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UTCC notes sentiment uptick in December
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/01/2022
» Consumer and business sentiment rose in December, supported by the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, more tourism revenue and fresh government stimulus packages.
Fed ready to act
Business, Published on 14/01/2022
» We expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates twice this year and four times in 2023, taking the Fed funds rate (upper bound) to 1.75% by the end of 2023 from 0.25% currently.
Kubix begins operations after ICO licensing
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 14/01/2022
» Kubix Digital Asset (Kubix), a subsidiary of Kasikornbank (KBank), started operations yesterday after receiving an initial coin offering (ICO) portal licence from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday.
Alibaba helps upskill SMEs for B2B trade
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/01/2022
» The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) has joined hands with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to launch a programme aimed at promoting e-commerce skills among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tap into the global business-to-business (B2B) market worth US$23.9 trillion.
Fraud victims can seek justice via online lawsuits
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/01/2022
» Shoppers duped by rogue traders on the internet can file an online civil lawsuit with the courts soon as part of the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry's efforts to tackle escalating e-commerce scams.
Rising caseloads batter travel sentiment
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 14/01/2022
» The private sector is concerned about travel sentiment after domestic trips mostly stopped because of higher daily Covid caseloads and a lack of purchasing power as living costs hike.
Busanan and Supanida in quarter-finals
Sports, Published on 14/01/2022
» Busanan Ongbamrungphan and Supanida Katethong booked their berths in the women’s singles quarter-finals of the BWF India Open in New Delhi yesterday.
'Brothers' Saemapetch, Tawanchai face off
Sports, Published on 14/01/2022
» There’s been a shake-up to One Championship’s first event of 2022 — One: Heavy Hitters at the Singapore Indoor Stadium tonight.
Long pandemic is giving way to 'virus fatigue'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/01/2022
» The most dangerous consequence of Covid fatigue, however, is the magical thinking that it induces even in some health professionals. “It’s been so long; surely it will be over soon” is a wish, not a scientific statement.
Argentine economic miracle amid Covid
Oped, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 14/01/2022
» Although Covid-19 has been hard on everyone, it has not been an “equal opportunity” disease. The virus poses a greater threat to those who are already in poor health, many of whom are concentrated in poor countries with weak public-health systems. Moreover, not every country can spend one-quarter of its GDP to protect its economy, as the United States did. Developing and emerging economies have faced hard financial and fiscal constraints. And because of vaccine nationalism (hoarding by rich countries), they have had to scrounge for whatever doses they can get.