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Look to emerging markets in transitional year
Business, InnovestX Securities, Published on 26/11/2022
» We believe 2023 will be a transitional year, the next stage following the "low-rates, low-growth" years of 2010-19 and the "Covid years" of 2020-22, where the pandemic led to a global lockdown, massive fiscal spending, skyrocketing debt and the great reflation.
Baggage handlers told to speed up
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/11/2022
» The Transport Ministry has ordered baggage-handling companies at Suvarnabhumi airport to speed up their services after receiving complaints from people who had to wait up to 90 minutes to collect their luggage.
Did Apec elite taste enough of Thailand?
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/11/2022
» What lasting benefits will Thailand enjoy having just wrapped up its hosting of Apec 2022 -- a global trade forum held in Bangkok last week? How will the much-touted meeting make Thailand better off in the long run? And will the excited chatter about a "BCG" economy ever amount to more than an acronym few working in those targeted sectors can decypher to give a full name to?
Equities pause as market takes stock of Covid cases
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 26/11/2022
» RECAP: Asian equities fell yesterday in subdued activity after the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. Chinese shares led declines as investors weighed recent gains against an upswing in Covid-19 infections, which reached a new single-day high above 30,000 infections.
Of debt and bondage with Beijing
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 26/11/2022
» Recently released details of Kenya's 2014 loan agreement with China to finance a controversial railway project have once again highlighted the predatory nature of Chinese lending in developing countries. The contract not only imposed virtually all risk on the borrower (including requiring binding arbitration in China to settle any dispute), but also raised those risks to unmanageable levels (such as by setting an unusually high interest rate). With terms like that, it is no wonder some countries around the world have become ensnared in sovereignty-eroding Chinese debt traps.
Expert offers tips for decriminalisation
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 26/11/2022
» A human rights expert has given suggestions on how to strategically decriminalise policies in the kingdom relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community.
Masks advised when in crowds
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/11/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health is now advising people to wear face masks when in crowded places as the number of daily Covid-19 cases has spiked.
Solve BTS saga
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/11/2022
» Re: "Time to end BTS drama", (Editorial, Nov 25).
Argentina out to save campaign
Sports, AFP, Published on 26/11/2022
» DOHA: It was not supposed to be this way. Before the World Cup started, hopes were high in Argentina that Lionel Messi was set for a glorious swansong.
Domestic travel rises above early forecasts
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/11/2022
» Travellers made 200 million domestic trips in the first 10 months of this year, less than the 222 million in 2019 but up on the 160 million trips projected by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), according to a government spokesman.