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Ministry aims to purge bad loans from bureau blacklist
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/06/2024
» The Finance Ministry plans to hold talks with the Bank of Thailand and National Credit Bureau (NCB) about ways to reduce non-performing loans (NPLs) resulting from the impact of the pandemic, known as Code 21 debtors, in a bid to remove them from the bureau's blacklist sooner so they can access credit.
Bankers' pay is booming in Saudi Arabia
Business, Nicolas ParasieMatthew Martin, Published on 08/05/2023
» DUBAI: Even as the global financial community contends with layoffs and lower bonuses, banking jobs remain plentiful and salaries are surging in one unexpected corner of the world: Saudi Arabia.
Ministry of Labour announces results of purge of migrant workers snatching Thai jobs in fiscal year 2023
Published on 29/03/2023
» More than 200,000 cases were examined and 1,550 offenders were found, 883 of which were offenders who snatched 883 positions in Thai professions.
‘Do-nothing’ bureaucrats hold back Vietnam
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2023
» Vietnam’s Communist Party is growing alarmed about a new mantra taking hold among bureaucrats: Do a lot, get in trouble for a lot. Do less, get in trouble for less. Do nothing, get in trouble for nothing.
Global brands find it hard to untangle themselves from Xinjiang cotton
New York Times, Published on 06/04/2021
» Faced with accusations that it was profiting from the forced labour of Uyghur people in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, the H&M Group — the world’s second-largest clothing retailer — promised last year to stop buying cotton from the region.
China crackdown cuts Big Tech down to size
AFP, Published on 21/03/2021
» SHANGHAI: Tighter regulations, billions in lost overseas share value and government pledges to get even tougher -- Chinese tech giants are reeling under what looks like a sustained Big Brother assault on innovation and enterprise.
Pandemic a major blow for Airbnb
AFP, Published on 10/05/2020
» ATHENS: At the foot of the Acropolis hill, in the touristic Koukaki district, the coronavirus lockdown has silenced the sound of Airbnb customers' wheeled luggage.
Oil crash piles pressure on virus-hit Saudi economy
AFP, Published on 18/03/2020
» RIYADH: From empty hotels to shuttered beauty salons, oil-dependent Saudi Arabia is bracing for a coronavirus-led economic slump on top of possible austerity measures as crude prices go into free fall.
Saksayam backs down from board purge
Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 23/09/2019
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has backed down from his plan to replace board chairmen at Thai Airways International (THAI) and Airports Authority of Thailand (AOT).
Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar steps down
AFP, Published on 04/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific announced Wednesday its chairman John Slosar is stepping down to retire, the latest high-profile executive to leave the troubled airline after it drew Beijing's ire over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.