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Sanctions need global governance
Oped, Published on 12/04/2024
» As Russia's war against Ukraine has entered its third year, Western governments are finding it increasingly difficult to muster the funding Ukraine needs to defend itself. The European Union struggled to reach a €50 billion (1.9 trillion baht) aid deal in February, and the United States remains deadlocked over its own US$60 billion (about 2.2 trillion baht) funding package. Now, calls to use Russia's own assets to fund the Ukrainian war effort are growing louder.
Bitcoin down about 20%
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/01/2024
» PORTLAND - Bitcoin has fallen almost 20% since the Jan 11 launch of the first exchange-traded funds investing directly in the token as speculators become more cautious about the potential impact of the products.
Global interest rates likely to fall
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 30/11/2023
» Central banks all over the world are expected to start cutting interest rates by mid-2024, encouraging foreign capital to flow back to stock markets in Asia including Thailand, which should gain from intensified geopolitical conflicts, say leading economists.
China finance giant’s missed payments alarm regulators, markets
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/08/2023
» NEW YORK - One of China’s largest private wealth managers has triggered fresh anxiety about the health of the country’s shadow banking industry after missing payments on multiple high-yield investment products.
Asian shares edge lower but SET holds steady
Published on 12/08/2023
» RECAP: Most Asian equity markets edged lower on Friday as the dollar gained after US inflation showed only a moderate increase, fanning hopes that the Federal Reserve is done with interest-rate increases.
Crypto market aflutter
Business, Published on 22/05/2023
» Last year was a rough one for cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin, the largest digital asset in the world, lost nearly 65% of its market value.
Pakistan’s top court orders Imran Khan released
Published on 11/05/2023
» ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of detained former prime minister Imran Khan, offering a major victory for the onetime leader who was arrested on graft charges, and escalating a political crisis that has engulfed the country.
A stronger yen could jolt global markets
Business, Published on 28/04/2023
» LONDON: Investors are positioning for a regime change in global markets as the Bank of Japan edges closer to ditching the policies that depressed the yen for decades, thereby luring Japanese money back home.
Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review graft conviction
Published on 31/03/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib's judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict.
SET moves lower despite upbeat Asian trend
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/03/2023
» RECAP: Asian shares rose yesterday on prospects for a steady economic recovery in China, and after Wall Street reversed losses following remarks by a Fed official that signalled a measured approach to raising US interest rates.