31 - 40 of 77 results for "debt menace"

  1. 31. learning | 01 Dec 2010

    Who will payoff 1997 crisis debt?

    About economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Loan defaults mushroomed in 1997 and the government has to pay it all back now, but the central bank objects that monetary policy is its rightful job.

  2. 32. learning | 18 Jun 2012

    Contract farming: Broken dreams

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Farmers dreaming of stable incomes find that contracts lead to debt & getting used by large agribusiness companies. Farmers cover both investment & the losses.

  3. 33. learning | 20 Jan 2012

    Hide the government debt? (like Greece)

    About finance

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Heed central bank & international financial markets warns outgoing Finance Minister Thirachai (former central banker & securities regulator).

  4. 34. learning | 11 May 2011

    Oil subsidies: Road to "financial chaos" ?

    About energy

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Soaring oil prices won't change gas guzzling habits if government pays for it. Crippling public debt like Greece's may result.

  5. 35. learning | 07 Feb 2011

    Interest rate uptrends and business failure

    About finance

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Interest rates are rising. Business size and existing debt are key survival indicators.

  6. 36. tech | 30 Apr 2013

    Faltering Apple to sell bonds

    By AFP

    » Apple moved Monday toward its first-ever debt issue, filing documents describing plans for bond sales which would be used to pay dividends in an effort to stem its stock slide.

  7. 37. learning | 19 Nov 2012

    Hospital budget freeze

    About healthcare

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Hospitals need to use cheaper medicine, not buy new equipment & lay off staff to cut expenses. As financial crisis nears 50% of hospitals losing money, 25% in debt.

  8. 38. learning | 15 Feb 2012

    Central bank: New revenue hunt

    About banking

    By Jon Fernquest

    » 24 years still likely to pay off FIDF 1997 crisis debt recently shifted to Bank of Thailand in possibly unconstitutional bypassing of parliament by executive decree.

  9. 39. opinion | 09 Apr 2013

    Train debt plan opens tax reform opportunity

    By Achara Ashayagachat, Newspaper section: News

    » Parliament's decision last week to pass the first reading of the 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill overhauling the nation's infrastructure has boosted foreign investors' confidence in the Yingluck administration...

  10. 40. opinion | 26 Mar 2013

    Public must back loan

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » The government is scheduled to propose the 2-trillion-baht infrastructure borrowing bill to parliament on Thursday. If it is enacted, the government would have to service and repay the debt for about 50 years before the ...

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