Thailand Moves Against Foreign Firms
Thailand's military-appointed
government raised the specter of protectionism and sparked a steep drop in stock prices Tuesday when it acted to halt
the longstanding practice of using nominee firms to bypass the 49% foreign
ownership restriction.
The market responded with a 17 point drop on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, or nearly2.7 percent, after the cabi…
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