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Debt-stricken Stark seeks way to avoid delisting
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/06/2023
» Stark Corporation Public Company Limited, the Thai industrial cable maker at the centre of an accounting scandal and debt default that rattled financial markets, plans to restructure its debt to stave off a forced delisting.
A 99% stock crash and shock default raise alarm
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/06/2023
» Only a year ago Stark Corporation looked like a Thai corporate success story. Backed by a wealthy local businessman, the nearly US$2 billion maker of electrical cables was an aggressive acquirer making its first major push beyond Asia.
Musk starts Twitter job cuts, advertisers hit pause
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/11/2022
» Twitter Inc plans to start cutting staff Friday, the company said in an email to employees.
Fighter jets scrambled after bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/09/2022
» A Singapore Airlines Ltd flight en-route from San Francisco was escorted by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly claimed there was a bomb in his carry-on bag and assaulted the crew, according to the police.
Singapore contentious foreign interference law effective Thursday
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/07/2022
» A controversial Singapore law that aims to prevent foreign entities or individuals from influencing politics in the country will come into effect from Thursday.
UN suspends Russia from human rights panel as Thailand, 57 others abstain
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/04/2022
» The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over its conduct in Ukraine, although dozens of nations abstained despite the Ukrainian ambassador’s pleadings to defend “the innocent lives lost” in the two-month war.
Malaysia PM faces parliament for first time in turbulent 2021
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2021
» Malaysia’s parliament sat for the first time this year on Monday, providing lawmakers an opportunity to grill Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin over his government’s handling of the pandemic and the economy.
Anti-vaxxer propaganda spreads in Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2021
» Though Gerry Casida is on the priority list for a free Covid-19 vaccine in the Philippines because of his asthma, he isn’t planning to get the shot any time soon. A video he found on social media of a woman claiming vaccines are being used for genocide helps explain why.
Deadly crash, fake pilots expose Pakistan’s broken airline
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/07/2020
» For decades Pakistan International Airlines Corp stood for a resurgent post-colonial nation, flying the flag from New York to Tokyo. Now the airline is struggling to recover from a fatal crash, years of losses, a collapse in global air travel and the stunning revelation that almost a third of the nation’s pilots obtained fake licences.
Philippines probes rash of impostor Facebook accounts
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/06/2020
» The Philippines is investigating the proliferation of fake Facebook Inc. accounts using the identities of students and journalists among others.