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Kuala Lumpur’s $1bn budget terminal sinking, airline says
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — A new budget-airline terminal at the city’s international airport is sinking, with cracks appearing in the taxiway and water forming pools that planes must drive through.
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.
Philippine island of 120 stares down China’s military might
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2015
» MANILA — On a clear night, the Filipinos who live on Pagasa Island — a speck in the vast South China Sea — can see the floodlights from giant Chinese cranes working around the clock, dredging sand to build on a nearby reef.
Former IMF economist Veerathai nominated to head BoT
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2015
» Veerathai Santiprabhob, a former economist at the International Monetary Fund, has been nominated as the next governor of the Bank of Thailand.
Sex shops, street bars survive government's graft crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2015
» Fern’s cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily-clad women from the next-door go-go bar and a noodle stall near one of Bangkok’s infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.
Why Taylor Swift succeeded where record labels, indies failed
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/06/2015
» Taylor Swift's lightning-quick victory over Apple Inc demonstrates how high-profile artists can use public shaming to shape the music business when even major record labels haggling behind the scenes cannot.
Buffett: Minimum wage increase isn't answer
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/05/2015
» Billionaire Warren Buffett said the level of income inequality in the United States is extraordinary" but that raising the minimum wage is not the best solution.
Thailand faces EU threat of seafood ban over fishing rules
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/04/2015
» BRUSSELS — The European Union threatened to ban imports of seafood from Thailand because of concerns about unlawful fishing, a step that would hit trade of more than 600 million euros (20.79 billion baht or $641 million) a year.
More training ordered for Asiana pilots
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/04/2015
» SINGAPORE – Asiana Airlines Inc was ordered to give pilots more training after its second accident in two years raised concerns about the carrier’s safety standards.
Top forecasters see BoT rate cut weakening baht
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/04/2015
» The most accurate Asian currency forecasters see the baht, Southeast Asia’s best performer, falling on prospects the central bank will cut interest rates further to end deflation.