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The day the world changed
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/09/2021
» In the early hours of Sept 11, 2001, Kathy Comerford was getting ready for a usual Tuesday staff meeting at her office on the 70th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower. That beautiful morning took a dangerous turn when a hijacked jetliner struck the building between floors 93 and 99, causing the tower to eventually collapse less than an hour later. Along with a small team of her co-workers at Morgan Stanley investment banking company, they barely escaped with their lives.
Disney Wants to Be the Streamiest Place on Earth
Business, Published on 02/11/2020
» Picture this, fans: the next Star Wars movie might never even hit theaters.
Subpar earnings trend to continue
Business, Published on 22/02/2020
» The fourth-quarter 2019 earnings announcement season finishes this coming week. Of the firms that have reported to date, many have missed market expectations. The numbers have been similarly disappointing among US listed firms.
Musk hands over made-in-China Teslas to early buyers in Shanghai
AFP, Published on 07/01/2020
» SHANGHAI: Tesla CEO Elon Musk presented the first batch of made-in-China cars to ordinary buyers on Tuesday in a milestone for the company's new Shanghai "giga-factory", but which comes as sales decelerate in the world's largest electric-vehicle market.
Weak earnings a slight hiccup
Business, Published on 10/11/2018
» Market Recap: Thai shares moved sideways in the past week, with volatile movement in individual stocks in response to their third-quarter results.
Optimism prevails as earnings season begins
Business, Published on 13/10/2018
» Market Recap: Trade in Thai shares was volatile this week amid heavy selling by foreign investors. Sentiment was dented by worries over US interest rates, soaring US Treasury yields, more liquidity injections by China, and rising oil prices that could undermine Thai economic prospects.
Global risk and currency contagion worries set tone
Business, Published on 08/09/2018
» Market Recap: Thai shares tumbled this week, led by losses in big blue chips such as PTT, KBANK and SCB. TRUE also fell sharply in response to an arbitral ruling ordering the firm to pay compensation worth 76 billion baht plus interest to TOT Plc for a breach of contract relating to ADSL service.
Modest upward trend detected
Business, Published on 11/08/2018
» Market Recap: Thai shares moved sideways up this week in response to earnings of listed companies that mostly beat market expectations. Positive domestic catalysts, such as the introduction of the Thailand Future Fund, outweighed negative external factors such as US-China trade tensions.
SET pain done but trade war a worry
Business, Published on 14/07/2018
» Market recap: Thai shares managed to stage a mild rebound over the past week amid volatility on global bourses. Renewed worries over a fresh round of US-China trade tensions weighed on overall sentiment.
Global slowdown, local woes push down stocks
Business, Published on 27/07/2015
» Recap: Downbeat manufacturing data from China and the euro zone rattled global stock markets and sank gold prices to a five-year low last week. Concerns over Thailand's dimming economic prospects in the second half also pushed down local shares.