Asian stocks down despite US home sales rebound Herald Tribune | BANGKOK - Asian stock markets were down in light trading Tuesday, with investors refraining from major moves despite positive figures on U.S. new home sales and an upbeat forecast from shipping giant FedEx. | Oil prices hovered for a second day near $79 a barrel as investors weighed a three-day st...
Divisive ex-Thai leader marks birthday on Twitter The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-Thailand's deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra marked his 61st birthday Monday with tweets from exile that called for peace, a day after a grenade exploded in downtown Bangkok that left one person dead and 10 wounded. | There have been no claims of responsibility for Sunday's blast at a bus ...
Divisive ex-Thai leader marks birthday on Twitter The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-Thailand's deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra marked his 61st birthday Monday with tweets from exile that called for peace, a day after a grenade exploded in downtown Bangkok that left one person dead and 10 wounded. | There have been no cla...
Deadly blast rips Bangkok Hong Kong Standard A man died and 10 people were wounded after a bomb blast at a bus stop in Bangkok last night. | //--> Monday, July 26, 2010 | ADVERTISEMENT | A man died and 10 people were wounded after a bomb blast at a bus stop in Bangkok last night. | The 51-year-...
2ND LD: Ruling party candidate wins important by-election in Bangkok+ Breitbart BANGKOK, July 25 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING FIGURE IN 5TH GRAF) | A ruling Democrat Party candidate won a crucial parliamentary by- election held in Bangkok on Sunday, seen as a test of the popularity of the ruling party ahead of a general el...
Kempinski opens hotel in central Bangkok m&c | Bangkok - The Kempinski Hotels SA Thursday launched a 303-room luxury hotel in central Bangkok, months after anti-government protests in the area ended in a looting and arson spree. | The Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, a Thai-Bahrain joint venture m...
Thai government lifts emergency in more provinces The Star | BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government said on Tuesday it was lifting a state of emergency in three provinces but it would remain in force in 16 others, including Bangkok, to ...
Thai government lifts emergency in more provinces The Star | BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government said on Tuesday it was lifting a state of emergency in three provinces but it would remain in force in 16 others, including Bangkok, to help the authorities cope with the aftermath of recent unrest. Thai po...
Infosys closes down Bangkok BPO The Hindu | BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies has closed down its BPO centre in Bangkok due to inability to scale up operations. | "It was sub-scale. It had around 50 employees and most of the work from the centre had been transferred to other centres," Infoys C...
South American wasps to be let loose on Thailand's cassava crop m&c | Bangkok - Scientists are soon to release a quarter of a million South American wasps on Thailand's cassava crop in a sting operation against an infestation of mealybugs. | The Department of Agriculture was scheduled Saturday to release the Anagyrus...
Don't feed the elephants: Bangkok introduces fines Post-Bulletin 7/12/2010 12:30:26 PM | Associated Press | BANGKOK — You can still feed elephants in Thailand's bustling capital — but it could cost you. | Bangkok authorities said Monday anyone caught handing bunches of bananas or sugar cane to the hulking beasts — proffered by their handlers to make money — faces a $320 (10,000 baht) fine. | Thailand has about 2...
