41 - 50 of 94 results for "Standard & Poor's"

  1. 41. opinion | 15 May 2013

    Pmove must fight much harder to win the good fight

    SOCIETY

    By Piyaporn Wongruang, Newspaper section: News

    » Their plight represents what the poor suffer after decades of unfair development. Their protests used to grab headlines and shake the stability of governments. No longer.

  2. 42. learning | 23 Nov 2012

    Prince Mahidol Awards 2012

    About medicine & healthcare

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Community medicine to fight worm causing blindness in poor countries & guidelines for cost-effective medicine in UK, winners of this year's prize.

  3. 43. learning | 02 Nov 2012

    Bank of Thailand: Save first, spend later

    About banks & debt

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Debt of poor households & failure to make monthly payments rising fast after lenders push loans. Campaign to reduce dangerous debt.

  4. 44. learning | 23 Jul 2012

    Illegal lenders: How they cheat poor people

    About crime

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Men on motorcycles wearing black helmets beat up & terrorise late borrowers. Keep paying back your loan forever, is what some loan terms do to you.

  5. 45. lifestyle | 26 Apr 2013

    In the name of the father

    MOVIE REVIEW

    Newspaper section: Life

    » Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond The Pines could've been divided into two separate independent films: the first about a poor guy who resorts to robbery because he's desperate to provide for his son, and th...

  6. 46. learning | 23 Sep 2011

    Rice scheme mostly helps rich

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Poor stuck buying more expensive rice. Rice exporters, millers, warehousers, richer farmers, the cronies of politicians, the ones who will really benefit.

  7. 47. learning | 07 Oct 2011

    Populist housing policies for the rich?

    About housing

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Housing needs of poor still not met in first-time homebuyer program even after several revisions, yet many handouts for the rich included.

  8. 48. learning | 12 Jul 2011

    Poor foreign workers: No minimum wage

    About jobs

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Employers get around minimum wages with workers from poorer countries which they pay less.

  9. 49. opinion | 08 May 2013

    'New' top-down policies ignore plight of poor

    COMMENTARY

    By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News

    » Twenty-five years on, Sompong Wiangjand's fight to decommission the Pak Moon Dam _ destroyer of the Moon River ecosystem and the livelihoods of thousands of families _ is far from over.

  10. 50. learning | 02 May 2012

    Bangkok's free internet: 23,000 hotspots

    About technology

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Free public Wi-Fi service at 23,000 hotspots around Bangkok at schools, main streets, parks, hospitals, train & bus stations with standard of US & Singapore.

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