US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise Asia Times | By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests in the strategic region. The USCC was addressed by five members of the US Congress, a pair of se...
Bangladesh focus country at 11th International Trade Fair in Meghalaya Newstrack India | Shillong, Mar 5 (ANI): Bangladesh businessmen have taken Shillong by storm by showcasing a wide variety of goods at the 11th International Shillong Trade Fair in Meghalaya. | The trade fair, which began on February 26, has been organised by the Industries and Trade Fair Association of Assam...
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise Asia Times | By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests in the strategic region. The USCC was addresse...
Thai elephant gives birth to first known male twins m&c | Bangkok - A Thai elephant has given birth to the world's first known male twins, local media reported Sunday. | The twin males were born to Phang Thong Khun, a 35-year-old in the north-eastern province of Surin, The Nation newspaper reported. | A c...
Thailand's 'Red Shirts' gear up for decisive week Inquirer | BANGKOK – Supporters of Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra started trying to build momentum Sunday for a mass rally next week that could decide the fate of their anti-government movement. | The so-called "Red Shirts" said they ex...
Breeders have a stock whose price is rising Houston Chronicle | Heifer No. 836/6 padded the sawdust on stage, her silvery-white dewlap swinging, her torso swollen in gestation. The auction booklet traced the Brahman's lineage out to three generations, starting with her sire, a champion bull, and her dam, a prod...
Bangladesh focus country at 11th International Trade Fair in Meghalaya Newstrack India | Shillong, Mar 5 (ANI): Bangladesh businessmen have taken Shillong by storm by showcasing a wide variety of goods at the 11th International Shillong Trade Fair in Meghalaya. | The trade fair, which began on February 26, has been organised by ...
Legal limbo stalls Thailand industry BBC News By Rachel Harvey | BBC News, Bangkok | Thailand's economic prospects could be put in jeopardy because of a continuing dispute at a huge industrial complex. | Recent figures on GDP and exports have been encouraging for the Thai government. | But econo...
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2 Big U.S. Carmakers Turn to Local Banks for Thai Factories The New York Times | BANGKOK - The two largest American carmakers are turning to local banks in Asia to pay for their expansion in the region, a departure from previous years that allows them to tap ...
Thailand offers tourists free insurance Post-Bulletin 3/4/2010 10:05:24 AM By Thanyarat Doksone | Associated Press | BANGKOK - Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrations as it seeks to attract tourists scared off by political turmoil, of...
Thailand Offers Tourists Free Insurance ABC News By THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press Writer | BANGKOK March 4, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | The Buddhist faithful gather at Wat Muang in Angthong, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, for Macha... The Buddhist faithful gather at Wat Muang in Angthon...
Thailand Offers Tourists Free Insurance CBS News Thailand Offers Free Insurance, Lifts Visa Fees To Entice Tourists Wary Of Political Turmoil | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrati...
World Stocks Fall Amid Fears of China Bank Curbs The New York Times | Filed at 4:31 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- World markets dropped Wednesday, led by a near 3 percent tumble in Shanghai's stock benchmark, as investors fretted about new curbs on the lavish bank lending that has driven China's economic revival. | The losses came despite Wall Street's gains on Tuesday, where the Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.1 p...
Thailand, Ready for Riot, Seizes $1.4 Billion from Thaksin Wall Street Journal By JAMES HOOKWAY And WILAWAN WATCHARASAKWET | Getty Images | Pro-Thaksin 'red shirt' supporters cry on Friday in Bangkok as the Thai Supreme Court announces the verdict stripping former the prime minister's family of more than half its wealth. | BANGKOK—Thailand's Supreme Court seized over half of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra's $2.3 ...
