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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Federal statutes in the U.S. Code and agency rules in the Code of Federal Regulations are easy to locate online. This is not the case , however, for the thousands of sub-regulatory guidance documents and “interpretative rules,” notices, bulletins, circulars, memoranda and so forth . But then again, these were never easy to locate offline either. Guidance documents are ostensibly non-binding, meant to inform or provide clarity, but guidance can be inapprorpriately leveraged to influence policy and public behavior, according to the Administrative Conference of the United States . This is a concern especially in presidential administrations inclined to deploy the “pen and phone,” as Obama did; or to “act without Congress,” as Biden’s spokespeople often declare he can do. So it was a good thing back in 2019 when Donald Trump issued “ Promoting the Rule of Law through Improved Agency Guidance Documents ” … [Read more...] about Good News On Red Tape? Some Trump-Era Federal Agency Guidance Document Portals Remain Intact

(CTN News) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced a variety of awards and high rankings bestowed upon Thailand in the past year . The kingdom’s favorable ratings were announced in over 14 different categories and surveys on Thursday. In addition to tourism , livability, happiness, Covid-19 response, safety, and more , the country itself won awards over the past year. Besides its popularity with tourists, Bangkok also received accolades for its food, including Tom yam kung, a traditional Thai dish. Digital nomads and tourists alike praised Koh Samui, Phuket, and Koh Pha Ngan as top destinations. There have been a number of awards and rankings that have featured Thailand as a whole or as one specific destination in 2021 and 2022, including: Tourism Koh Pha Ngan No. 1 for workstations by William Russell, a worldwide insurance company Koh Samui and Phuket DestinAsian’s 3rd and 4th best islands for tourism Bangkok According to … [Read more...] about High Rankings For Thailand In Tourism, Economy, Food, And Health

(CTN News) – Lawaron Saengsanit, Chairman of the Board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO), announced today (Saturday) that 7.1 million digital Thai National Lottery tickets will be available online through the “Pao Tang” application starting tomorrow (Sunday). According to him, the public can buy the Thai National Lottery tickets at 80 baht each starting at 6 am, and the last lot of 5.1 million tickets sold out in just two days. To avoid hurting traditional Thai National Lottery vendors and to give them time to adapt to online sales, the lottery board decided to increase digital Thai National Lottery tickets by 1-2 million for each draw instead of all at once, due to the overwhelming public response to digital lottery tickets. Reports that some investors had purchased large quantities of digital tickets for resale were dismissed as pure speculation. For the past fortnightly draws, about 900,000 digital Thai National Lottery tickets were sold on thai lottery … [Read more...] about 7.1 Million Thai National Lottery Tickets Available Online From Sunday

(CTN News) – As a result of soaring fuel prices, PTT has topped the list of Thailand’s highest revenue corporations for 2021, which is not surprising but probably very frustrating to many Thais. It is no surprise that the national oil and gas conglomerate has broken 1 trillion baht in the last year due to huge inflation in the price of oil. PTT Public Co Ltd and all of its subsidiary companies have the highest revenue in Thailand, and have greatly benefited from the global increase in energy prices. When less tangible investments are failing, people tend to put their money into gold which is widely accepted as a foundation for capitalist economies. Three gold and jewellery companies made the top five revenue list in 2021. Petroleum and automotive companies filled out the rest of the top 10 list, with retailer CP All sneaking into the top 10. Thailand’s top 10 most profitable companies in 2021 were: 1 PTT petrol Revenue 1 trillion baht (+36.06% … [Read more...] about PTT Tops Thailand’s Corporate Revenue List For 2021

Asset management giant BlackRock (NASDAQ: BLK ) announced on August 4 that it had partnered with Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN ). The partnership is limited to bitcoin and will allow the firm’s institutional clients to have access to crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting via Coinbase Prime. The clients will also be able to manage their bitcoin and conduct risk analysis using BlackRock’s software suite Aladdin. Following the news, Coinbase stock experienced a jump of 16%. Key Takeaways BlackRock and Coinbase Global announces partnership, which is limited to bitcoin for now. More crypto assets may be added in the future. The clients will be able to manage and conduct risk analysis of their bitcoin holdings through BlackRock’s Aladdin software suite. As a result of this partnership, clients can access Coinbase Prime, the exchange's institutional platform, which provides a wide range of features and tools. The platform recently allowed … [Read more...] about BlackRock Partners With Coinbase To Give Institutional Clients Access to Bitcoin

Small and medium businesses (SMEs) can improve employee retention and reduce recruitment costs by building an “employer brand”. SMEs with good employer branding see 20 percent revenue growth as compared to 8 percent in those with poor employer branding. An employer brand is more than just goodwill or reputation. Every business has a branding whether it is built consciously or not. The products and services, quality, news about its leaders and so on build an image in the minds of customers, suppliers, and current and future employees. What goodwill and corporate brands are to reputation and perception, employer branding is to potential job seekers. How are you perceived as an employer is what the employer branding seeks to address. SMEs face a serious challenge in finding, engaging and retaining talent. Positioning as a good employer is critical to attracting talent or SMEs will have to shell out more for even short-term talent. It is not just compensation but a company’s … [Read more...] about To attract and retain talent, work on ‘employer brand’

On Monday, Thailand’s Public Health Ministry will ask Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to limit public activities to minimize a Coronavirus resurgence. In a statement on Sunday, Dr. Kiattiphum Wongrajit, the permanent secretary for public health affairs, called on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to reduce the number of large-scale events. According to Dr. Kiattiphum, government hospitals in the capital should prepare for an influx of Covid-19 Coronavirus patients. Hospitals nationwide are treating about 2,000 people a day, more than half of them in Bangkok. He added that 42% of the nation’s Coronavirus patients in the capital are seriously ill or showing life-threatening symptoms. According to Dr. Kiattiphum, Governor Chadchart chairs the communicable disease committee in Bangkok and has the authority to issue any health measures needed. In his statement, the public health secretary did not specify the events he considered highly likely to spread … [Read more...] about 42 Percent of Thailand’s Coronavirus Cases in Bangkok

Qin Gang - A + A WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Aug 17): China called on the US to refrain from sailing naval vessels through the Taiwan Strait, saying Beijing would take further action in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. China’s ambassador to Washington, Qin Gang, said on Tuesday that China viewed such Taiwan transits as an escalation by the US and an effort to support the “separatist” government in Taipei. He delivered the warning after Senator Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, wrapped up the second trip to the island in less than two weeks by a US congressional delegation. “The US side has done too much and going too far in this region,” Qin said in response to a question about potential naval patrols. “I do call on our American colleagues to refrain, to exercise restraint, not to do anything to escalate the tension. So if there’s any moves damaging China’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, so China will respond. China will … [Read more...] about China warns US against sailing warships through Taiwan strait

Chamath Palihapitiya - A + A NEW YORK (Aug 17): The news came with little fanfare. It was late on a sleepy summer afternoon last week, and few on Wall Street even seemed to notice the pair of filings when they hit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) website. In terse, boilerplate language, the documents stated that two special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) launched by Chamath Palihapitiya needed to push back the deadlines they had set to make acquisitions. Palihapitiya was in no mood to trumpet the news. There were no tweets, no interviews, none of the braggadocio that came with so many of his big SPAC deals, back when the market was the hot new thing in finance, a sure-fire, money-minting machine, and Palihapitiya was its undisputed king. But if those euphoric moments two years ago represented the peak of SPAC frenzy — a phenomenon created out of the same ingredients (unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus) that gave us meme stocks and … [Read more...] about US SPAC king goes silent with his empire shrivelling

- A + A "If the party concerned cannot hand over this ship within the specified time with the existing provisions, how can we be confident that they can meet our needs for the other ships.” KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): There will be no additional funds allocated if the first littoral combat ship (LCS) of Royal Malaysian Navy is not completed on schedule, said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said his focus now is to ensure that the first LCS can be completed soon. "If the party concerned cannot hand over this ship within the specified time with the existing provisions, how can we be confident that they can meet our needs for the other ships. "So, I want to see what has been planned, what has been presented to the cabinet, as well as what I have answered in Dewan Negara can be completed and the test is the first ship. This first ship will not receive the latest injection of funds," he said. He said this at a news conference after … [Read more...] about No additional funds for first LCS, says Hishammuddin