my mail from two primary locations _ work and home. I've noticed when I access mail from one location and then go to the other, the same items I've already processed are still there, even when I refresh. Sometimes I find they are still there or reappear when I reboot my computer or restart my browser. It gets really strange when I try to do something with a redisplay item, only to be told it has been moved or deleted.
Paid for having fun
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/11/2010
» Suppose you could do what you like best every day and earn money at the same. That is exactly what happened to Chakorn Rujirachakorn.
Bus concessions and rent-seeking
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/11/2010
» Middle men with political influence profit from bus concessions without doing much, leaving consumers with inferior service and bus operators with bills higher than they should be.
Warnings inadequate and often ignored
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/11/2010
» Authorities admit they could have done more to warn flood victims, but the warnings they gave were often ignored in areas were heavy flooding was unusual.
Chiang Rai's elephant camp: ex-Bangkok street elephants now work in a more natural setting
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/10/2010
» For years elephants were used by their owners to get money from tourists on Bangkok streets and suffered in many different ways. Things have finally changed.