• THAILAND

  Litigating the lottery's future

  Business, Published on 26/07/2018

  » Two weeks after the Central Administrative Court awarded Loxley GTECH Technology close to 1 billion baht in its dispute against the Government Lottery Office (GLO), the IT firm's proposed appeal to the Supreme Court reopens a two-decade old debate: should the state favour 200,000 low-income ticket sellers over the rights of 22 million lottery ticket buyers to access a state product at a reasonable price?

• THAILAND

  EA confident in sealing energy deal

  Business, Published on 09/07/2018

  » SET-listed renewable energy firm Energy Absolute (EA) says it can sign partnership deals with 4-5 major local oil companies to help finance its 100-billion-baht, 50-gigawatt-hour energy storage facility in Chachoengsao Industrial Estate by the end of this year.

• BUSINESS

  Upgrading energy into cans

  Business, Published on 14/06/2018

  » Carabao Group is seeking to market energy drinks, long a mainstay of the working class, to high-spending younger consumers by packing new flavours in cans rather than in traditional bottles, a concept previously introduced by the company in Britain but unexplored by Thai producers in the domestic market.

• BUSINESS

  Ananda defiant

  Business, Published on 11/06/2018

  » Ananda Development founder Chanond Ruangkritya is confident the government will comply with the "rule of law" and allow the company to transfer condominium units at its contentious 6-billion-baht Ashton Asoke project to unit buyers after a half-year suspension.

• BUSINESS

  Dusit Thani heir talks luxury and lifestyle

  Business, Published on 21/05/2018

  » Dusit Thani heir Siradej Donavanik is seeking to enlarge the lifestyle hotel market in Thailand and Asia through his new Asai brand, as one of the country's oldest hotel companies strives to capitalise on the 200 million millennials who travel.

• BUSINESS

  DTAC parent asks for auction redesign

  Business, Published on 05/04/2018

  » Telenor chief executive Sigve Brekke is pressing the government to grant payment extension facilities for future auctions if it decides to use Section 44 to relax the licence payment terms of Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Move, the winners of the 2015 auctions.

• BUSINESS

  BreadTalk looks to rake in dough with new offerings

  Business, Published on 16/03/2018

  » BreadTalk Group is betting its Singapore-style chicken rice can beat out street food providers of the traditional Thai dish, winning the hearts and stomachs of Bangkokians. This is part of the group's efforts to refocus its Thailand operations on the higher-margin restaurant segment.

• BUSINESS

  1.6 Development looks to lay luxury cornerstone

  Business, Published on 21/02/2018

  » Tanyatip Chearavanont is betting her eight-month-old real estate firm, 1.6 Development, can take on the country's large players in the ultra-luxury sector as it launches a 5.5-billion-baht mixed-use project at the entrance of Soi Thong Lor in 2021.

• BUSINESS

  Philip Morris bets on a smoke-free future

  Business, Published on 16/01/2018

  » Philip Morris International is switching its strategy to emphasise its heat-not-burn tobacco products, which, according to studies submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration, contain less harmful agents than traditional cigarettes.

• BUSINESS

  Building an extended FamilyMart

  Business, Published on 09/10/2017

  » FamilyMart is betting it can double its number of convenience stores through a 17% increase in the proportion of franchise-operated stores and its new "lifestyle store concept" over the next five years.

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