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Japan's budget furniture king discounted his way to a fortune
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2017
» TOKYO -- Embarrassed by the recall of thousands of kitchenware pots after they appeared to leak lead when heated, Japan’s discount-furniture king, Akio Nitori, took an unusual step. He hired a team of auto industry engineers to revamp his quality assurance and testing division.
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.
Samsung looks beyond the smartphone
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 22/05/2017
» The Samsung brand is best known for its smartphones and wide-screen TVs. Yet behind the scenes, the conglomerate is also making a name as a contract manufacturer of complex medicines to treat diseases like cancer.
Move over mobile phone: The next ad frontier is windshield
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 10/01/2017
» San Francisco: The next frontier in digital advertising may be your car's windshield.
J.C. Penney expands while others retrench
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2016
» New York: J.C. Penney Co is in a surprising position more than four years after it was almost run aground by a former chief executive officer: It could be the last department store standing at your local mall.
Jack Ma plans to buy 20% stake in Ascend Money
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/06/2016
» HONG KONG - The financial services unit of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to purchase a 20% stake in Thailand’s Ascend Money in a bid to become a key financial services player in Southeast Asia.
Big bets on gambling dens
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 23/11/2015
» Gambling at casinos is risky. But even after a 17-month slump, building casinos in Macau still looks like one of the best investments around.
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.
Price war seen as Thai rice glut swamps market
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/04/2014
» Asian rice prices will keep slumping from a near six-year low as Thailand clears out record stockpiles, threatening a price war with Vietnam and India.
Gold buyer doubles imports
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2013
» YLG Bullion International Co, Thailand's biggest domestic gold importer, expects to more than double purchases this year after the bear market in prices spurred a surge in demand for physical metal.