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Emerging markets rally faces headwinds
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/08/2020
» The emerging-market rally that has all but wiped out the losses since the start of the coronavirus pandemic looks headed for a late-August reappraisal amid a resurgence of trade tensions and delays to a US stimulus.
Singapore’s staycations can’t fill $20bn tourism gap
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2020
» In Indonesia, locals can soon fly from Jakarta to the beaches of Bali for a domestic vacation. Tokyo residents can escape the pandemic stress with a hike up Mount Fuji, and New Yorkers can head to the Hamptons on Long Island.
Banks demoted from list of most valuable companies
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/07/2020
» Thailand’s biggest banks aren’t so large when it comes to their market values. Siam Commercial Bank Plc was overtaken last month by agro-industrial firm Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, leaving the kingdom as the only Southeast Asian economy without lenders among its 10 most-valuable companies.
Bali hotels on sale cheap amid tourism slump
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/06/2020
» Gone are the Australian surfers and Chinese tour groups. Also missing are yoga aficionados seeking inner peace, like Julia Roberts in “Eat Pray Love”.
Gold edges closer to 9-year high
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/06/2020
» Gold futures edged closer toward $1,800 an ounce — a level last seen at the end of 2011 — as demand for haven assets surged amid concerns over rising coronavirus infections.
Thailand returns to roots as food exports soar
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/06/2020
» Thailand is returning to its economic roots as a food producer, with overseas demand for rice, seafood, fruit and other edibles bolstering exports even as the Covid-19 pandemic dents production and shipments of manufactured goods.
Singapore looks to rely less on foreign workers after pandemic
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2020
» Singapore will have to find ways to rely less on foreign workers and accelerate automation of some tasks in its post-pandemic economy, Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah told reporters Monday.
Australia plans to export solar power to Singapore via undersea cable
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/05/2020
» Survey work will soon begin on an ambitious plan to export power from a giant solar farm in Australia to Singapore via a 3,800 kilometre undersea cable.
China hones new plan to overtake the US in tech
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/05/2020
» Beijing is accelerating its bid for global leadership in key technologies, planning to pump more than a trillion dollars into the economy through the rollout of everything from wireless networks to artificial intelligence.
Fishermen struggling as restaurants shuttered worldwide
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/04/2020
» Just one kilogramme of freshly caught squid a day was almost enough to live on for Thai fishermen like Wisut Boonnak. Now the catch has halved in price and he’s spending more time on village duties.