STEVE INSKEEP, host: The business news starts with a recovering stock market in Asia.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: Global investors are watching Thailand, where stock prices are recovering after their biggest single-day sell-off in 16 years. Bangkok's stock market lost nearly 15 percent of its value. It happened after the central bank there imposed new rules on foreign investment, and the sell-off prompted central bankers to reverse course. The sell-off also sparked memories of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, triggered in part by a sell-off if Thailand's currency.
Global investors are watching Thailand, where stock prices are recovering after their biggest single-day sell off in 16 years. Bangkok's stock market lost nearly 15 percent of its value Tuesday after the central bank imposed new rules on foreign investment in its stock market.