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AirAsia may add one more hub
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2012
» AirAsia Bhd (AIRA), the region's biggest discount carrier, said it may add only one more major hub for expansion as it focuses on boosting profits from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia in the next three years.
Thai tycoons top dealmakers
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/12/2012
» Charoen Pokhpand Group Co's US$9.4 billion purchase of a stake in China's Ping An Insurance Co puts Thai companies and their billionaire owners among the ranks of Asia's biggest overseas acquirers.
Japan firms enter Thai food business
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/12/2012
» Mitsubishi Corp said it will set up a shrimp seafood venture in Thailand, a day after rival Mitsui & Co announced a sugar investment in the same country as Japanese trading houses step up their focus on food.
Shinzo Abe confirmed as new Japanese prime minister
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/12/2012
» TOKYO - Japan's lower house confirmed Shinzo Abe as the country's seventh prime minister in six years, returning him to the office he left in 2007 after his party regained power in a landslide election victory last week.
Bipartisan House passes US tax deal as next fight looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/01/2013
» WASHINGTON -- The United States House of Representatives passed a bill undoing income tax increases for more than 99% of households, giving a victory to President Barack Obama even as Republicans vowed to fight him in coming weeks to get spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.
Mitsubishi UFJ eyes Ayudhya Bank
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/01/2013
» Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc has expressed interest in buying a stake in Bank of Ayudhya Pcl from General Electric Co (GE), which has yet to give an offer for the Thai lender, said an executive from Japan’s biggest bank.
Wiratchant, Ishikawa to play in Masters
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2013
» Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant and Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa have accepted invitations to play in the Masters Tournament, according to Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne.
ITD jumps on Japan’s project interest
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/01/2013
» BANGKOK - Italian-Thai Development Pcl (ITD), Thailand’s biggest construction company by sales, rose to the highest level in more than two years after Japan expressed interest in partnering the company in a Myanmar port project.
Myanmar clears $1bn in overdue debt
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2013
» Myanmar cleared about US$1 billion in overdue debt with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank using a bridge loan from Japan, opening the door for increased lending as the country seeks to overhaul its infrastructure.
Uniqlo eyes Indonesia
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/02/2013
» Fast Retailing Co, the apparel retailer headed by Japan’s richest man, will open its first Uniqlo branded store in Indonesia by June and plans to add 10 outlets in three years to tap an expanding middle class.