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Luxury yachts find Asian buyers
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/10/2013
» Singapore businessman Adrian Lee Chye Cheng, 33, is the super-yacht industry's dream come true.
Vietnam's rice output poised to drop
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/09/2013
» Rice production in Vietnam is poised to drop next year for the first time in more than a decade as the second-largest shipper promotes other crops, lessening competition in the global export market.
VietJet considers IPO
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2013
» VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co, Vietnam's only privately owned carrier, said it is considering an initial public offering (IPO) to fund expansion after becoming profitable this year.
Yangon office space 'more costly than Manhattan'
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/07/2013
» Sean Danley has spent the past six months scouting office space in Yangon after being sent to establish the Myanmar branch of his US-based employer.
PTT gets spot LNG delivery from Qatar
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/06/2013
» PTT Plc (PTT), Thailand's importer of liquefied natural gas, has received a spot cargo from Qatar at its Map Ta Phut terminal, according to a company official.
PTT to get spot cargo from Yemen
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/05/2013
» Thailand's state-owned PTT Pcl (PTT), Southeast Asia's first importer of liquefied natural gas, is set to get a spot cargo from Yemen at the Map Ta Phut terminal.
Soaring wages equals rising prices
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/04/2013
» Koda Ltd Executive Director Ernie Koh has a message for clients in 50 countries who complain about the Singapore-based furniture maker's first price increase in two years: Take it or leave it.
Hyundai risks losing Southeast Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/03/2013
» Indonesia is the biggest market Hyundai is forgoing, an increasingly risky decision as growth in United States auto sales slows and competition intensifies in China. Demand in Indonesia, with twice Japan's 127 million population, is projected to expand faster than in China over the next seven years as a booming economy generates new car buyers.
Obama seeks minimum wage rise
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/02/2013
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour and warned he will use executive powers to get his way on issues from climate change to manufacturing if Congress does not act, laying out an assertive second-term agenda sure to provoke Republicans.
Western hotel chains eye Myanmar
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/02/2013
» Best Western International Inc, the world's second-largest closely held hotel chain, will open its first Myanmar property in 2013, taking advantage of friendlier investment rules and a shortage of rooms in the country.