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Bottled water contains more plastic particles than thought - study
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/01/2024
» NEW YORK - A typical one-litre (33-ounce) bottle of water contains some 240,000 plastic fragments on average, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, the researchers determined, suggesting that health concerns linked to plastic pollution may be dramatically underestimated.
Inflation spike may tilt odds in favour of early rate hikes
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/04/2022
» Retail inflation is poised to accelerate from a 13-year high with the government lifting a freeze on some retail fuel prices, boosting the odds for the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to pivot away from its pandemic-era monetary policy accommodation.
Rising gasoline costs, inflation unsettle Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2022
» Surging gasoline prices are posing a tricky new problem for governments as they seek to nurse virus-hit economies back to health.
The world’s most expensive cities to live in right now
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/12/2021
» NEW YORK: Israel’s Tel Aviv has leapfrogged Hong Kong and Singapore to become the world’s most expensive city to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Thailand leading Asia in cracking down on drinking
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/07/2015
» By banning alcohol sales near universities and technical colleges, Thailand is putting the nation at the forefront of efforts in Asia to curb booze consumption.
New Cruze gets bigger and roomier
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 26/06/2015
» New York: General Motors Co is adding size and power to help spur demand for the redesigned Chevrolet Cruze compact, which the company also expects to be more profitable than the current model when it goes on sale early next year.
Hyundai banks on new SUV
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 18/03/2015
» Seoul- Hyundai Motor Co is banking on a revamp of its best-selling Tucson sport utility vehicle to tap rising demand in the compact crossover segment and boost flagging sales in China, its largest market.
Oil slump hands Jokowi a win
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/11/2014
» JAKARTA — The global oil-market slump has handed Indonesian President Joko Widodo his biggest break since taking over the world’s fourth-most populous nation.
PTT boss: End fuel subsidies
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/07/2014
» Thailand’s junta should remove fuel subsidies that have cost a half-trillion baht over the past three years to free up funds for crucial infrastructure projects, PTT Pcl chairman Piyasvasti Amranand said in an interview.