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Thai stock exodus deepens amid corporate woes
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/03/2024
» A market revival for Thailand just is not coming.
Singapore builds AI model to 'represent' Southeast Asians
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/02/2024
» SINGAPORE - Like millions worldwide, Southeast Asians have been trying out large language models (LLMs) such as Meta's Llama 2 and Mistral AI - but in their native Bahasa Indonesia or Thai. The result has usually been gibberish in English.
Evergrande’s billionaire chairman Hui under police surveillance
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/09/2023
» SHANGHAI - The billionaire chairman of beleaguered property developer China Evergrande Group, Hui Ka Yan, has been placed under police control, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Soaring rice prices stretch budgets for billions in Asia, Africa
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: A surge in rice prices to the highest level in almost 15 years is renewing fears that food costs are going to get a lot more expensive for the world’s poorest people.
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.
Working from home recommended in smoggy Bangkok
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/01/2023
» Authorities have urged Bangkok residents to work from home and wear respirator masks outdoors as air pollution level worsens in the capital.
Slot machines are laundering billions in drug money in Australia
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/10/2022
» Billions of US dollars of criminal proceeds are being laundered through slot machines in pubs and clubs in Australia’s biggest state, according to an official inquiry that recommended tighter controls on the gaming industry.
Coffee lovers set for price pain as reserves shrink
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/08/2022
» Vietnam's vast hoard of coffee beans is shrinking, a phenomenon that is set to push rising global prices even higher.
Crisis to crisis: What Asia learned from the financial chaos of 1997
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/07/2022
» Twenty-five years ago this month marked the beginning of economic, political and financial market turmoil that would become known as the Asian Financial Crisis. Currencies and stock markets tumbled. Governments were overthrown. Poverty rates soared.
Less rice for same price: inflation bites Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/04/2022
» Profits at Ma Hong's spicy hotpot restaurant have been squeezed by about a fifth since he opened in downtown Beijing last year, crushed by beef tripe prices that have shot up by more than 50% and the surging costs of other key ingredients.