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Central Group plans $1.3bn push in Europe after Selfridges
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2022
» Thailand's biggest retailer Central Group said on Tuesday it planned to expand its footprint in Europe further with investments worth nearly €1.3 billion euros (US$1.29 billion) over five years in new stores, upgrades and e-commerce.
Bank of Thailand says doesn't support digital assets as payments
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2021
» The central bank on Wednesday warned companies about accepting digital assets as payment for goods and services, as more companies rolled out partnerships to accept major cryptocurrencies as payment.
The protest leaders facing criminal cases
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2021
» Thailand's youth-led anti-government protests started in July to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and have also made once-unthinkable calls for reform of the monarchy.
Mass shooting puts army officers' side deals under scrutiny
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A soldier's killing of 29 people in a rage over a housing deal involving his superior officer has brought attention to the business dealings of army personnel.
From tweet to street: New Thai generation joins protest
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2019
» It wasn't only the moves to ban Thailand's most vocal opposition party that brought Gift onto the street for the first time.
Tesco shares jump on possible sale of Thai business
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2019
» LONDON: Shares in Tesco jumped nearly 6% at one point on Monday after Britain's biggest retailer said it was considering a sale of its remaining Asian businesses, in Thailand and Malaysia, which analysts valued at up to $9 billion.
Activist news conference called off after police warning
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2018
» A news conference by the Democracy Restoration Group was called off on Tuesday following a police warning not to hold the event or risk violating a junta ban on public gatherings.
Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
In rough terrain, Payless emerges as rare bankruptcy survivor
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/08/2017
» CHICAGO: Payless ShoeSource Inc is set to emerge from bankruptcy this week, one of the largest retail chains to do so, and is banking on a strategy focused primarily on bricks-and-mortar sales at a time when e-commerce is casting an ever-growing footprint on retail sales.
Luxury hotels rise in Cuba despite concerns
Business, Reuters, Published on 09/06/2017
» HAVANA: Towering cranes dot the Havana skyline as communist-run Cuba races to build luxury hotels, amid indignation among some residents and concern that US President Donald Trump might reverse a detente that fueled the tourist boom.