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Industry leaders target continuity
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Wichit Chantanusornsiri and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/08/2024
» Thailand's economic outlook is in disarray following the removal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in an ethics case that involved his appointment of a lawyer with a criminal conviction to his cabinet.
Quarantine Rules Threaten Hong Kong's Role as Finance Hub, Businesses Say
Business, Elaine Yu, Published on 30/08/2021
» In an effort to maintain zero locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, Hong Kong has imposed one of the world's toughest quarantine regimes, confining most arrivals from overseas to a hotel room for as long as three weeks.
Business baffled by gaffes
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 05/07/2021
» As both new daily infections and deaths caused by Covid-19 continue to set records, concerns regarding the administration's ability to govern the country have almost reached a critical point.
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.
JSCCIB downgrades GDP, sets up rehab panel
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 06/08/2020
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has downgraded the country's economic outlook this year to a drop of 7-9% while ushering in a new panel to help formulate a rehabilitation plan to shore up the economy.
Asean shares advance, but Hong Kong a concern
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Darana Chudasri, Published on 30/05/2020
» Recap: Emerging market stocks and currencies traded sideways yesterday as investors waited to see how the US would respond to China's security law on Hong Kong. Most Asean bourses advanced on news of more easing of mobility restrictions in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.
Airbnb Racks Up Hundreds of Millions in Losses Due to Coronavirus
Business, Preetika Rana, Jean Eaglesham & Kirsten Grind, Published on 23/03/2020
» Airbnb Inc. is considering raising capital from new investors, as the home-sharing giant wrestles with escalating losses due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its global business, according to people close to the company.
Equity sell-off goes viral, gold gains
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Darana Chudasri, Published on 01/02/2020
» Recap: Most Asian equity indices tumbled yesterday as the rising death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China rattled investors' nerves, with human transmission seen in other countries including Britain, South Korea and Thailand. Gold prices rallied as investors sought refuge amid a global pandemic.
UTCC: Threats could cost B227bn, cut GDP growth
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 31/01/2020
» Widespread drought, budget disarray, toxic dust and the impact of the Wuhan virus outbreak on tourism-related spending and exports are expected to cost 226.7 billion baht in losses to the Thai economy, says the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Crisis cuts at projected tourist income
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/01/2020
» Thailand is estimated to lose 80-100 billion baht in income, mainly from tourism, because of the deadly virus outbreak, shaving economic growth by 0.5-0.7 percentage points this year.