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The X factor
Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 19/05/2015
» Unlike street performers in many other countries who perform in public places in exchange for money, in Thailand, buskers are usually considered to be beggars.
Cambodia calling
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 14/09/2015
» As Thai companies start to see their sales tapering off amid slow domestic consumption, some are reaping the benefits of earlier decisions to enter markets where the risks at times have spooked other investors aware of their chequered history.
Most talked-about stories of 2014
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 26/12/2014
» Historically, 2014 will go down as another disappointing year for most, as the Thai economy continued to suffer amid political uncertainty, policy questions and weak global growth.
Special mortgages rare at Money Expo
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/05/2015
» Banks are surprisingly not as keen to offer special mortgages at this year's Money Expo, and bankers say this indicates low demand in the property market.
The business of shared Indonesian and Thai history
Life, Published on 05/10/2015
» The story of the life and times of Liem Sioe Liong (1917-2012), one of the most powerful overseas Chinese tycoons of Southeast Asia in the 1980s and 1990s, is a fascinating tale of an impoverished Fujian immigrant who arrived in Indonesia in his twenties. Over the next half century, he rose to achieve extraordinary wealth in Suharto's Indonesia and went on to play pivotal role in supporting Suharto's economic development programme.
Compassionate leadership in action at KTB (part one)
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 10/09/2015
» 'Our human-resource (HR) transformation intends to bring fairness back to our people at Krungthai," says Vorapak Tanyawong, president of Krungthai Bank (KTB).
CTH raises B3bn for expansion, partnership
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 02/03/2015
» Leading pay-TV operator CTH has raised its registered capital by 3.05 billion baht to welcome new partners and expand its business.
Greek drama and Chinese rout push shares down
Business, Published on 06/07/2015
» Recap: Greece's debt default weighed on global stock markets last week ahead of yesterday's referendum. The start of this week promises to be choppy as US investors return from a long weekend and markets weigh the results of the Greek vote.
For Thai banks, partnerships expand reach at low risk
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/06/2015
» As global banking giants go on a slimming spree and regional banks in Asean say their size is appropriate, banks in Thailand are likely to continue their current strategy of servicing customers via partnerships and opening branches in some neighbouring countries.
The good life
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 20/04/2015
» In 1995, eminent banker and Thailand's ex-finance minister Boonchu Rojanastien decided to tear down his holiday home in Hua Hin and turn it into Chiva-Som, one of the world's first wellness and destination spa retreats.