"We can learn lessons from this economic Crisis, " says Anan Itchayapruks, assistant governor in charge of human resource development at the state-owned Petroleum Authority of Thailand, No. 144 in this year's Asiaweek 1000 ranking of the region's largest companies.
Most economists are forecasting similar modest growth for this year, though no less an authority than Alan Greenspan placed the odds of a recession in the next year at one-in-three.
Ignoring the judge's written order and verbal reminder, the four reporters revealed his name anyway, arguing that since he had given one "on-the-record" interview last year (coincidentally with Ms. Shephard), the judge had no authority to protect his identity.