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Flight test
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/07/2019
» Carsten Spohr was named Manager of the Year in 2017 by Manager Magazin in Germany when Lufthansa's profit hit a record high and its share price jumped 150%. Two years later, he finds his skills being tested to the limit after issuing a second profit warning in six months. While the airline is on track for an operating profit of 2 billion euros this year, it is 25% below analysts' forecasts.
Real soap opera, and police fairy tales
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/08/2015
» It happened at the notorious Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection, one of the most congested road junctions in Bangkok. It is always busy, with crawling bumper-to-bumper traffic day after day, except on long weekends when citysiders head for the countryside.
The difficulty of enforcing motor speed laws
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/04/2011
» Speed laws are only enforced in Bangkok at over 110 kph, whereas the legal limit in safety conscious Singapore is 50 kph.