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Beware of the bull
Spectrum, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/01/2018
» 'Sell your house and buy stocks," a banker told Spectrum over dinner a few months ago.
New condos on track
Spectrum, Published on 21/01/2018
» The development and expansion of mass-transit lines in Bangkok has had a profound impact on the real estate market over the past 15 years. Many areas of the capital have changed dramatically with the arrival of new residential and commercial developments located close to mass-transit stations.
A spike in the fruit trade
Spectrum, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 14/01/2018
» Driving around Chanthaburi, it's almost impossible not to notice ubiquitous warehouse-like structures lining the roads in the eastern province.
Revival of supersonic travel faces headwinds
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» Supersonic passenger travel, which died out with the Concorde's demise in 2003, will make a comeback by the mid-2020s if three US entrepreneurial companies can make jets quiet and efficient enough to win over buyers and fliers.
Indonesia pulp giant tied to firms accused of fires
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» JAKARTA: Despite its denials, one of the world's biggest paper producers has extensive behind-the-scenes ties and significant influence over wood suppliers linked to fires and deforestation that have degraded Indonesia's stunning natural environment, The Associated Press has found.
Bitcoin fever exposes crypto-market frailties
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» LONDON/NEW YORK: As bitcoin raced to another record high on Tuesday, one of the biggest providers of digital currency wallets, Coinbase, went down under the weight of traffic, leaving many of its more than 10 million customers unable to access their funds.
The effects of digitalisation
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 11/12/2017
» This year marked a sea change with consumers became more accepting of digitalisation, especially regarding purchasing behaviour. From pre-purchase activities through to post-purchase consumption, evaluation and disposal activities, digitalisation affected all those behaviours.
Cambodia's Sihanoukville morphs into 'Macau 2'
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2017
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: Between Sihanoukville's beaches and its multiplying casinos, "Lao Qi" and Bun Saroeun run restaurants barely a hundred dusty metres apart. But their fortunes could not be more different.
Hotel chains are following the swarm of tourists
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 21/11/2017
» Strong tourism growth is boosting foreign and local hotel chains as they expand their portfolios to capitalise on greater numbers of international visitors, giving Thailand some of the highest hotel investment in Asia-Pacific during the first nine months of 2017.
Closing the book on a page of history
News, Published on 11/11/2017
» After more than six decades in the business, a renowned book and stationery shop in Songkhla's Muang district has closed its doors for the last time, defeated by fast-paced changes in technology and the economic landscape.