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Indonesian biodiesel makers gearing up to boost exports
Business, Reuters, Published on 20/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA: Indonesian biodiesel makers are gearing up to boost exports after the European Union removed anti-dumping duties on shipments from some producers in the country, but rival suppliers in Malaysia are bracing for a slowdown in the wake of the move.
Belgium tells kids to leave TV for sun and games
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» BRUSSELS: No television and no tablets. It sounds like a punishment, but across Belgium it was the recipe for the nationwide children's "play outside" day.
SET index leads Southeast Asian peers
ิBangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand indexs outgains other Southeast Asian markets on Thursday, while a selloff in the Philippines saw the index closing at it lowest in nearly a year.
Amazon.com shopping app goes global
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» Amazon.com Inc has launched an international shopping feature that will enable customers across the world to shop more than 45 million items that can be shipped to their country from the United States.
China replaces NZ as Australia's top tourist source
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» SYDNEY: China has leapfrogged New Zealand to become the top source country for travellers to Australia in the 12 months to February, Australian official data showed yesterday, as overall visitor numbers hit a record high.
SET rebounds, Singapore shares hit 3-month high
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 18/04/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand index rebounded, while other Southeast Asian shares mostly rose on Wednesday on a recovery in investor appetite for riskier assets after rosy corporate earnings from Wall Street boosted sentiment.
Singapore tutor faces jail for helping students cheat
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Singaporean tutor has pleaded guilty to helping six Chinese students cheat in school exams in a "highly sophisticated" operation using video calling and skin-coloured earphones, court documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed.
Tourists tapped to fight human trafficking
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 17/04/2018
» At Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi airport, a video repeats scenes of tourists visiting Thailand's sunny beaches and its vibrant nightlife, but at the end comes a warning.
SET drops, Philippines slides to over 11-month low
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 17/04/2018
» The Stock Exchang of Thailand and Philippine indexes slumped, while other markets in Southeast Asia were cautious on Tuesday as investors weighed up a mixed bag of economic data out of China.
China Q1 GDP grows slightly more than expected
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2018
» BEIJING: China's economy grew 6.8% in the first quarter of 2018 from a year earlier,official data showed on Tuesday, slightly above expectations and unchanged from the previous quarter.