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Bribes for seats in prestigious Bangkok schools
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/06/2011
» Bribes for admission to prestigious schools doubled, hidden by untransparent "substituted seat" system. Only 40% of schools following no bribe policy.
Tea money
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/06/2011
» Is the payment of tea money still effective in getting children into prestigious schools? That's now a subject of hot debate and possible legal action.
Sweet river (updated)
Published on 05/06/2011
» The situation surrounding the sunken barge in the Chao Phraya was far worse than first reported, but finally some progress is being made to get things back to normal.
Women, is the election helping them?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/06/2011
» "Of the 8.5 million households in the farm sector, 31% of household heads are women, and steadily increasing."
LivingSocial buys France's Dealissime.com
AFP, Published on 01/06/2011
» Online bargain site LivingSocial is buying French daily deal site Dealissime.com in a bid to take on Groupon in France.
Google turning mobile phone into a wallet
AFP, Published on 27/05/2011
» Google unveiled a free mobile application on Thursday that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet and is designed to replace plastic credit cards.
'Significant progress' in Alipay talks: Yahoo! CEO
AFP, Published on 26/05/2011
» Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz said Wednesday that progress is being made in resolving a dispute with partner Alibaba over ownership of online payments service Alipay.
Twitter buys TweetDeck, vows continued investment
AFP, Published on 26/05/2011
» Twitter announced Wednesday that it had bought TweetDeck and pledged to continue to invest in the popular application for using the micro-blogging service.
Google turning smartphones into wallets: source
AFP, Published on 25/05/2011
» Google on Thursday will launch a mobile payment platform that lets people use smartphones to pay at shops as easily as they use a credit card, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Bank of Thailand aims for higher investment returns
Published on 23/05/2011
» Higher return (but higher risk) for foreign currency reserves accumulated as part of exchange rate management.