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Cameroon charges tycoon in reporter killing case
AFP, Published on 05/03/2023
» YAOUNDé - A prominent Cameroonian businessman was charged on Saturday with complicity in the torture of a journalist who was murdered in a high-profile case that has rocked the country, his lawyer told AFP.
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.
Shifting the centre
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 02/09/2019
» After months of hype about a proposal to move Indonesia's capital, President Joko Widodo has confirmed the choice of a site in East Kalimantan, 1,900 kilometres northeast of overcrowded and rapidly sinking Jakarta.
Eko, Developer of Collaboration and Communications Plat-form for Businesses
Published on 27/09/2018
» BANGKOK, November 27th, 2018: Eko, the mobile-first collaboration and communications platform for businesses, today announces that it has raised a US$20 million Series B financing round led by SMDV, with participation from AirAsia's digital investment arm, Redbeat Ventures, Gobi Partners, East Ventures and existing shareholders.
Red Bull clan debuts on Forbes rich list
Business, Published on 16/11/2017
» The Yoovidhya family, the maker and marketer of Krating Daeng and gold Red Bull energy drinks in Asia, has made the 2017 Forbes list of Asia's richest families, trailing two other notable Thai clans: the Chearavanonts and the Chirathivats.
Wisdom of a young entrepreneur
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 29/10/2016
» An old, and perhaps not entirely optimistic Chinese saying, goes something like this: the first generation starts the business, the second makes it flourish, but the third tends to wreck it. But Korawad Chearavanont, the scion of one of Thailand's most powerful business families behind the CP Group empire, is determined to prove that adage wrong.
Welcome to the real world
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 26/10/2015
» Mark Twain, the American writer and humourist, might seem an odd source of inspiration for the scion of one Thailand's most prominent business families. But Korawad Chearavanont, the 20-year-old eldest son of True Corp chief executive Suphachai Chearavanont, says school and education are truly not the same.
Office chat app developer Eko gets $5.7m funding
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 28/08/2015
» Eko Communications, a developer of mobile messaging apps for the workplace, has secured US$5.7 million in Series A financing from Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners, the second-largest such funding for a Thai venture.