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Keeping tabs on cybercrime
Wassayos Ngamkham and King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/01/2019
» While street crime rates experienced a drop last year, cybercrime rates are expected to continue rising in 2019 as there aren't enough law enforcement officers who are sufficiently trained to deal with the sudden spike in technology-based crime.
Stocks in Asia end woeful year up on US-China trade hopes
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Stocks in Asia, closing in on their worst year since 2011, rose with US futures on the last day of 2018 after US President Donald Trump reported “big progress” in trade talks with his Chinese counterpart. The yen declined.
Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers
AFP, Published on 31/12/2018
» CANCALE (FRANCE) - Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around.
Top 5: Labouring through 2018
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/12/2018
» Making a list of the top five labour issues is a challenge, because a lot has been going on in the labour sector and the businesses they work for this year.
Millennial vote a key for Asian polls
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 31/12/2018
» In the first half of 2019, a billion Asians will elect the next leaders of the region's two largest democracies. Half -- 400 million in India, and 79 million in Indonesia -- are from the millennial generation, born roughly between 1982 and 2001. Many will cast ballots for the first time. Although the threat of sectarian hatred looms large over both the Indian and Indonesian elections, economics will still take centre stage.
US, China talk 'progress' after phone call on trade
AFP, Published on 30/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - Both the US and China spoke of progress Saturday after telephone talks between their leaders over a trade war that has rattled global markets.
IPOs fall short as firms hang fire
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 29/12/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) missed its target of increased market capitalisation from initial public offerings (IPOs) by about 100 billion baht in 2018, mainly due to depressed market sentiment.
At 20, euro is currency giant on fragile footing
AFP, Published on 28/12/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - The euro turns 20 on Tuesday, marking two tumultuous decades that saw the single currency survive a make-or-break crisis and become a fixture in financial markets and Europeans' wallets.
Tisco Asset Management joins chorus of gloomsayers
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 28/12/2018
» Tisco Asset Management expects 5% growth in assets under management (AUM) in 2019, similar to this year's performance, as market sentiment remains volatile amid prevailing global and domestic risks.
Tourism faces headwinds
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 28/12/2018
» Trade wars, geopolitics and rising interest rates are factors that could impede Thailand's tourism industry in the coming year, experts warn.