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Medical tourists flock to Thailand, spurring post-coup economy
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/11/2014
» Monica Topliss pauses while eating breakfast in her Bangkok hotel to explain why she flew 7,300 kilometres from her home in Australia to go under a Thai plastic surgeon’s knife.
Saddled with weak economy, Thailand lags Asian rivals in wealth building
Published on 21/10/2014
» While Thailand’s millionaires increased their wealth by more than 11% last year, they’re being blown away by Southeast Asian neighbours who are riding strong economies to boost their incomes by triple digits.
Vietnam imposes share-listing rule
Published on 18/09/2014
» Vietnam has introduced a rule compelling state-owned companies to list shares more quickly following initial public offerings (IPO) in an attempt to accelerate a privatisation programme lagging behind schedule.
Thai sugar heads for NY bourse
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2014
» SINGAPORE — Traders may ship Thai raw sugar equivalent to 16% of the global surplus against the October contract on the ICE Futures US exchange, the first deliveries from the Asian nation since 2012.
Thai sugar heads to NY bourse
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2014
» Traders may ship raw Thai sugar equivalent to 16% of the global surplus against October contracts on the ICE Futures US exchange, the first deliveries since 2012.
Malaysian jet crash in Ukraine: Live Report
AFP, Published on 18/07/2014
» 08:42 GMT - People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev
Elephant in the room
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/07/2014
» For the majority of the population of Thailand, the elephant is a much-loved and revered animal that has been elevated to almost national status. Problems concerning the majestic animal have, however, long-dogged the country and late last month wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic unveiled a research paper that criticised Thailand for encouraging the massive slaughter of elephants in Africa by failing to control the domestic ivory market.
Vote tally starts in Indonesia
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2014
» Indonesia’s election commission began the task of tallying about 140 million votes to meet a two-week deadline to announce the winner of the country’s closest-ever presidential election after both candidates claimed victory.
Asian stocks ride wave of wall street euphoria
Business, Published on 07/07/2014
» Recap: Wall Street hit a record high after US unemployment slid to the lowest level since before the 2008 financial crisis, and this also bolstered Asian stock markets. A buying spree in Thai banks ahead of second-quarter earnings due this week helped push the SET index above 1,500 for the first time in 14 months before profit-taking set in.
SET fails to stay above 1,500
Online Reporters, Published on 04/07/2014
» Thai stocks advanced 0.2% on Friday after briefly pushing above the 1,500 mark for the first time since May last year.