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Tesla's S&P 500 Debut Set to Put $100 Billion in Trades in Motion
Business, Published on 01/12/2020
» Additions and subtractions to the S&P 500 are normally a ho-hum affair. The 509th biggest company in the U.S. might jump to 497th place, and thus into the index. Investors who track it buy the one stock and sell another.
COLLECTOR ALERT! HUBLOT CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Published on 22/10/2020
» Classic Fusion 40 years anniversary
Tired but defiant: 100 days of protests in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 17/10/2020
» SOFIA - In a hundred days of sweeping and at times violent protests, thousands of Bulgarians have tightened the screws on the political elite -- but this, they say, is only the beginning.
Rio scraps famed carnival as virus surges across globe
AFP, Published on 25/09/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil has postponed Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival for next year, the latest spectacle hit by the pandemic as governments across the globe struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus infections.
Rio scraps famed carnival as virus surges
AFP, Published on 25/09/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil has postponed Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival for next year, the latest spectacle hit by the pandemic as governments across the globe struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus infections.
Forced schooling of Mongolians driven by fear
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/09/2020
» 'Residential schools" were a common feature of European settler societies (except New Zealand) until quite late in the 20th century, and their purpose was not just to educate but to "deracinate" their aboriginal pupils: to cut them off from their roots. The Chinese government would reject the analogy with its last breath, but it is now doing the same thing.
Ethnicity Street
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 19/08/2020
» Like other cities across the world, Bangkok has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, people have been falling into depression over the past several months. So, in order to bring the cheerful spirit back, the Creative Economy Agency is joining hands with a crowd of new-wave and veteran artists in the "Colour Of Charoenkrung" project to revitalise Thailand's old commercial hub.
Breitling relaunches a classic
Life, Published on 07/08/2020
» Breitling has been a high flyer since the 1930s, when it set up the Huit Aviation Department to produce cockpit instruments as well as pilot's watches for civilian and military use.
Soaring elegance
Life, Noko, Published on 07/08/2020
» Cartier's ties with aviation dates back to 1904, when Louis Cartier designed a practical timepiece for Brazilian inventor and aeronaut Alberto Santos-Dumont, who had difficulty in reading the time from his pocket watch when in flight.
Kiatnakin Bank turns screws on loan approvals
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 31/07/2020
» Kiatnakin Bank has tightened retail loan approvals by requesting higher down payments and lowering the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio amid riskier economic circumstances.