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Asian rally continues in response to China stimulus
Business, Nuntawun PolkuamdeeNareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/09/2024
» RECAP: Stocks in Asia extended gains yesterday as risk appetite across financial markets got a further boost from a series of stimulus measures in China, where stock markets had their best week since 2008. A sharp fall in oil prices also bodes well for disinflation globally.
Luxury dog hotels give paws for thought
Business, AFP, Published on 21/01/2022
» Cape Town: Three dachshunds lay claim to a big bed, while an agitated mongrel yaps constantly and a miniature schnauzer appears disgruntled despite soothing Bob Marley tunes playing over the stereo.
Car producers still optimistic for 2022
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 10/01/2022
» Tourism was not the only industry relieved when Thailand reopened its borders to foreigners on Nov 1 last year, with automakers also applauding the move to welcome back international visitors.
Grocers Need Not Fear Amazon -- for Now
Business, Jinjoo Lee & Dan Gallagher, Published on 25/05/2021
» Amazon's disruptive streak hasn't yet extended to the grocery aisles. Supermarkets should still be on their toes.
Who will stem the travel rout?
Business, Published on 03/09/2020
» With Covid-19 on the rampage and ever more sly as travellers await an elusive silver-bullet vaccine, Asia is on sale. In a trend that began in early 2020, over-leveraged independents and smaller hotel groups are racing to offload debt as hungry property funds sniff around for rock-bottom deals.
We need more space
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 19/08/2020
» As the world twiddles its thumbs at home obsessing over rather small dreams like a dash to the grocery store through a gap in the Covid clouds, seven organisations and nations are on their way to space, four of them to the fabled and mysterious Red Planet. Others are dreaming up unimaginable space thrills.
Gold sales volume halves as price peak passes
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 22/04/2020
» The public continues to sell off gold holdings, but the sales volume has halved in two weeks, with the long queues on Yaowarat Road disappearing after gold prices fell to a one-week low.
Mad dash to cash in on gold spike
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 16/04/2020
» Thailand's net gold exports of 18,052 kilogrammes in February and 17,638kg in March outpaced the total volume in 2019 of 13,528kg, indicating a mad rush to sell the metal, while the lopsided market has compelled some goldsmiths to temporarily shut down for fear of a cash shortage.
Blockchain stands at the precipice
Business, William Hicks, Published on 03/12/2019
» Following the crash in cryptocurrency prices, the future of blockchain remains uncertain, yet enthusiasm abounded at the World Blockchain Summit held in Bangkok on Monday for the potential of this fledgling technology.
Smaller rivals to challenge Bitcoin
Business, Reuters, Published on 16/05/2019
» LONDON: Bitcoin's weathered hacks, heists, booms and busts to reign as the king of cryptocurrencies through its first decade. But now there's a fresh challenge to its dominance of the fledgling market: some 2,000 smaller digital coins.