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Bitcoin leaps to record high of $75,000 as traders lean towards Trump victory
Reuters, Published on 06/11/2024
» SINGAPORE - Bitcoin surged to a record high in Asian trade as investors leaned towards Donald Trump winning the United States presidential election.
Amazon's plan to tackle Temu, Shein? Sell more toothpaste
Reuters, Published on 01/11/2024
» NEW YORK - Amazon's push to offer more everyday essentials like toothpaste is hurting its average selling prices, but it is also a guard against rivals such as Temu and Shein that offer rock bottom prices on goods they ship from China.
Thailand yet to finalise terms of multilateral clean power deal with Singapore
Reuters, Published on 22/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - Thailand is yet to finalise terms of an extension to a multilateral deal with Singapore to import hydropower from Laos through Malaysia and Thailand, a senior Thai government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Indonesia asks Apple, Google to block China's Temu to protect small merchants
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has asked Alphabet's Google and Apple to block Chinese fast fashion e-commerce firm Temu in their application stores in the country so it cannot be downloaded, a minister said on Friday.
Oil prices rise on US storm, fears of Israel-Iran conflict
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose on Thursday underpinned by a spike in fuel demand as a major storm barreled into Florida and concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East amid heightened tensions between Israel and major oil producer Iran.
Inflation up in August, below forecast
Reuters, Published on 05/09/2024
» Thailand's annual headline inflation rate slowed in August, as food prices rose and energy prices fell, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, and remained below the Bank of Thailand's (BoT) target range of 1% to 3%.
Inflation target range still effective - central bank
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2024
» Thailand's current inflation target range of 1% to 3% has been effective in anchoring expectations and in handling price shocks, minutes of the Bank of Thailand's (BoT) Aug 21 monetary policy meeting showed on Wednesday.
BoT governor, finance minister to discuss inflation
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2024
» Thailand's central bank chief and finance minister will meet in early September to open negotiations on an inflation target for 2025, a senior official said, as the government seeks a new goal with an eye on a rate cut that it has pushed for months.
Inflation up in July, above forecast
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2024
» Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.83% in July from a year earlier, after the previous month's annual increase of 0.62%, the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday.
China's Temu vendors protest over penalty policy
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» BEIJING - Hundreds of Chinese sellers on Temu have protested against what they call unbearably high penalties imposed by the firm, one of the merchants involved in the protest told Reuters, a fresh sign of tough price competition with low-cost rival Shein.