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Asian trade subdued as economic outlook weakens
Business, Published on 13/05/2023
» RECAP: Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from the US and China fuelled concerns about a global slowdown.
Biggest currency rout since 1997 puts Asia central banks in bind
Published on 29/06/2022
» The surge in the dollar has set Asian currencies on course for their worst quarter since 1997 and created a dilemma for central bankers.
Conjugal confusion
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/01/2022
» Re: "Thamanat's fortunes dip", (BP, Dec 29). I see from our "flour" ex-minister Thamanat's asset declaration that he has not one but two wives, evidently living in harmony, as evidenced by their two children. Many men would be most grateful if he'd reveal how he's managed that feat, as my wife insists that Thai laws allow us only one spouse each, with strict punishment for violation.
Growth forecast cut, Iran cases surge by 50%: Virus update
Published on 02/03/2020
» Iran reported a 50% increase in coronavirus infections, while New York City, Brussels, Berlin and Indonesia all reported their first cases. New cases were reported in Thailand and across the US. Hard-hit South Korea saw its total climb past 4,200.
More than just football
Business, Published on 11/07/2018
» The amount of data available to be mined during a major sporting tournament is almost unbelievable. If companies and analysts can harvest and utilise the data well, it would benefit them greatly. Google, for example, usually has a dedicated team during the World Cup that scours real-time search data to present useful, shareable facts and visuals for users.
NBCUniversal buys rest of USJ
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 02/03/2017
» Tokyo/New York: Comcast Corp, the largest US cable operator, said on Tuesday that it would acquire full control of a company that operates a Harry Potter-featured theme park in Japan, targeting the appeal of getaways for the region's growing middle-class and record visitors to the Asian nation.
Guarded hopefulness
Asia focus, Published on 16/11/2015
» John Micklethwait is a newspaper man seized by fear and hope for the future of journalism. To be sure, "newspaper man" is a bit of an anachronistic description for the new editor-in-chief at Bloomberg News, where no ink is spilled on paper. Across 325,000 Bloomberg terminals, headlines splash upon screens in seconds, bumping stale events much faster than one wraps fish with yesterday's page one.