Markets calm following Thai coup
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Asian markets slip after the military takeover in Thailand, but the lack of conflict means losses are limited.
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Oil prices were little changed on Monday  as investors focused on Asian stock market gains, setting aside  for now worries of a potential U.S. economic recession that had  knocked prices 3 percent lower late last week.
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Thailand's former Prime Minister is back in the region on holiday?and he's making the generals nervous
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Calm is restored on financial markets, with East Asian shares rising after an overnight recovery in the US.
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Most markets in Asia fell by between 2 and 3 percent today as Wall Street was steady after yesterdayâs losses.
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Thailand's military rulers are struggling to convince the international community that staging a coup was the only way to maintain democracy here. But it's been a tough sell.
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European stock markets have advanced as investors shrugged off initial worries over the bloodless coup in Thailand and focused instead on an interest rate decision in the United States.
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Thailand was poised Saturday for the first election since last year's bloodless coup, under the close watch of the military and the looming shadow of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shed few tears on Wednesday over the death of 78 Muslims in military custody as distraught mourners besieged an army
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Thai business leaders and investors have welcomed their new premier amid hopes the military-backed leader will shore up confidence in an economy rocked by months of political crisis.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand&#39;s prime minister has said he will heed the words of the nation&#39;s king to use a &quot;gentle approach&quot; in the aftermath of 85 people dying at the hands of government forces last week.
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CFO signals advertising slowdown A little excitement in the US markets today, what with a military coup in Thailand and Yahoo! sharing its concern over advertising revenues in Q3.â¦
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Wildlife activists in Kenya heaved a sigh of relief as experts said this week's coup d'etat in Thailand had dealt the final blow to a controversial plan to export animals to a Thai zoo.
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Thailand&#39;s anti-graft panel said Monday it would freeze assets held by ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his family, totalling at least 52.9 billion baht (1.52 billion dollars).
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Thailandâs central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the fifth consecutive time this year to spur an economy blighted by slumping consumer confidence after last yearâs coup. The Bank of Thailand reduced its one-day bond repurchase rate to 3.25 percent from 3.5 percent. Lower interest rates may help the baht retreat from a 10-year high against the dollar, making exporters more competitive. âConsumption and investment remain weak,â said Usara Wilaipich, an economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Bangkok. âInflation is not a concern now because a slump in spending has curbed price increases.â
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Thailand's political parties got down to hard bargaining on Monday after voters roundly rejected last year's military coup but failed to give supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra an outright majority.
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An uneasy calm has settled on Fiji's capital, a day after a bloodless military coup that world leaders condemned as an outrage which would plunge the fragile nation into economic hardship and isolation.