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  • News & article

    Spending plans?

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/04/2024

    » Re: "Prawit declares B87m in assets", (BP, April 25).

  • News & article

    Marina madness

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/04/2024

    » Re: "Samui cruise terminal gets govt support", (BP, April 8).

  • News & article

    The rise of consumer cryptocurrency

    News, Published on 26/02/2024

    » Since its inception with the launch of Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain technology has gone through numerous cycles of public attention. Over time, growing interest and investment in the best-known cryptocurrencies has led to greater acceptance, as highlighted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) in January. While blockchains and their associated "crypto" assets have yet to be adopted by a truly broad base of consumers, that is starting to change, owing to a shift in how these technologies are being used.

  • News & article

    Will Cupid's aim improve this year?

    Oped, Published on 14/02/2024

    » Cupid may be hitting the mark in the shopping aisle, but he's not having much luck coaxing couples down the wedding aisle. Although Valentine's Day spending on significant others will reach a record high in the United States this year, fewer Americans are marrying and having sex, leading to fewer babies being born. But there is evidence to suggest that Cupid's aim will improve in coming years. If we want to survive as a species, we should be rooting for the pudgy cherub's success.

  • News & article

    Root for city workers

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/02/2024

    » Re: "High-perched garbos killed as truck enters underpass", (BP, Jan 24).

  • News & article

    Don't rely on last year's trends for global economy

    Oped, Published on 16/01/2024

    » Behavioural economists have popularised the term "recency bias" to describe our tendency to be disproportionately influenced by the latest events compared to earlier ones. Could this cognitive phenomenon explain why numerous analysts have a rather optimistic tilt for the world economy in 2024? Or are there really positive trends counterbalancing the obvious and mounting challenges to global growth?

  • News & article

    Cheers to savings!

    Postbag, Published on 10/01/2024

    » Re: "Booze tax cut approved to boost tourism", (BP, Jan 5).

  • News & article

    Sad tale of a sycamore and a chainsaw

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/10/2023

    » Every now and again there is a news story that leaves you scratching your head prompting the question "What were they thinking?" That was my reaction on reading of the destruction by vandals of an iconic sycamore tree in the northern England county of Northumberland.

  • News & article

    Current charter a no

    Published on 02/10/2023

    » Re: "Senate committee to monitor constitution rewrite", (BP, Sept 27).

  • News & article

    All should compete

    Postbag, Published on 22/09/2023

    » Re: "Agency jittery over visa loophole", (BP, Sept 20).

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