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  • BUSINESS

    McDonald's Tightens Ownership Rules as It Looks for New Franchisees

    Business, Published on 25/06/2022

    » McDonald's Corp. is planning to make some of the biggest changes in decades to the franchising system that underpins its U.S. operations, as it seeks to reinvigorate its base of restaurant owners.

  • OPINION

    Just fix pot laws

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2023

    » Re: "Weed bounty may go to pot", (Editorial, March 7).

  • LIFE

    Pokémon pairs with McDonald's

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/09/2022

    » Pika Pika Pikachu! Pokémon fans are hunting for their favourite childhood cartoon toys at McDonald's.

  • WORLD

    Moscow detached from the fighting

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/09/2022

    » On a recent evening in Red Square, a corps of elite paratroopers dressed in camouflage performed a battle-like dance with pyrotechnics. An Egyptian performer dressed as a pharaoh rode back and forth in a chariot wielding an ankh, the ancient Egyptian symbol of life, as a band played Katyusha, a Soviet-era patriotic war song.

  • WORLD

    No mouldy ice cream in China, says McDonald's

    Reuters, Published on 27/07/2017

    » SHANGHAI -- Viral photos and news reports in the United States allegedly showing a mouldy ice cream maker at a US outlet of McDonald's Corp have prompted swift action from the fast-food giant thousands of miles away: in China.

  • OPINION

    How did Japan become so cheap?

    Oped, Published on 09/03/2022

    » Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen was first floated following the collapse of the Bretton Woods and Smithsonian systems of fixed exchange rates.

  • OPINION

    Smells like a scam

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/05/2022

    » Re: "Fast-money trail", (PostBag, May 5). I agree with most right-thinking people like Samanea Saman (BP, May 5) that the Thai Pass fiasco may be a simple money grab led by insurance companies forcing worthless Covid policies on tourists.

  • OPINION

    What's in a name

    News, Published on 21/02/2022

    » Re: "City name row stings ORST," (BP, Feb 17).

  • BUSINESS

    GE Won't Try to Claw Back Jeff Immelt's Pay

    Business, Published on 07/01/2021

    » General Electric Co.'s board won't claw back compensation from former CEO Jeff Immelt and other executives over GE's accounting issues or Mr. Immelt's use of a backup corporate jet, ending a three-year probe into allegations of misconduct at the conglomerate.

  • OPINION

    Laughing in the face of Covid-19

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 27/03/2020

    » Laughter is definitely not the best medicine for coronavirus, but perhaps, in difficult times like this, we all could use it the most. While we're all practising self-isolation, social distancing or working from home, I present you examples of people who find humour in the Covid-19 climate to brighten up your days.

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