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Telecoms firm misses Thai 4G payment deadline

Bangkok / AFP Thailand’s 4G expansion was thrown into disarray on Monday after a telecoms company that beat more established rivals at an auction last year failed to meet its first payment deadline, voiding the bid. The failure is a blow to the country’s junta who had earmarked money from the lucrative auctions for use in key infrastructure projects and ...

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Power outage hits Bangkok rail link, hundreds stranded

BANGKOK / AP About 750 passengers were stranded on Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link due to a power outage during Monday morning rush hour, prompting several people to walk along the train’s overhead tracks to the next station. Bangkok’s Erawan medical emergency center said seven people fainted on the train while waiting more than two hours for operations to resume. The ...

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Brexit could cost UK 950,000 jobs by 2020, says CBI study

Bloomberg Leaving the European Union might cost the UK £100 billion ($145 billion) in lost economic output and 950,000 jobs by 2020, the Confederation of British Industry said as it stepped up its campaign against a so-called Brexit. An exit could, according to the study, meaning unemployment would be 2-3 percent higher by 2020 than if Britain remained in the ...

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