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Measuring the economic impact of AI
Oped, Published on 24/10/2025
» Is AI transforming the economy in any real sense, or is the promise of rapid growth mere hype?
Little action on cutting power bills
Editorial, Published on 06/04/2025
» On the surface, a pledge by the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government to cut electricity prices from 4.15 baht per kilowatt-hour to 3.99 baht for the next billing cycle starting May 1 seems like long-awaited good news.
Cross at your peril
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/04/2025
» Re: "French tourist killed on zebra crossing in Kanchanaburi", (BP, April 4).
Net the big crooks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2025
» Re: "Cop course for Chinese investigated", (BP, Jan 4).
Scales of justice
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/11/2024
» Re: "Official's absence under review", (BP, Oct 30) & "No justice for Tak Bai", (Editorial, Oct 30).
Unplugging the electricity monopoly
Oped, Rapeepat Ingkasit, Published on 18/09/2024
» Thailand's electricity prices remain stubbornly high, burdening consumers and businesses alike.
Simone Biles is redefining athletic resilience
News, Published on 31/07/2024
» With the Olympics underway in Paris, the world has a front seat to something truly magical: the gravity-defying skills of US gymnast Simone Biles. And although I'm, of course, looking forward to watching her attempt the Yurchenko double pike vault -- a jump she is the only woman to even attempt in competition, and which she smashed during practice in Paris last week -- I'm really just glad to see her back in a leotard, beaming while high-fiving her teammates.
Ukraine hospitals are targets of war
Oped, Published on 20/07/2024
» 'I'm not hurt! I'm alive!" I hear my father's agitated voice over the phone. The day is July 8, when 38 Russian missiles attacked Ukraine. Several of them hit Kyiv residential areas. Even though I live in Kyiv and get used to air-raid alerts, it's just hard to believe it's my family's turn now to become part of the target of the Russian missiles. "There was an attack. It's our building. I think someone was killed. I've got to go," my father hangs up, leaving me completely lost.
The hazard of lower interest rates
Oped, Published on 20/06/2024
» When interest rates decline and stabilise, financial-market participants tend to take on greater leverage and risk. The challenge for regulators, then, is to prevent those risks from becoming systemic and causing a broader economic crisis.