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Gold rush has Thai trading house on track for B5 trillion in revenue
Published on 09/12/2025
» Unprecedented gold prices and a surge in retail sales could push revenue at Thailand’s largest gold trading house to a record 5 trillion baht this year, according to Hua Seng Heng chief executive officer Tanarat Pasawongse.
Binance allays concerns surrounding crypto scams
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/10/2025
» Despite a significant increase in global cryptocurrency crimes this year, Thailand's digital asset exchange operators maintained that crypto and digital assets have not been subject to scams and that illicit activities accounted for a minimal amount of total transactions.
ONE Championship touts $470m tourism boost for Thailand
Business, Nick Atkin, Published on 21/05/2025
» ONE Championship chief executive Chatri Sityodtong says martial arts promotion does more than organise fighting competitions in Bangkok -- it's now a key engine for Thailand's tourism economy.
ONE Championship CEO touts US$470M tourism boost for Thailand after Nielsen report
Nicolas Atkin, Published on 19/05/2025
» ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong says his martial arts promotion is doing more than just putting on fights in Bangkok — it’s now a key engine for Thailand’s tourism economy.
Trump tariff storm batters Asian shares
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/03/2025
» RECAP: Emerging Asian markets got swept up in the global equities storm yesterday, with Thai and Indonesian stocks teetering on the brink of a bear market as President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats sent risk assets reeling.
Thailand’s big casino gamble hangs on fine print
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2025
» Thailand is setting its sights on becoming a global gaming hub, with plans to build a casino industry that generates billions in revenue, draws some of the biggest names in the business and benefits a thriving tourism sector.
OpenAI rejects $97bn Musk-led takeover bid
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/02/2025
» OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman has rebuffed a reported $97-billion bid by a group of investors led by Elon Musk to buy the nonprofit group that controls the creator of ChatGPT.
Public cloud spending set to soar
Business, Published on 26/06/2024
» Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow by 20.4% to $675 billion in 2024, from $561 billion in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner Inc. The growth is being driven by demand for generative AI (GenAI) and application modernisation.
The paradoxes of the Bangladesh miracle
Asia focus, Arvind Subramanian, Published on 28/06/2021
» Ravaged periodically by natural calamities, long dependent on foreign aid and remittances, and a perennial source of refugees and emigrants, Bangladesh was once "a basket case of misery", as Zia Haider Rahman put it in his great debut novel, In the Light of What We Know.
How Qatar Airways Dethroned Emirates as Biggest Long-Haul Airline
Business, Benjamin Katz & Rory Jones &, Published on 27/04/2021
» Qatar Airways Ltd. spent years in the shadow of Emirates Airline. An aggressive run at its rival during the pandemic has helped it eclipse Emirates as the world's biggest long-haul carrier -- for now.