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Online ad spend overtakes newspapers: eMarketer
AFP, Published on 21/12/2010
» Online advertising spending in the United States will overtake spending on newspaper ads this year for the first time, digital research firm eMarketer said Monday.
Public-private partnership law and corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/12/2010
» Corrupt politicians soon dreamed up ways to circumvent the original public-private partnership (PPP) law of 1992. Can a new rewrite of the law close all the loopholes in the law used for corruption?
Indonesians embrace new media for old debates
AFP, Published on 20/12/2010
» To most Indonesians, Ahmad Mustofa Bisri is an influential Muslim cleric and a respected figure from the country's biggest Islamic organisation, the moderate Nahdlatul Ulama.
Thailand's sunrise and sunset industries
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/12/2010
» Health care, automobiles and food and beverages are all set to become more important "sunrise industries", while textiles will likely become less important in Thailand.
Tourism recovery in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/12/2010
» Figures show tourism has recovered from political turmoil and the global economic crisis. Since tourism accounts for 7% of Thailand's national income and the high season has just arrived, this is good news.
Where will the new world order unfold?
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 15/12/2010
» When Amazon took down the WikiLeaks site from its EC2 cloud, it opened a whole new can of worms as to what can be put in the cloud and what cannot. But for some, there will be a collective sigh of "I told you so", and the loser in this, again, might well be the United States, while the winner... well, that would be whoever moves quickly enough to take advantage of the upcoming exodus.
A gap in the gaming market
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/12/2010
» The popularity of Facebook in Thailand, which boasts 5 million users, is seeing Thai social games capturing opportunities in the market, despite the market's major players seeing a decline.
Prospects for ending the death penalty in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/12/2010
» During the last decade executions trickled to a halt in Thailand. Will a new law end them completely? Or will they begin anew?
How red tape and corruption limits economic progress
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/12/2010
» Complicated and often meaningless bureaucratic rules together with bribery scare away potential foreign investors and reduce the economic potential of the country.
Electronic payments crowd out checks in US: Fed
Published on 09/12/2010
» Electronic payments have surged in the United States to more than 75 percent of all noncash payments as check usage continues to fall by the wayside, a Federal Reserve report showed Wednesday.