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Booming Southeast Asian vehicle sales drive urban congestion – Nikkei Asian Review/FT

25 May 2017

JAKARTA -- Vehicle sales in Southeast Asia are set to outpace all other regions of the world during 2017, according to industry research, highlighting surging economic expansion in some parts…

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Asia ponders whether Trump will walk the talk – Nikkei Asian Review/FT

17 November 2016

JAKARTA -- After the most divisive election campaign in decades, tens of thousands of Americans have protested and rioted against the winner in cities across the country, prompting international concerns…

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Smiling business hub beguiles – but for a limited time – FT

6 June 2012

BANGKOK -- Once a small fishing village on the Chao Phraya river, Bangkok was transformed by a 1980s investment boom into the concrete, high-rise city it is today. The sprawling…

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Thai films: in need of a (tax) break

8 December 2010

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2010/12/08/thai-films-in-need-of-a-tax-break/ Despite the help of Aung San Suu Kyi and Bill Clinton, the Thai film industry is struggling. Luc Besson’s Dans la Lumiere – a biopic about the life of…

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Export worries after Thai rate rise – Financial Times

3 December 2010

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2010/12/03/export-worries-after-thai-rate-rise/ When Thailand’s central bank governor, Prasarn Trairatvorakul, was appointed in July, he said that the country’s interest rate would be lifted to 2 per cent from 1.25 per cent…

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Why Thailand invests in Burma – Financial Times

3 December 2010

BANGKOK -- When in opposition, Abhisit’s party was hostile to the military rulers next door - and critical of the then Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, for cosying up to…

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Surprise Thai interest rate hike – Financial Times

1 December 2010

BANGKOK -- Thai exporters complain that interest rate increases are boosting the bhat - up 10.8 per cent this year - and hurting competitiveness, even though the central bank has…

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Thai electoral fraud case dismissed – Financial Times

29 November 2010

Mr Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 army coup and is accused by the Thai government of fomenting the anti-government “red shirt” protests earlier in 2010. The two-month stand-off between…

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Thailand buys sugar for the first time in 30 years – Financial Times

13 July 2010

BANGKOK -- The government bought more than 74,000 tonnes of white sugar from international trading houses at up to $720 a tonne for delivery between July and September. Although the…

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Thai group thinks big in China – Financial Times

12 July 2010

BANGKOK -- China is planning to build road and hi-speed rail networks across southeast Asia, linking the Mekong river countries with its own southern and western province and thereby enhancing…

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