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aCommerce listing seen spicing up the market
Business, William Hicks, Published on 23/10/2021
» Amidst a flagging economy and an increasingly desperate pandemic situation, Thai investors are seeking initial public offerings emblematic of the new Covid economy -- companies able to withstand extended lockdown measures and even thrive from changing consumer habits.
The rise and rerise of SPACs
Business, William Hicks, Published on 22/09/2021
» The Covid era has spawned a number of counter-intuitive investment products and strategies, making the sudden resurgence of special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) not only unsurprising, but very on-brand for the times.
In-game advertiser NextPlay eyes AI, crypto payments
Business, William Hicks, Published on 08/09/2021
» Thai digital advertising company NextPlay Technologies has made a number of big-money acquisitions this year in a bid to integrate payments and artificial intelligence (AI) into its existing in-game advertising system, its chief executive said.
Companies to cautiously renew hiring
Business, William Hicks, Published on 05/02/2021
» Following a year of hiring freezes, pay cuts and layoffs, many Thai firms are expected to cautiously renew hiring in 2021, but workers will likely not be rewarded with large salary increases for switching jobs as happened before the pandemic, according to a report by global recruitment firm Robert Walters.
Finance minister lays out plans for 2021
News, William Hicks, Published on 26/11/2020
» The government will accelerate investment next year in the areas of digital, wellness and the green economy, Finance Minister Arkom Termpittayapaisith says.
Job sites spring up as unemployed flail
Business, William Hicks, Published on 29/10/2020
» The pandemic has caused mass unemployment globally and domestically, adding pressure to an online employment arena that even before the outbreak failed to provide results for jobseekers in all income stratas.
Startups reap pandemic revenues
Business, William Hicks, Published on 12/08/2020
» Thailand's top startups have seen double-digit growth windfalls in revenue following the pandemic, being well-positioned to benefit from the consumer and business shift to digital commerce during the lockdown.
Thai Covid-19 apps judged invasive
Business, William Hicks, Published on 20/07/2020
» To fight further waves of the pandemic, contact tracing apps that monitor infection locations and points of contact have never been more important. The recent scandal involving Egyptian airmen leaving quarantine to go to a mall in Rayong has the government scrambling to retrace their contact points, which could have been a much easier process had such apps been in use.
Outbreak jump-starts work from home
Business, William Hicks, Published on 23/04/2020
» In one month, working from home has turned from a luxury for many office workers in Thailand to a necessity.
Startups stoked for 2020 funding boost
Business, William Hicks, Published on 25/02/2020
» Despite the government's bluster about building the country into a startup nation as part of the Thailand 4.0 scheme, startup funding has been lacklustre the past few years as Thailand remains bereft of the unicorns found in Asean competitors Singapore and Indonesia.