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Laundry You IPO funds to be used to grow store network
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 17/10/2025
» Laundry You (WASH), operator of the WashXpress launderette chain, is to list on the Market for Alternative Investment with an initial public offering (IPO) price of 7.50 baht a share.
Channels of kindness for flood victims
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/09/2024
» Villagers in Chiang Rai are experiencing flooding that has so far affected over 9,000 families. Many people, particularly in Mae Sai district, are stranded in their homes awaiting help from rescue officers. Meanwhile, floods and landslides are also wreaking havoc in other northern provinces, not to mention the neighbouring countries of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. In Chiang Mai, several people have been injured or are missing while many areas in Nan are also currently under water. The floods in Nan are reportedly the worst in 100 years. Several organisations — public, private and foundations — have joined forces to provide relief for flood-affected victims in all areas. To help out, Life has compiled a list of places where people can donate necessities or provide financial aid.
Shaking off the laundromat blues
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023
» In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.
New Yorkers have mixed feelings about 'snow drought'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» NEW YORK: The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan's Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year.
Hong Kong's homeless numbers surge to 10-year high
Published on 07/08/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Konger To Hanh-duyen, 47, slept on a bench in a park in Tai Kok Tsui for more than a month through summer nights.
PTT app to cut food queues
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 21/06/2022
» PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR) has teamed up with a startup to launch a QueQ mobile application to help motorists manage their queues and reduce the time it takes to buy food and beverages at PTT petrol stations.
OR continues non-oil business expansion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/06/2022
» PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR) has acquired shares in a laundry business to further expand its non-oil services, including the provision of launderettes at its petrol stations.
Queer goings on at BACC
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/09/2019
» A selection of LGBTI films will be shown at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) over the next four weekends.
Chinese get e-visa
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/02/2019
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will introduce its first e-visa application service in Beijing, making China the first country where the service will be available starting on Feb 15.
Sustainability awards
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/11/2018
» Hua Hin and Krabi have won Sustainable Cities And Human Settlements Awards.