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Can India's service sector survive US disruption?
Oped, Manishi Raychaudhuri, Published on 21/10/2025
» India's long-vaunted services sector has been boosted in recent years by the exponential growth of Global Capability Centres, multinational corporations' offshore hubs. However, President Donald Trump's administration is now threatening to dramatically alter the landscape for Indian workers, even as GCCs face several domestic challenges.
Reform lending laws
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/09/2025
» Re: "Buy now, bankrupt later", (Business, Sept 1). Little is ever said about the so-called many (often SET-listed) prolific finance companies here, which charge very high interest rates, levy late fees very quickly, and impose other strict rules that are often, may we say, not very consumer-finance friendly.
Rethinking tourism
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/03/2025
» Re: "Illegal hotel woes plague Bangkok", (BP, March 4).
Cheaper treatment
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2025
» Re: "Cancer patients are dying to survive", (Commentary, Feb 7).
Implications of an ageing population
Oped, Daniel Moss, Published on 11/04/2024
» Thailand is racing to both revive -- and renovate -- the economy, bringing with it profound social changes. Infamous for its role in Asia's financial meltdown a generation ago, the country is today running headlong into a hurdle confronting the region: a dwindling and greying population.
2024 financial crisis may be a silent one
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 04/04/2024
» When an economy faces a financial crisis, it can create a big bang like the mass collapse of financial institutions such as during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Thai Tum Yum Kung crisis of 1997, the Japanese financial crisis in late 1997, and the US Hamburger crisis of 2008.
Has McKinsey & Co finally become unleadable?
News, Chris Hughes, Published on 27/01/2024
» It's a big year for elections -- and that includes McKinsey & Co's poll to pick the Global Managing Partner for the next three years. As in so many elections, there's a difference between the skills needed to get the job and those required once elected.
The danger of talking down immigration in Oz
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 11/01/2024
» Pre-pandemic Australia looks like hallowed ground that the contemporary economy will struggle to surpass. For local officials who aspire to take a crack at emulating a celebrated decades-long expansion, it's important not to downgrade a vital component that's become radioactive: immigration. The country's politicians are showing a worrying lapse in memory.
Isoc in need of oversight
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2022
» The phenomenon of "ghost recruitment" has cast a long shadow over how the government spends tax money to recruit staff to work in restive southernmost provinces.
A needless van death
News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2022
» Schools and facilities such as school buses should be the safest places for our children.