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Canned-tuna giant Thai Union may exit Red Lobster chain
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/03/2023
» Thai Union Group Public Company Limited, one of the world’s biggest makers of canned tuna, is considering an exit from its loss-making Red Lobster unit less than three years after boosting its stake in the United States restaurant chain.
Pork shortage prompts switch to chicken on restaurant menus
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/01/2022
» Demand for chicken is soaring as more diners opt for the meat, amid a severe shortage of pork that has seen prices double.
Baht falls most in a month after govt raises Covid alert level
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/01/2022
» The baht fell the most since late November after the government raised the Covid-19 alert to the second-highest level, further dimming the recovery of the tourism sector.
Economies on the brink push SE Asia to reopen
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/09/2021
» Even as they struggle with one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks, nations across Southeast Asia are slowly realising that they can no longer afford the economy-crippling restrictions needed to squash it.
Thai stocks rise to 2-year high on business-reopening optimism
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/09/2021
» Thai stocks climbed to a two-year high after the government unveiled some additional plans to reopen the economy and reported a further decline in coronavirus cases.
Thailand to shift strategy to ‘learning to live with Covid-19’
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/08/2021
» Thailand is preparing for life with Covid, with preliminary plans being drawn up to relax some restrictions and reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors even as new cases hover around 20,000 a day.
CP scion prepares for bad debt bonanza
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/07/2021
» Just three months after the government threw a 350 billion baht lifeline to businesses struggling to survive the pandemic, a scion of Thailand’s wealthiest business dynasty is betting the bailout won’t be enough to stanch a deluge of distressed assets.
Thai stocks drop, Malaysia hits 7-month low
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/06/2021
» Thai stocks fell on Monday while Malaysian equities tumbled to a seven-month low, leading a selloff across many of southeast Asia’s markets, after the government in Kuala Lumpur extended a nationwide lockdown due to elevated Covid-19 infections.
Bangkok bars may shut at 9pm amid ‘critical’ Covid situation
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/04/2021
» The Health Ministry plans measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 ahead of the Thai New Year holiday next week, after new clusters of infections were detected in night-entertainment venues around metro Bangkok.
Hotel tycoon says crisis is worst he’s seen
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/04/2020
» Bill Heinecke thought he’d seen it all in a decades-long career running hotels: the Asian and global financial crises, Sars and military coups in his adopted home, Thailand. But the current pandemic tops all that, he says.