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World stocks slide as China fails to quell stormy start
Published on 05/01/2016
» LONDON — World stocks fell again on Tuesday after their worst first-day performance in years, extending losses as relief at intervention by China to steady its markets quickly evaporated in the face of mounting concerns about the global economy.
Indonesia to throw open doors to Chinese investment
Published on 26/03/2015
» Indonesia is determined to open its doors to Chinese investments and significantly strengthen bilateral economic ties, even as it seeks clarity on China's vision of a Maritime Silk Road, President Joko Widodo said.
Zvonareva joins Pattaya field
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 30/01/2015
» Russia's Vera Zvonareva will be trying to win her third PTT Thailand Open in Pattaya next month.
Mainland Chinese shoppers stay clear of Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 03/10/2014
» HONG KONG - Sleek luxury store fronts plastered with political slogans and shops eerily empty of customers: the scenes in protest-gripped Hong Kong have left unsuspecting mainland Chinese visitors stunned in peak holiday season.
To the fore, with one fowl swoop
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/05/2014
» Even though Philippe Keller has worked behind the scenes at several previous Bangkok Chefs Charity gala dinners, this year, in his new role as the Dusit Thani Bangkok’s executive chef, he is being regarded as a first-timer at the banquet since this is the first year he has got the chance to prepare a dish of his own devising for what is to be the sixth edition of this annual affair.
Thailand Open folds, sold to Shenzhen
dpa, Published on 21/11/2013
» Falling spectator numbers and a general decline in local tennis interest since the 2007 retirement of Paradorn Srichaphan has killed the Thailand Open, with the ATP 250 event sold to organisers in Shenzhen, China, officials confirmed on Thursday.
Li Na rides her luck to see off Zakopalova
AFP, Published on 30/06/2013
» Chinese sixth seed Li Na came through a disjointed match with Czech 32nd seed Klara Zakopalova on Saturday to book her place in the Wimbledon fourth round.
FoxConn to pay Microsoft royalties for Android devices
AFP, Published on 17/04/2013
» Taiwan tech giant Hon Hai, parent company of FoxConn, will pay royalties to Microsoft to ward off a lawsuit over its production of devices using rival Google's Android and Chrome platforms.
Foxconn worker falls to death in China
AFP, Published on 14/06/2012
» A Foxconn worker fell to his death in China, the company which assembles products for Apple said Thursday, following a series of fatalities that sparked concern about conditions at its plants.