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Singapore shuts schools, events as haze worsens
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2015
» SINGAPORE - Schools were shut and some outdoor events suspended on Friday as the city-state’s air quality slid into the hazardous range for the first time this year, raising concerns that this will hurt the tourism and retail sectors.
Indonesia to push Bali, Jakarta in bid to double tourism
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/06/2015
» JAKARTA — Indonesia will focus on Bali and islands near Singapore rather than developing more remote spots in the world’s largest archipelago, as it seeks to double tourist numbers by 2020.
Ukraine: Malaysian airliner shot down near Russian border
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/07/2014
» Ukrainian rebels are reported to have shot down a Malaysian jet carrying 295 people over eastern Ukraine near its border with Russia, a Ukrainian Interior Ministry official said.
Rice tumbles on stock sale call
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2014
» Rice farmer Pakasit Jamjaras usually spends his days tilling soil, just like his forefathers. Now he’s been harvesting signatures instead of grain, with a petition to King Bhumibol Adulyadej because the government hasn’t paid for his crop in five months.
FB sued for 'scanning messages'
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/01/2014
» Facebook Inc (FB) was sued over allegations it systematically intercepts its users private messages on the social network and profits by sharing the data with advertisers and marketers.
Baht, stocks, bonds drop
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/11/2013
» Thailand's baht fell to a 10-week low and the stock index headed for its worst close in two months after foreign funds pulled money from local assets amid concern political tension will intensify and harm growth.
Three-year hunt nabs 'smiling hacker'
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/05/2013
» ATLANTA - US officials have described an Algerian national known as "the smiling hacker" after his arrest at Suvarnabhumi airport in January as a brain behind a worldwide cybercrime consortium that taught ordinary computer users how to rob banks online.