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Murky start to jab rollout may get murkier
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/06/2021
» Isn't it about time for the government to unveil all the details about its Covid-19 vaccine procurement deals, whether with AstraZeneca or SinoVac? Without full disclosure, doubts will continue to dog its vaccination drive.
Can govt rise to jab roll-out challenge?
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/05/2021
» The colossal vaccine rollout plan in Bangkok -- 10 million doses to inoculate five million people over two months -- shows how the government has finally come to its senses that the only way to revive the economy is to create herd immunity as soon as possible.
Amid Covid chaos, India's farmers eye record wheat crop
News, Published on 01/05/2021
» While India battles soaring Covid-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them.
The Mekong's calling you, Sue Perkins
News, Vasana Chinvarakorn, Published on 08/04/2021
» When my award-winning investigative journalist friend Supara Janchitfah first suggested Sue Perkins' name during our conversation on the Mekong, I thought she was making a joke. Or perhaps being satirical. What could a British comedian hosting a baking contest show contribute to helping locals in Southeast Asia thousands of miles away?
Modi's failed plan to make a Singapore in Gujarat
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 22/02/2021
» When Singapore set up an international financial hub in the late 1960s, the city-state was thinking both fast and slow -- seizing an immediate opportunity, and opening a path to long-term economic development. Half a century later, India is attempting something similar in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat. But without much thought going into what exactly it's building, for whom and for what purpose, all it may get is a casino for the local rich.
Fret about listed Chinese firms, not GameStop
News, Shuli Ren, Published on 06/02/2021
» With all the bubbling frenzy around GameStop Corp, it's time to step back and look at how the broader market is doing. It turns out, there's froth elsewhere, too. Look no further than the Chinese companies listed in the US.
Money just does not fall from heaven
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 21/01/2021
» It is a pitiful dilemma, isn't it? When the economy is in a bad shape, you want the government to spend money (more money, and lots of money) to help shore up the economy. Like we are seeing in our country now. Alas, by spending money (more money, and lots of money), the government itself induces another kind of economic crisis -- a liquidity crisis.
Angst over pandemic with no end
News, Published on 18/12/2020
» What if we're still locking down this time next year?
Investors warm to a 'Blue Wave'
News, Published on 15/10/2020
» Just about the only market consensus all year on next month's US election was that it would be volatile around the vote -- but even that's turning upside down three weeks before polling.
Vaccine 'hope' plays on US stocks
Oped, Published on 25/09/2020
» Optimism that vaccines are on the way to end the coronavirus pandemic has been a major factor in this year's US stock resurgence. That will face a critical test in coming weeks, as investors await clinical data on whether they actually work.