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    Advertising held back by poor economy, MAAT says

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 03/10/2019

    » Global economic challenges and low domestic consumption are threatening the growth of ad spending in 2020, says the Media Agency Association of Thailand (MAAT).

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    Student loan defaults blamed on poor discipline

    Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/10/2019

    » Lack of financial discipline is the most common reason borrowers have defaulted on their education debt, says Chai­narong Katchapanan, Student Loan Fund (SLF) manager.

  • BUSINESS

    Year of Turbulence

    Asia focus, Published on 27/12/2021

    » Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.

  • BUSINESS

    Recovery strategy

    Asia focus, Published on 05/10/2020

    » Governments in developing East Asia and the Pacific need to invest more in testing and tracing capacity, while expanding social protection to cover the poor and the informal sector, to cope with the "triple shocks" from the Covid-19 pandemic, says the World Bank.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian trade subdued as economic outlook weakens

    Business, Published on 13/05/2023

    » RECAP: Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from the US and China fuelled concerns about a global slowdown.

  • BUSINESS

    Thailand drops one spot in GTCI rankings

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 27/01/2020

    » Thailand slipped one position to 67th in the 2020 Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) of 132 countries, weighed down by poor vocational and technical skills.

  • BUSINESS

    Information disclosure is the key

    Business, Published on 07/04/2023

    » Investment this year is fraught with risks. A number of factors, including rising interest rates, high inflation, an economic slowdown and most recently the banking crisis in the US and Europe, have influenced investment sentiment in stock markets since the beginning of 2023.

  • BUSINESS

    Mobilising entrepreneurship in Asia

    Business, Published on 20/12/2019

    » Millions of new entrepreneurs are on the march around the world. They are young and old, big and small, from rich nations and poor ones. In the modern connected world, they have the same access to the latest technologies and similar global access to markets once reserved for big corporations.

  • BUSINESS

    Thai shares slump for ninth straight day

    Reuters, Published on 09/12/2019

    » Most Southeast Asian markets weakened on Monday, as worries over poor economic data from China offset Wall Street cheer on strong US jobs data, while investors buckled in for a crucial week of trade negotiations.

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    Thailand is rebounding, but are companies ready?

    Business, Published on 05/10/2022

    » The evolution of business dynamics has never been linear, but it's safe to say that businesses today are operating in the most fragmented, complex and challenging times.

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