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Ageing & the economy: Act now says former central bank chief
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/03/2017
» From labour shortages to retirement savings to school closures, now is the time to start planning for a Thailand with many older people and fewer young people which is coming soon.
Goodbye police checkpoints, hello cameras & mobile cops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/01/2017
» Each police station to send out mobile police officers with cameras to take photos of traffic violators & then will issue tickets from police station.
The Uber-ization of work: The good side, the bad side
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/08/2016
» What if work was a flexible series of small jobs or "gigs" & not the typical 9 to 5, Monday to Friday routine workweek?
Thailand's troubling gun murders
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/08/2015
» With murder rate equal to US & three times Cambodia, Thailand's 6.1 million registered firearms used in never-ending stream of murder cases with loss-of-face & business disputes two main motives.
What's new in business news June 2, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2015
» City electric bus test-run starts on Tuesday, new bankruptcy law should make it easier to do business in Thailand & NIDA poll finds most Thais fear return to political chaos of recent past.
Emergency treatment: Private hospitals refuse govt regulation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/05/2015
» Yingluck govt policy encouraged emergency patients to use nearby hospitals (public or private) which resulted in huge bills & lawsuits with private hospitals repeatedly disobeying govt regulations.
What's new in business news: March 30, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/03/2015
» Thai rice researchers introduce new insect-resistant rice, the road to profitability for one digital TV channel & traffic accident deaths in Samui & Pattaya tourist areas.
What's new in business news: March 20, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2015
» Toyota tests very small i-Road car for neighbourhood driving, international operations key part of CP Foods strategy & water conflict between villages in drought-ravaged Ratchaburi.
What's new in business news: October 31, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/10/2014
» Beer gardens open for final quarter big brewery boost, the world is getting spooky this Halloween & tourist run over by jet-ski on Phuket beach.
What's new in business news: October 14, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/10/2014
» Pattaya rebrand from nightlife to sports in tourism revamp, PTT to spend B100bn to expand gas pipeline & French win economics Nobel Prize for work on regulating powerful companies.