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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.
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Riding the Vaccination Wave
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 04/06/2021
» Various businesses have capitalised on the ongoing nationwide vaccination through creative campaigns, which promote themselves while encouraging more people to get inoculated at the same time. Here are a few for your entertainment (and in case you want to get a freebie or a discount after getting your jabs). You need to show your vaccination certificate to redeem a freebie at these places, of course.
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The gloved one - or is it two
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» Alan Garcia starts each workday on a cracked plastic stool, hunched over a small vanity mirror, caking on makeup to lighten his skin.
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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.
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These TikTok Stars Made More Money Than Many of America's Top CEOs
Business, Published on 15/01/2022
» TikTok stars are dancing their way to the bank. Some are making more than America's top chief executives.
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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.
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A 'dinteresting' night will be had by all
Life, Published on 17/07/2018
» Sukosol Hotels is bringing back Harvard University's Din & Tonics to perform in front of their fans in Bangkok this weekend.
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'Do your job mantra' makes Pats perennial Super Bowl contenders
Sports, Published on 04/01/2018
» Opinions are like armpits: everybody has a couple.
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These charming fans
B Magazine, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 09/10/2016
» It started with a meet cute: to be exact, the opening of (500) Days of Summer, a cult romantic movie released in 2009.
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