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China's largest iPhone factory resumes hiring after tariff break
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/04/2025
» Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has resumed recruitment at the world's largest iPhone factory, located in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, following a brief suspension after US President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this month.
PTT opts to divest shares in Horizon Plus
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/01/2025
» National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc has decided to divest its shares in Horizon Plus, a joint venture set up to produce electric vehicles domestically, following tougher competition in the EV market.
China's Singles' Day wraps up with e-commerce firms reporting growth in shoppers
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2024
» SHANGHAI: China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group said it recorded "robust growth" in sales and a "record number" of shoppers over this year's Singles' Day sales period, a weeks-long event that ended at midnight on Monday.
Schneider eyes Electricity 4.0
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/07/2023
» Transformation via digitalisation and sustainability will complement each other which will optimise organisations' operations and unlock their efficiency, according to French multinational Schneider Electric.
Businesses urged to intensify push to tackle climate change
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/07/2023
» Businesses need to accelerate their existing adoption of digitisation, electrification and automation in an effort to curb climate change and gear towards sustainability. All these processes would prove that they would be able to compensate businesses and even generate profits, according to France-based industrial technology company Schneider Electric.
Jobless rate falls to 1.15% in Q4
Reuters, Published on 02/03/2023
» Thailand's unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2022 dropped to 1.15% from 1.23% in the previous quarter, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Thursday, as the vital tourism sector rebounds.
Relaxation of Hong Kong Covid rules for visitors welcomed
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/11/2022
» The relaxation of rules to allow visitors to Hong Kong to enter venues that were earlier out of bounds is an important step for the struggling tourism sector, industry figures have said.
Practising mindfulness
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 16/08/2022
» Ae* was diagnosed with a serious illness which required surgery. He was reluctant to tell his parents about his condition because he worried they might become stressed. But after Ae participated in an expressive art therapy workshop titled "Mission On Wisdom", he understood about being in the present moment. He decided to tell his parents about his illness and it was an emotional experience, and after that, he was able to let go and enjoy a meal with them.
Financial transformation
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 04/07/2022
» The financial sector is on the cusp of yet another transformation. Customers emerging from Covid-19 are demanding new and better sets of services to meet their new consumption patterns, be it how they shop, eat, work or transfer money. It's a dramatic shift that is compelling banks to transform or risk being left behind.
Hong Kong's new airline
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 18/03/2022
» There has been a torrent of media comment about the latest Hong Kong airline wannabe, Greater Bay Airlines (GBA). Its enthusiasm is both startling -- with aviation industry revenues plummeting in a pandemic -- and understandable.