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Mars Petcare, shelters launch adoption initiative
Business, Published on 09/10/2025
» Mars Thailand, a leading petcare firm, is promoting the adoption of homeless animals to support vulnerable pets.
SOS tackles food waste crisis
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 18/08/2025
» Amid Thailand's growing food waste crisis, one initiative is making a difference by redirecting surplus food to vulnerable communities under strict food safety standards.
MQDC, Century R introduce sustainable investment trust
Business, Published on 12/07/2023
» MQDC, a leading property developer, and Century R, a global investment firm and fund management company led by Paul Inthaseni, are jointly establishing an investment trust in Singapore to invest in businesses that develop projects focused on sustainability and eco-friendly innovation.
Luxury dog hotels give paws for thought
Business, AFP, Published on 21/01/2022
» Cape Town: Three dachshunds lay claim to a big bed, while an agitated mongrel yaps constantly and a miniature schnauzer appears disgruntled despite soothing Bob Marley tunes playing over the stereo.
With no tourists, Paris hotel opens its doors to homeless
Business, Published on 04/12/2020
» PARIS: In normal times the Hotel Avenir Montmartre is a tourist magnet with its views of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur Basilica, but Covid-19 has scared off the usual guests. Instead, the hotel has opened its doors to the homeless.
Handout appeal deadline this Friday
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/05/2020
» The deadline to file appeals for rejected applicants of the 5,000-baht monthly handout of aid money is this Friday, says the Finance Ministry, which anticipates the number of filers petering out.
From Comic-Con to Cannes, Pandemic-Hit Events Look for Ways to Convene
Business, Patience Haggin, Published on 04/05/2020
» Every year, 130,000 sci-fi and fantasy fans donning Captain America and Princess Leia costumes crowd into the San Diego Convention Center for the event known as Comic-Con, where they mingle with stars and other fans. Some 15,000 advertising executives descend on the French Riviera for a festival in Cannes, where parties on cozy yachts are the norm. At New York's Fancy Food Show, attendees sample each other's caviar and paté.
Ministry setting up cash for 2m disabled
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/04/2020
» The Finance Ministry is seeking a lifeline for the 2 million disabled and underprivileged people who are adversely affected by the coronavirus outbreak, says finance permanent secretary Prasong Poontaneat.
Officials say handout budget ample
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/04/2020
» The Finance Ministry says the government's planned budget allocation of 550 billion baht to finance a monthly 5,000-baht cash handout scheme is ample to pay those adversely affected by the coronavirus outbreak, as well as fund the government's measures to contain the contagion.
RV Living Grows as Latest Consequence of Housing Crisis
Business, Jim Carlton & Will Parker, Published on 29/02/2020
» The RVs started arriving on Continental Circle about four years ago. Now they line one side of the half-mile-long street in this Silicon Valley suburb.