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USA
Trump win shakes confidence, no long-term impact on Thailand
US president-elect Donald Trump is sending funds flowing out of Thailand in the short-term but it will not affect the country's economic outlook, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.
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Thailandia
Thai Oil records Q3 net profit on petrochem, forex gains
Thai Oil Plc, Thailand's largest oil refiner, said on Wednesday it had recorded a net profit of 2.94 billion baht in the third quarter due to improved income from its petrochemical businesses and gains from foreign exchange and oil hedging.
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Cina
China producer prices rise for second straight month
BEIJING - Price for goods at the factory gate rose in China for the second straight month in October, officials said on Wednesday, in a sign of strengthening demand in the world's second-largest economy.
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Malta
VGH ‘categorically denies’ allegation made by the Nationalist Party
VGH categorically denies allegations made by Nationalist Party spokespersons during yesterday’s press conference as well as allegations mentioned in a press release issued by the Nationalist Party's media office.On Tuesday, the Nationalist Party said it will ask the Parliamentary Committee on Health to go through all the hospital privatisation documents ...
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Malta
Home Affairs Minister says ‘no conflict’ on his relative investigating Bogdanovic case
Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela told The Malta Independent that he does not believe there is a conflict of interest when his relative was appointed to head an internal investigation into the Daniel Bogdanovic case.The minister explained that it was the Office of the Prime Minister that had appointed former Brigadier Carmel Vassallo to ...
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Trump election elicits fears, some cheers around the globe
The world faces a starkly different America led by a President Donald Trump.While the billionaire businessman's election was welcomed in some countries, others saw it as a big shock as governments will now have to deal with a man who has cozied up to Vladimir Putin, told NATO allies they ...
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Editorial: The Bogdanovic tale - Straight from Don Camillo-land
This Bogdanovic tale from Gozo has all the ingredient of a tale from Giovanni Guarreschi. Or from a Peppino skit on Mafia-land. Or more macabre tales from Latin America.On Friday Daniel Bogdanovic was arrested following a spot of domestic disagreement.But on Sunday there was a match between Xewkija Tigers, for ...
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Trump presidency unnerves companies, economists
The prospect of a Donald Trump presidency unnerves businesspeople and economists who see him as a reckless novice who might disrupt trade and imperil the struggling global economy.Financial markets tumbled Wednesday as Trump claimed victory after a campaign marked by fiery anti-foreign rhetoric and promises to tear up trade deals, ...
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USA
Republicans win two more years of House control, Democrat gains minimal
Republicans retained their lock on the House for two more years early Wednesday as GOP candidates triumphed in a checkerboard of districts in Florida, Virginia and elsewhere that Democrats had hoped Donald Trump's divisive comments about women and Hispanics would make their own.Democrats who'd envisioned big gains in suburban and ...
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Updated: Trump gains rattle world markets, as shares, dollar tumble
The rising prospect of a Trump presidency jolted markets around the world Wednesday, sending Dow futures and Asian stock prices sharply lower as investors panicked over uncertainties on trade, immigration and geopolitical tensions.At one point, Dow futures plunged more than 4 percent and Japan's major index nosedived more than 6.1 percent, its ...