Posted by: ronakorn on: September 17, 2009
The euro held firm close to a nine-month high against the dollar in Asia on Wednesday as investors snapped up riskier assets, reflecting mounting hopes for a global economic recovery.
The euro stood at 1.4667 dollars in Tokyo midday trade, close to Tuesday’s peak of 1.4686, which was the [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 23, 2009
European new cars sales slumped in January to the lowest level for twenty years, trade data showed on Friday.
Sales fell by 27 percent in January from the figure in January last year, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said.
New registrations totalled 958,517 cars, the lowest level for two decades, ACEA said.
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 22, 2009
Thai rice exports fell 38 percent in January after a booming year, an industry group said Wednesday, as the world’s top seller of the grain suffered from the global financial crisis.
Slow demand and high rice prices — which reached a record of nearly 1,000 dollars per tonne last year — also hurt the industry, [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 15, 2009
Mr. Jitti Tangsithpakdi, president of the Gold Traders Association of Thailand, said that gold price tended to rise more and might reach 15,450 baht within a month.
Increasing gold prices are because the US financial crisis has not been solved yet. As a result, people have bought gold to reduce risk.
The gold situation is normal [...]
