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    Shuffling deck chairs with debt

    Spectrum, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 08/01/2012

    » The 1997 financial crisis was rooted in speculative excess and financial alchemy through the boom years of the 1990s. During a bubble, money comes fast and easy. And when the bubble bursts, it's those who are last to leave that are saddled with the costs.

  • THAILAND

    Finding balance in shifting sands

    Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 08/01/2012

    » Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012. It's that time of year when many of us say "out with the old and in with the new". But is it really that practical or even possible to achieve this with regard to financial matters?

  • THAILAND

    Their answer is blowing in the wind

    Spectrum, Published on 15/01/2012

    » Farmer Aiem Sompeng has just a rudimentary education, but curiosity and necessity drove him to design the energy-producing wind turbines that are now a landmark in his village of Dongyang, in Yasothon's Maha Chana Chai district. Like many rice farmers in the northeastern province, the 66-year-old Mr Aiem was trapped in debt incurred by the high costs of fertiliser, pesticide and electricity needed to run irrigation pumps, as well as uncertain prices for his crops.

  • THAILAND

    As doors open, businesses face a formidable frontier

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 29/01/2012

    » As Myanmar trades political reforms in return for an end to economic sanctions, businesses big and small are queuing for access to the region's last closed economy. Entry will be dictated by political connections, financial clout, further reforms and necessity.

  • THAILAND

    Farmers in the dark over crop insurance

    Spectrum, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 29/01/2012

    » Rice farmer Nalad Kaewsikhao is luckier than many others whose crops were destroyed by last year's devastating floods. She purchased a crop insurance policy for the yield from her 38.5 rai plot of land from the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) in Kalasin's Yang Talat district. The crop insurance programme is open to farmers nationwide, but so far covers only seasonal rice crops (see sidebar).

  • THAILAND

    Thailand will claim prime spot in asean community

    Spectrum, Published on 05/02/2012

    » Over the last two years I've been talking with a lot of people who are aware that the Asean Economic Community (AEC) will be formed in 2015 and have been preparing themselves and their organisations. But many others have not been preparing and some don't even know what the AEC is. That needs to change because the AEC has the potential to greatly benefit Thailand. Of course, there are some disadvantages we will face as well if we are not well prepared.

  • THAILAND

    Factors that could waylay your wealth

    Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 05/02/2012

    » Last week, we looked at the devastating effects inflation can have on the real value of your wealth. We did so in terms of both its capital value and your ongoing income requirement, which invariably increases as time goes by.

  • THAILAND

    She shall not be moved

    Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 12/02/2012

    » Five years ago, Boeung Kak Lake was Phnom Penh's largest. It served as home to some 20,000 Cambodians as well as the capital's backpacker ghetto, where foreign travellers would sit on guest house patios in a cannabis haze to watch the sun set over the waters and finish another Angkor Beer. And although the lake was full of sewage and debris and was hardly pristine, it served as an important catchment basin for the capital, providing equilibrium during the wet and dry seasons.

  • THAILAND

    Bangkok luxury condos still make investment sense, But caution key

    Spectrum, Published on 12/02/2012

    » Many people have bought luxury condominiums in Bangkok as an investment, aiming to rent their units to expatriates. With the fast growth of new supply in the city over the past five years, competition in the leasing market has intensified. That begs the question: Are luxury condominiums still an attractive investment asset?

  • THAILAND

    All financial roads lead to ratchadaphisek

    Spectrum, Published on 19/02/2012

    » Ratchadaphisek Road stands to become the future financial district of Bangkok. The road will be home to the AIA Capital Centre, a 35-storey commercial office building, and the Stock Exchange of Thailand's new office, which will form an integral part of the country's first financial hub.

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