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Govt mulls tax cuts, subsidies to spur electric car adoption
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/02/2022
» The government is weighing an array of incentives including lower taxes and cash subsidies to develop the market for electric vehicles, betting the perks may spur automakers to invest more and make Thailand a manufacturing hub for cleaner cars.
Economy’s Covid recovery threatened by protests
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/10/2020
» Protests sweeping across Thailand threaten to snuff out chances of a consumption-led recovery from the nation’s worst-ever economic slump.
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.
Gojek founder joins Indonesia cabinet as Jokowi revamps economy
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/10/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s new cabinet is taking shape with some well-known business figures set to join his team as he pledges to put the world’s fourth most-populous country on path to become a $7 trillion economy by 2045.
Duterte seeks laws to curb Philippine inflation, spread wealth
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/07/2018
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to pass legislation that will help restrain inflation and spread wealth and power beyond the capital region.
Italy populists surge to power in new phase of European risk
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME: Italy’s populist Five Star Movement and League parties prepared to sweep to power in a spectacular reversal of political fortunes that brings an end to three months of deadlock and opens the way to a period of friction with Europe.
Gold beaten down in worst week since May
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/12/2017
» Gold’s heading for the biggest weekly drop since May as investors anticipate higher US interest rates and progress on tax reform buoys the dollar, marking a spectacular reversal for the metal which less than two weeks ago flirted with $1,300.
Stocks rise, oil soars as Trump talks Asia trade
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2017
» NEW YORK: Stocks rose and bonds advanced, while the dollar slipped as President Donald Trump tried to tackle trade on his Asia tour.
Duterte support surges to record high
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2017
» MANILA -- Rodrigo Duterte has never been more popular, according to a new poll taken on the eve of the first anniversary of his swearing in as Philippine president.
Macron tightens grip on France after Assembly vote
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/06/2017
» PARIS -- President Emmanuel Macron expanded his control of French politics as voters put his party on track to a sweeping majority in the National Assembly in the first round of legislative elections.