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How gold fosters economic growth and prosperity
Business, Andrew Naylor, Published on 12/12/2024
» As we move into 2025, gold offers a unique opportunity to provide stability amid geopolitical uncertainties. Traditionally, gold is a symbol of prosperity and wealth in Thai culture, often used to celebrate major family milestones such as weddings, birthdays and the arrival of newborns.
US blacklists more Chinese tech firms
Business, Alexandra Alper, Published on 17/12/2022
» The Biden administration on Thursday added Chinese memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd (YMTC) and 21 "major" Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip sector to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China's chip industry.
Fed Plans 2023 Launch of Faster Payments System
Business, Andrew Ackerman, Published on 01/09/2022
» The Federal Reserve is set to launch a long-awaited faster payments system by next summer, a step that officials say will modernize an outmoded infrastructure and ensure that near-instant payments become widely available.
What's Holding Back Boeing's 787 Dreamliner?
Business, Andrew Tangel & Jemal R. Brinson, Published on 28/06/2022
» After debuting in 2011, Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner has become popular among the world's airlines. But heightened scrutiny both inside and outside the company in recent years has revealed a number of production flaws and largely prevented it from delivering new Dreamliner jets for nearly two years.
Asean-India relationship deepens
Asia focus, Ong Bo Yang, Published on 20/12/2021
» Next year marks the 30th anniversary of bilateral relations between Asean and India, and has been declared "Asean-India Friendship Year".
FAA Plans Warnings to Pilots, Airlines Over New 5G Rollout
Business, Andrew Tangel & Ryan Tracy, Published on 01/11/2021
» US air-safety regulators are preparing to issue warnings to pilots and airlines about potential interference with key cockpit safety systems by a new 5G wireless service slated to go live as soon as early December, according to current and former government and aviation industry officials briefed on the matter.
Asean's crucial digital mission
Asia focus, Ong Bo Yang, Published on 04/10/2021
» Speeding up digitisation and bridging the digital divide in the region is a mission of paramount importance, in the view of lawmakers who took part in the 42nd General Assembly of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly was held in August this year.
Stablecoins Eyed as U.S. Begins to Lay Ground for Rules on Cryptocurrencies
Business, Andrew Ackerman, Published on 27/09/2021
» The Biden administration is taking aim at so-called stablecoins as it begins to lay the ground for stricter regulation of cryptocurrencies that could shape the future of digital money.
'Old normal' is good for Asean-US relations
Asia focus, Ong Bo Yang, Published on 16/08/2021
» During an Asean-US foreign ministers' meeting last month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Asean's importance as a strategic partner. The United States, he said, remains committed to fighting the coronavirus pandemic, achieving economic growth, and addressing the climate emergency together with its regional friends.
New supply chain challenges
Asia focus, Ong Bo Yang, Published on 26/07/2021
» The Suez Canal blockage in March showed us how vulnerable world trade is to disruptions in global supply chains. It came at a time when businesses were still coming to grips with the chaos caused by months of Covid-related lockdowns and border control measures.