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'Sleep under the stars': hotel mess in Brazil ahead of UN meet
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - With two months to go, the "COP30 Hotel," spruced up and renamed after the UN climate conference due to take place in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, has zero bookings.
Office tenants fight for rent reductions amid supply glut
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 25/08/2025
» A slowing economy and growing office supply has prompted tenants to seek rent reductions to keep their businesses afloat, with discounts of up to 25% reported in the past quarter, according to property consultancy Knight Frank Thailand.
GreenYellow, Unilever Drive 1,500-Ton Carbon Reduction
Published on 04/12/2024
» GreenYellow (Thailand) Co.,Ltd., a leading provider of solar energy solutions, specialising in solar power production and energy efficiency enhancement, and Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer goods companies, have announced a strategic partnership to drive clean energy adoption. This collaboration underscores their shared commitment to a sustainable and environmentally friendly future. The partnership features a rooftop solar installation at Unilever's Minburi factory in Ladkrabang Industrial Estate, under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which has commenced commercial operation. The project is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1,544 tons annually, equivalent to planting over 34,000 trees.
Sizing up the recovery scheme
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/11/2024
» The economic slowdown across the industrial, agricultural and trade sectors, coupled with a persistently high level of household debt, have hampered low-income earners and entrepreneurs, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Better jobs for youths
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2024
» Re: "Strategy to achieve tourism targets revealed", (Business, Jan 18).
Calls for reduction in Sa Kaeo land rent
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 28/11/2023
» Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin is being urged to boost investment by telling the Treasury Department to reduce land rent when it leases out land to investors in the Sa Kaeo Industrial Estate in eastern Thailand.
Crafting a low-carbon future
Oped, Published on 11/08/2023
» As Western governments face the increasingly urgent task of accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy, the pendulum has swung away from heavy reliance on markets to drive innovation towards state intervention. Fearing China's dominance in clean-tech supply chains and recognising the potential for job creation, the United States has put in place a wide range of industrial policies that support the development and deployment of green solutions.
Singapore’s sky-high rents show first signs of cooling
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/08/2023
» Singapore’s rental price growth slowed in the second quarter, cooling a years-long boom that has sapped affordability and threatened to dent the city-state’s appeal as a finance hub.
The critical first 100 days
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 08/05/2023
» Business leaders have begun to think about the outlook for Thailand in the first 100 days under a new administration, with the poll less than a week away.
Millennium preps for IPO in second quarter
Business, Sirinnaree Ongsakul, Published on 15/02/2023
» Leading car importer and distributor Millennium Group Corporation (MGC-Asia) is aiming to mobilise funds from the Thai stock market in the second quarter of this year to support its expansion and diversification, buoyed by the reduction in Covid infections.