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  • BUSINESS

    Jobless rate tightly anchored

    Business, Published on 04/02/2015

    » A mere 0.56% — that's Thailand's official unemployment rate as of year-end 2014. It's among the lowest in the world, and compares with 9.4% in India and 6% in the Philippines within the region.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian markets jittery over Greece woes

    Published on 05/02/2015

    » HONG KONG — Concerns about Greece's plans to renegotiate its bailout rattled Asian markets Thursday and put pressure on the euro, while Shanghai and Hong Kong reversed early gains despite China cutting the amount of funds banks must hold in reserve.

  • BUSINESS

    Baht rallies on inflows, current account

    Bloomberg News, Published on 02/02/2015

    » The baht climbed the most in two weeks after foreign funds pumped money into local stocks and the nation posted a record current-account surplus.

  • BUSINESS

    Asia stocks surge on ECB move

    Published on 23/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Asian equity markets rallied Friday after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a huge cash injection to kickstart the eurozone economy, while crude prices surged on news the monarch of oil kingpin Saudi Arabia had died.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian markets fall after US declines

    Published on 29/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Asian stock markets mostly fell on Thursday, largely on the back of declines in the US triggered by concerns over a strengthening dollar and falling oil prices.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian shares mixed after Japan data

    Published on 30/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday, with Tokyo's main index rising after Japanese traders shrugged off data showing inflation slowing in December and household spending falling.

  • OPINION

    'War of civilisations' rhetoric is outdated, dangerous

    News, Published on 22/01/2015

    » On Jan 7, the day jihadists attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in France, I was in a small village in Anatolia, Turkey. I had barely registered the horrifying news when a friend forwarded me a tweet from New York Times columnist Roger Cohen. "The entire free world," it read, "should respond, ruthlessly."

  • BUSINESS

    Asia markets rise

    Published on 20/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday after China released data showing its economy grew a little faster than expected, while speculation swirled that the European Central Bank would embark on a huge stimulus programme.

  • BUSINESS

    Asia stocks mostly higher

    Published on 22/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Asian markets extended their rally this week, while the euro dipped ahead of a much-anticipated European Central Bank policy meeting that is forecast to see it introduce more monetary easing measures.

  • BUSINESS

    Oil slips, Asian stocks climb

    Published on 15/01/2015

    » HONG KONG — Oil prices resumed their downward spiral in Asia Thursday after rallying in the previous session on bargain-buying, while the dollar recovered after plunging in New York in reaction to disappointing US retail sales data.

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