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New flight path
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/06/2016
» Thailand and many other countries in Asia are looking to upgrade their defence capabilities, with the sharp increase in defence budgets over the past decade attesting to greater economic strength as well as rising geopolitical tensions.
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Air of disruption
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 02/11/2015
» 'For entrepreneurs, choosing your co-founders is like a professional marriage," says Nathan Blecharczyk. "You're going to go through tough times and you need to remember that ideas can change but business partners can't."
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Time for an Asian Nato?
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/06/2015
» Forgive me if I sound a bit old (trust me, I'm not), but the tensions simmering in this part of the world call to mind the events of decades ago. Have we learned from history? I have to wonder.
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Stand up for strolling shoppers
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/02/2015
» I hope I don't bore you with another piece related to the lead story of today's Asia Focus, but I have to say that it's high time we all demanded our right to be able to move freely on the footpaths of Bangkok.
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Higher flight path
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/12/2014
» Halfway into the 90-minute flight from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City, a grey-haired passenger disappears into the cockpit, emerging only after the plane is safely on the ground. It's one of the perks of being the boss of the airline, but the charming and humble Naresh Goyal doesn't make a big deal of it.
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Air travellers deserve a break
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 03/11/2014
» As a frequent traveller, I have to admit that the price of air tickets, especially if the money comes out of my own pocket, is a major issue for mere mortals who do not have access to private jets. So the slide in oil prices these days should be a welcome relief.
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Common sense has gone to the dogs
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 08/09/2014
» Yes, there are a lot of important things going on in the region and I'd love to write about some of them, but I couldn't resist taking a look at Singapore's latest attempt at social engineering: "debarking" dogs in public housing projects.
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No passing this Fox
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/05/2014
» How many of you read the Kama Sutra before you had sex for the first time, or did you fondle your way though?” rags-to-riches billionaire Lindsay Fox asked an audience that had gathered to hear how to become an entrepreneur.
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Tapping into consumer power
Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/06/2012
» TOKYO : The continuing global and regional slowdown will have a very minimal impact on companies that are catering to consumers in Asia or around the world, and some even believe now is the best time to expand their operations in Asian markets.
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No turning back
Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 14/05/2012
» As Aung San Suu Kyi, new passport in hand, prepares for her first trip out of Myanmar in nearly a quarter century, investors and analysts are flocking in, hoping that recent gestures of democratic reform will prevail.
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