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Multi-billionaire Wang Jianlin looks abroad
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/02/2016
» Chinese businesses that have a good foothold at home need to expand outside their comfort zones to become truly multinational, says China's richest man.
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Weed out graft before funds flow
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/12/2015
» On Tuesday the cabinet approved a 1.79-trillion-baht infrastructure project that has been on the waiting list of things to be done for more than a year.
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Still digging it
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 30/11/2015
» Amid the ongoing slowdown in China's demand for commodities, multinational businesses such as Rio Tinto are pinning their hopes on the rise of other countries located along the "New Silk Road".
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Infrastructure financing still a big hurdle
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 02/11/2015
» As urbanisation gathers momentum in Asia, the need for infrastructure remains high and governments will be spending trillions of dollars in the decades ahead to deliver everything from electricity to roads and schools to growing populations, say leading regional executives.
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Smaller cities sit in shadow of the capital
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/09/2015
» It has been wisely noted that public relations stunts or unrealistic expectations from leaders should be avoided... and this has been proven time and time again.
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Regime must allow media to do its job
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/09/2015
» As Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha heads to the United Nations to give his first speech at the world body next week with the emphasis on sustainable development, the question on many people's minds will not be the subject he is going to speak about but instead what is happening in Thailand.
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Power and Potential
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 10/08/2015
» Myanmar, which has been the source of the bulk of Thailand's gas supply used for power generation, says that its own requirements in the years ahead are likely to increase sharply on the back of strong economic growth.
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Democracy and economic progress
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/07/2015
» Bangkok last week was the venue for addresses by two highly influential economic thinkers about the way countries in the region should proceed with development.
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Thailand needs more than a rate cut
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 09/03/2015
» The calls have been growing louder for easing of monetary policy in Thailand, following in the footsteps of other Asian countries including India, Indonesia, China and Singapore. But conditions in our country these days are different, and any such move needs to be handled very carefully as it could be a double-edged sword.
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Let's use oil windfall creatively
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/01/2015
» As a consumer I can't complain about the benefits I'm deriving from the continued fall in oil prices. Some of us might even spend some of that money we're saving at the pump, and that will help the economy.
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