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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.
Singapore tourist numbers reach all-time high
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: It’s almost like a sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians.”
IPO fundraising set for 4-year high
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/11/2019
» Thai companies are likely to raise the most money from initial public offerings in four years in 2019 as the formation of the nation’s first democratic government since the 2014 military coup has encouraged domestic firms to tap equity markets.
DeVere, firm targetting UK expats, said to face SEC probe
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2017
» NEW YORK -- Wherever there are British expats with money, there’s a DeVere Group office not far away. And in many of those places, the company’s aggressive sales tactics or high fees have drawn the attention of regulators.
Furniture billionaire weighs buying his way into apparel
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2017
» Tokyo/Osaka: Nitori Holdings Co is considering buying an apparel chain in Japan, a move that would pit the furniture seller against rivals including Fast Retailing Co, Asia's largest clothier.
Japan's rust belt counting on robots
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 20/12/2016
» TOKYO: A withering factory town in Japan's Rust Belt is looking for revival through a dose of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "robot revolution".
Medical tourists flock to Thailand, spurring post-coup economy
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/11/2014
» Monica Topliss pauses while eating breakfast in her Bangkok hotel to explain why she flew 7,300 kilometres from her home in Australia to go under a Thai plastic surgeon’s knife.
Bangkok opens new comeback chapter
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/07/2014
» In a crowded Bangkok bar, a Filipino singer belts out a ballad about a Vietnam vet who cannot help returning to Southeast Asia. On his seventh visit to the city, Australian Damien Waddell sips his beer and shrugs when someone mentions this year’s military coup.
Stocks rise to two-month high
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/03/2014
» Thai stocks advanced, sending the benchmark index to a two-month high, after anti-government protesters removed blockades at four main intersections in central Bangkok.