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Britons could face diet change under hard Brexit: report
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» LONDON - The British government could tell citizens to change their diets if importing food from the European Union becomes difficult under a no-deal Brexit, a report said Friday.
Third straight rout end worst weak for Dow, Nasdaq since 2008 crisis
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» NEW YORK - Wall Street ended its worst week in a decade with more bruising losses Friday, and with the tech-rich Nasdaq entering a bear market amid worries about trade wars and a possible US government shutdown.
It's the time, not the timing
Business, Pornthep Jubandhu, Published on 22/12/2018
» 'The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation," the American billionaire investor Seth Klarman once observed.
Fed, US shutdown threat spoil holiday mood
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Darana Chudasri, Published on 22/12/2018
» Recap: World stocks extended a steep sell-off yesterday as the threat of a US government shutdown and further increases in US borrowing costs compounded investor anxiety over the trajectory of global economic growth.
Watch this space
News, Postbag, Published on 22/12/2018
» Politicians and political parties are claiming Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is unable to solve Thailand's corruption problems by referring to his deputy, and the watch scandal. If this is set to be the new standard of intolerable corruption, Thailand is moving forward. But for that to happen, politicians and parties now heavily criticising Gen Prayut have to stick to the 25 watches norm also when in power. I am sceptical, especially with the new party that wants to move "forward" by moving backwards, returning to the old democracy that was not so much of a democracy.