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...then, can regulators and businessmen alike mitigate this conflict? The most logical initial step is to place renewed emphasis on the investor’s responsibility to rely on a constellation of datapoints, rather than one datapoint, when she makes an investment...
...Sondhi's "yellow shirts," as PAD members are known because of the color of their attire, are a movement of royalists, big businessmen and urban middle class Thais who are opposed to the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 coup, convicted of conflict of interest charges by Thai courts last year and is now living in self-imposed exile. Sondhi's firebrand speeches full of demagoguery rallied crowds of supporters in prolonged, occasionally violent, protests last year against Thaksin, but he has been accused by critics of stoking hatred against rural people...
...Meanwhile, a group of businessmen who supported the 2006 coup offered a one million baht ($28,000) bounty on Monday to anyone who will capture Thaksin and bring him back to Thailand. Tens of thousands of anti-Thaksin protestors turned out at several provincial capitals on Monday, including Thaksin's hometown of Chiang Mai, to swear allegiance and vow to defend the monarchy. Thaksin has been accused by many of his opponents, including one of the king's advisers, of disloyalty to the monarchy and wanting to establish a republic. He has vigorously denied the accusations...
...than others in the region, particularly during these times of crisis. "Select projects will get interest from investors in Japan and Taiwan but it won't be as easy as when liquidity was more available so incentives are needed," adds Uno, one of the country's most successful young businessmen. "It is high time for the government to take the lead...
...that will please Washington: ending the building of illegal Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories and promising to abide by the U.S.-sponsored peace accords that Israel signed with the Palestinians. On Wednesday, with Barak's support in mind, Netanyahu toned down his usual hawkishness, telling Israeli and Arab businessmen, "I'm a partner for peace." Next week Israelis will have a new Prime Minister and Cabinet, and a season or two of political stability. But Barak's opportunism may have set the historic Labor Party on a slide into irrelevance...