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Alibaba in talks for WHA EEC land
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 28/05/2019
» Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is vying to build up its footprint in Thailand by negotiating with WHA Corporation for the latter's industrial estate land in Chachoengsao.
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Amazon.com plays catch-up in Brazil as local rivals thrive
Business, Published on 05/05/2018
» Claudia Maria de Oliveira is leery of online shopping. But while browsing social media recently, the 49-year-old Brazilian spotted a bargain-priced sandwich press from local retailer Magazine Luiza SA.
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Flipkart board said to choose Walmart
Business, Published on 05/05/2018
» The board of Flipkart Online Services Pvt has approved an agreement to sell about 75% of the company to a Walmart Inc-led group for approximately $15 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, an enormous bet by the American retailer on international expansion.
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Image problem: Madrasas resist Modi portraits
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/01/2018
» Maulana Altaf Hussain Mazahiri is an angry man. The target of his outrage is the government in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, which has issued an order that a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi be displayed in the school he runs.
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Green but greying
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/01/2018
» Visit a rice farm anywhere in Asia these days and you will see a life that has hardly changed in decades. Transplanting paddy sprouts into muddy soil, swatting itch-inducing stalks with a sharp sickle and lifting heavy rice sacks into a rickety truck are all part of the backbreaking routine.
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Hang Seng rise makes Hong Kong's richest even richer
Asia focus, Published on 22/01/2018
» The collective wealth of Hong Kong's 50 richest people has soared by a record US$60 billion to $307 billion, led by Li Ka-shing for the 20th consecutive year. The real estate tycoon added $5.7 billion to his wealth, raising his total fortune to $36 billion, Forbes magazine reported last week.
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Grocery delivery continues to morph
Business, Published on 22/01/2018
» Online grocery startups like HappyFresh, which "uberise" grocery shopping by delivering products from big retailers to consumers' homes, may be in a delicate strategic situation with giants like Tesco and Big C implementing their own online grocery offerings.
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ASL keys on research quality
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 22/01/2018
» ASL Securities, an online brokerage firm in Thailand, aims to focus on quality research, a new trading platform and developing robo-trading for its business strategy in 2018.
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Siri Ventures plans to incubate proptech
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 19/01/2018
» Siri Ventures Co, the technology investment arm of SET-listed developer Sansiri Plc, plans to spend 1.5 billion baht over 2018-20 on property technology (proptech) to support the parent firm's residential development business.
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B20bn slated for digital plan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/01/2018
» The government is set to invest 20 billion baht in infrastructure projects in fiscal 2018 as part of its ambitious digital development plan.
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