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Chinese solar firms, ever-nimble, go further afield where US tariffs don't reach
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2024
» Some of the biggest Chinese-owned solar factories in Vietnam are cutting production and laying off workers, spurred on by the expansion of US trade tariffs targeting it and three other Southeast Asian countries.
BCPG acquires two US power plants
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 13/07/2023
» SET-listed BCPG, the power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation, has completed the purchase of two more gas-fired power plants in Pennsylvania for 8.9 billion baht as it continues to increase electricity generation capacity in the US.
BCPG spends $260m on US power stake
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/04/2023
» SET-listed BCPG Plc, the power generation arm of Bangchak Corporation, will acquire shares worth US$260 million in Hamilton Holdings II LLC to further expand its gas-fired power plant business in the US.
SMEs share transformation stories
Business, Sirinun Jiradilok, Published on 17/01/2023
» Fifty-five percent of small and medium enterprises in Southeast Asia are optimistic about their business recovery after the pandemic, but they realise they need to make changes to stay competitive, the UOB Asean SME Transformation Study 2022 has found.
Yellen makes history again as US Treasury secretary
AFP, Published on 27/01/2021
» WASHINGTON: In selecting Janet Yellen to be the first woman to lead the US Treasury Department, President Joe Biden chose a progressive economist focused on unemployment who supports fiscal stimulus and tackling climate change.
Fetco says Biden win would boost Asia
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 10/10/2020
» A US presidential election victory by the Democrats would be a boon for Asian stock markets across the board, as it could help ease Sino-US trade tensions, says a capital market representative.
Help with strings attached
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Europe was on the verge of collapsing after the carnage of World War II, countries in the region were at risk of drifting into the communist orbit of the Soviet Union. To contain the threat, the United States government in 1948 created a recovery programme worth US$12.7 billion -- $128 billion in today's money.
Urban vitality sapped as middle class gets squeezed
Asia focus, Chen Gong and Junhui Chu, Published on 27/01/2020
» In order to stimulate domestic consumption and spur the economy in most countries, bond issues are a major source of funding for programmes that will create economic activity. Real estate development is also a major driver of economic growth and urbanisation.
Presidential elections and risky assets
Published on 27/11/2019
» Since President Trump first took office in January 2017, the US economy has added 6.25 million jobs, house prices (as measured by the Case-Schiller 20 city average index) have risen by +11% and the S&P 500 is up +37%.
'I was terrified': How Epstein allegedly built a network of victims
AFP, Published on 10/08/2019
» NEW YORK:- A month before Jeffrey Epstein's death by apparent suicide in a New York prison, a federal indictment cast light on what prosecutors said was a sprawling network of high school and college students lined up by young recruiters and then forced to satisfy the hedge fund billionaire's insatiable sexual appetite.