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  • BUSINESS

    China's manufacturing sector shows signs of strength

    Business, Published on 01/01/2022

    » China's manufacturing and service sectors showed unexpected signs of recovery to close out the year, according to a pair of official gauges released Friday, as Beijing moved to arrest a downward spiral triggered by a real-estate slump and coronavirus outbreaks.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    High speed rail coming to Laos

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/04/2013

    » Paying for high speed rail through Laos to China will take 80% of the Laos national budget but China govt banks will help with loans.

  • THAILAND

    Bangkok ‘most at risk’ for spread: Virus update

    Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2020

    » China tried to come to grips with the expanding coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll climbing as residents returned from the Lunar New Year holidays.

  • BUSINESS

    BAAC, agencies partner to upgrade smart farms

    Business, Published on 09/12/2019

    » Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has ordered the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to team up with the Industrial Promotion Department and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to develop and upgrade smart farmers and community tourism, part of ongoing efforts to address poverty in the rural sector, covering as many as 30 million people.

  • BUSINESS

    Investors heartened as fed ends rate suspense

    Business, Published on 20/03/2017

    » Recap: Investors were treading cautiously ahead of last week's US Federal Reserve meeting when the US central bank raised its benchmark interest rate as expected, but their appetite improved after Chair Janet Yellen's comments suggested a more gradual pace of monetary tightening this year. The Thai stock market joined the global rally as the wild swings in trade of Group Lease (GL) eased.

  • BUSINESS

    Year in Review

    Asia focus, Published on 29/12/2014

    » Asia rose to new heights in 2014 despite the many challenges that beset the region. Headline-making developments ranged from China dethroning the United States as the world's largest economy, subject to vigorous debate as that may be, to the tragic mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

  • WORLD

    Asian shares end see-saw session mixed

    Published on 26/08/2015

    » HONG KONG — Asian shares closed mixed after a choppy session on Wednesday, with investors selling off Chinese stocks despite an interest rate cut, while other markets found their footing.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    China currency war coming?

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/03/2013

    » Top Chinese central banker says China prepared for currency war but G20 meeting between major economies may save the day.

  • BUSINESS

    Owe what a feeling

    Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 09/03/2015

    » The rapid accumulation of household debt seen in Asia over the past five years has triggered concerns about the prospect of a financial crisis similar to the one in 2007 caused by the bursting of the housing bubble in the United States.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian markets extend gains

    Published on 04/12/2014

    » HONG KONG — Asian markets rallied for a third straight day Thursday following another record close on Wall St, as investors cheered an upbeat report on the economy from the US central bank.

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