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From Fleet Street to the Big Chilli
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/05/2024
» It came as a shock to learn that long-time friend and colleague Colin Hastings died on Monday in Bang Saray when he suffered heart failure and the car he was driving collided with a wall. He was 73. Here are a few personal memories of Colin, best known as publisher of Big Chilli magazine.
Silver linings in the crypto cloud
Business, Published on 03/02/2023
» It was a tough year for crypto and blockchain. We experienced severe breaches of trust, resulting in an adverse hit to the public and regulators' perception of the industry.
McDonald's Tightens Ownership Rules as It Looks for New Franchisees
Business, Published on 25/06/2022
» McDonald's Corp. is planning to make some of the biggest changes in decades to the franchising system that underpins its U.S. operations, as it seeks to reinvigorate its base of restaurant owners.
Icahn Drops Proxy Fight Over Pig Treatment at Kroger
Business, Published on 07/06/2022
» Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at grocery-chain Kroger Co. after concluding he is likely to lose as he did a similar fight at McDonald's Corp. last month.
How did Japan become so cheap?
Oped, Published on 09/03/2022
» Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen was first floated following the collapse of the Bretton Woods and Smithsonian systems of fixed exchange rates.
These TikTok Stars Made More Money Than Many of America's Top CEOs
Business, Published on 15/01/2022
» TikTok stars are dancing their way to the bank. Some are making more than America's top chief executives.
GE Won't Try to Claw Back Jeff Immelt's Pay
Business, Published on 07/01/2021
» General Electric Co.'s board won't claw back compensation from former CEO Jeff Immelt and other executives over GE's accounting issues or Mr. Immelt's use of a backup corporate jet, ending a three-year probe into allegations of misconduct at the conglomerate.
Facing the trans fat ban
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 17/07/2018
» Bakery and fast food companies are ready to comply with the Public Health Ministry's new regulation to ban the production, import and distribution of food containing trans fats.
Heart of hospitality
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 06/11/2017
» Heartwarming service with Thai hospitality and Japanese quality is the goal of Kokotel, which seeks to offer the cosiness of a traditional Japanese inn while promoting friends-and-family togetherness -- even on one of the busiest streets in Bangkok.
He's lovin' it
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 06/05/2017
» Hester Chew calls himself "Thaiporean", a Singaporean who has lived and worked in Thailand half his life.