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Pushing the envelope for inclusion
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/10/2022
» When Carla Grant Pickens joined IBM over two decades ago, she was a new mum in search of a job in her late 20s. She knew the US multinational technology company had long been at the forefront of promoting diversity and inclusion, which it still values to this day.
Smart launderers, even smarter investigators
Published on 20/12/2019
» The development pace of new money laundering techniques is staggering. Fortunately, it doesn’t happen in a vacuum: new counter-measures are on the rise too.
China Accelerates Robotics Push as Workforce Shrinks
Business, Published on 20/09/2022
» China installed almost as many robots in its factories last year as the rest of the world, accelerating a rush to automate and consolidate its manufacturing dominance even as its working-age population shrinks.
Govt defends ending SET shares tax waiver
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/12/2022
» The government has defended its decision to impose taxes on the Stock Exchange of Thailand's (SET) share sales, insisting it was a well-thought-out plan, while denying it is making an exception for big traders.
All aboard
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 18/02/2019
» Unlike other major capitals, Jakarta doesn't have the kind of appeal that makes it the go-to destination for foreign visitors who come to Indonesia. Unless they have business to do in the city, many don't get much farther than the international airport before they continue on to somewhere else in the country.
'Privatisation' debate swirls around Indian Railways
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/11/2019
» Indian Railways, the seventh largest employer in the world, is starting to get the private sector more involved in its operations. But don't call it privatisation, says the country's railways minister.
Metaverse Lures Brands With New Ways to Market and Make Money
Business, Published on 22/06/2022
» Some of the world's biggest companies are starting to set up shop in the so-called metaverse, sketching out an early blueprint for how people might eventually make real money in the much-hyped digital realm.
Slowdown ahead
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/12/2018
» The economic outlook doesn't seem as rosy as it once did for most Asian countries looking toward 2019. The relatively dynamic world trade recovery that began in late 2016 is now threatened by tensions between the United States and China, coupled with increasing protectionism in many economies.
Steps to wellness
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/06/2022
» It takes about 90 minutes for an eight-seater plane departing Suvarnabhumi International Airport to reach an airport on a small island in Trat province in eastern Thailand. Then all the guests of Soneva Kiri, a luxury resort operated by an award-winning sustainable resort operator, board a speedboat for the five-minute trip to their destination on the unspoiled island of Koh Kood.
China Has a Problem With Data Leaks. One Reason Is Its Surveillance State.
Business, Published on 23/07/2022
» To protect sensitive data, China's government has built one of the world's strictest cybersecurity and data-protection regimes.