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Entrepreneur in overdrive
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/04/2019
» Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13? Aaron Tan, a teenage prodigy in Singapore, was running his first tech startup. He then went on to set up two more companies before turning 21. Today he is the CEO of Singapore-based Carro, an automotive marketplace and services portal that started from his love of trading cars, not driving them.
Jack Ma takes heat for love of long work hours
Published on 19/04/2019
» BEIJING: E-commerce billionaire Jack Ma has long been an example of how the power of big dreams, strong leadership and sheer hard work can create massive fortunes in China’s go-go economy.
Hitting the road, getting a leg up on rivals
Business, William Hicks, Published on 18/04/2019
» While online, app-based food deliveries may be relatively new to Thailand, the motorcycle drivers carrying insulated boxes filled with orders and branded with their company logos have become ubiquitous in the country's urban areas.
Thailand tilts towards Chinese-style internet controls
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/04/2019
» HONG KONG: A swathe of the world is adopting China’s vision for a tightly controlled internet over the unfettered American approach, a stunning ideological coup for Beijing that would have been unthinkable less than a decade ago.
Uber files documents for public share offering
AFP, Published on 12/04/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Uber filed documents Thursday for its much-anticipated public share offering expected to be the largest in the tech sector in years, and a bellwether for other venture-backed startups eyeing Wall Street listing.
Meeting with lenders on high-value trees
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/04/2019
» The Commerce Ministry is scheduled to meet with financial institutions after Songkran to ask the latter to accept high-value or economic trees as loan collateral from farmers.
Uber steers toward blockbuster IPO as road looks rocky
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Uber could become a $100 billion company with a massive share offering that will be a bellwether for tech startups looking toward Wall Street.
Go-Jek becomes a 'decacorn'
Published on 06/04/2019
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian ride-hailing service Go-Jek has reached a valuation of US$10 billion, according to a US market intelligence company, putting it in the ranks of startups called “decacorns”.
European checkout-free store challenges Amazon
Published on 05/04/2019
» LONDON: Grocers, alarmed by the rapid growth of Amazon.com in Europe, are considering fighting back with the help of a tiny Portuguese startup.
Pundits urge streamlining red tape
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 02/04/2019
» The new government should work to streamline administrative processes to keep up with technological change, while continuing to support major development projects, say leading technology experts.