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SCBAM mulls new crypto fund
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 23/02/2018
» SCB Asset Management (SCBAM) aims to retain its top spot in terms of assets under management (AUM) in the industry through offering new investment products, with the possibility of launching a cryptocurrency fund.
Uber will invest 'aggressively' in SE Asia after SoftBank deal
Reuters, Published on 22/02/2018
» NEW DELHI: Uber Technologies Inc's chief executive pledged to continue investing aggressively in Southeast Asia even though the US ride hailing firm expects to lose money in the fast growing market due to costly battles with rivals such as Grab.
E-commerce tax plan causing ripples across USA
News, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Published on 22/02/2018
» The year 2018 begins with a rare moment of accomplishment for the Trump administration: The United States is verging on the nation's biggest overhaul of its tax code for a generation, which will radically cut taxes on profits by US multinationals that repatriate their overseas earnings back to the US.
Gems export outlook upbeat
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/02/2018
» Thailand's gems and jewellery exports are expected to recover to 2-3% growth this year on the strength of the global economic recovery and the unique design of Thai products.
Tailwinds projected for Thai shipments in 2018
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/02/2018
» The government is upbeat about the country's export prospects after shipments rose at the fastest rate in more than five years in January.
Africa's man-made water crisis
News, Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Published on 22/02/2018
» About a decade ago, at a meeting of South African mayors convened by Lindiwe Hendricks, South Africa's then-minister of water and environmental affairs, we predicted that an unprecedented water crisis would hit one of the country's main cities within 15 years, unless water-management practices were improved significantly. That prediction has now come true, with Cape Town facing a shutdown of its piped water network. The question now is whether African leaders will allow our other projection -- that, within the next 25-30 years, many more of the continent's cities will be facing similar crises -- to materialise.
Trump junior says presidency is costing the family firm
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» NEW DELHI - Donald Trump's presidency has cost the family firm "millions of dollars" in lost business, his son told an Indian newspaper during a visit aimed at drumming up sales of new luxury apartment complexes.
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» PARIS - Before man-made climate change kicked in -- and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May -- the global water crisis was upon us.
Export growth highest in 62 months
Online Reporters, Published on 21/02/2018
» The value of exports rose by 17.56% year on year in January, the largest increment in 62 months, Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said on Wednesday.
Chinese warships enter Indian Ocean amid Maldives tensions
Published on 20/02/2018
» SHANGHAI: Eleven Chinese warships sailed into the East Indian Ocean this month, a Chinese news portal said, amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency.