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Thailandia
Consumer confidence at 20-month high in November
Thai consumer confidence rose for a sixth straight month in November, reaching a 20-month high, boosted by improved economic activity following the easing of Covid-19 curbs and higher foreign tourist arrivals, a survey showed on Thursday.
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Thailandia
Thai Union to go ahead with B6bn investment
Thai Union Group Plc, a global leading seafood company, has repledged its intention to invest 6 billion baht to expand its business over the coming year, despite the ongoing global economic challenges, including runaway inflation and rising interest rates.
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Thailandia
Industry group knocks Pheu Thai's 600B minimum wage
The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is opposing the Pheu Thai Party's pledge to raise the daily minimum wage to 600 baht because it could affect the business sector's competitiveness.
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Cina Nuova Zelanda
Beijing denies Chinese police station operating in New Zealand, as authorities probe allegation
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says claims China has a police station in NZ are 'concerning' and being investigated. China's Embassy says it's not true.
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Cina Singapore Hong Kong
Hong Kong and Singapore compete for green finance supremacy
The race to attract all that fresh money and trading business in Asia will take years to play out, but so far Singapore has an ...
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Giappone
Japan sees first current account deficit in nine months in October
The current account balance, one of the widest gauges of international trade, marked the sharpest drop on record.
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Giappone
Japan’s life insurers are dumping foreign bonds at a record pace
While the yen has already seen a strong rebound from its October low, expectations for further gains make it unlikely Japanese investors will rush back ...
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Giappone
Japan’s smaller contraction masks extent of underlying weakness
Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 0.8% in the three months to the end of September from the previous period, revised figures from the Cabinet ...
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Regno Unito
Kenyan SMEs picked for Sh9b UK-backed credit guarantee deal
This is after the Africa Guarantee Fund (AGF) and the UK government's development finance institution British International Investment (BII) inked a credit guarantee deal.
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Uruguay
BMW likely to beat Mercedes-Benz in Korean sales after 7 years
German luxury carmaker BMW is highly likely to top import car sales in South Korea this year, seven years after it lost the No.1 title to its archrival Mercedes-Benz. According to recent data from the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Assoc