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King Stella ramps up overseas expansion
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 17/03/2023
» King Stella Group, a 60-year-old manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, is preparing to set up new enterprises in India, the Philippines and Indonesia as a part of efforts to double its overseas and domestic sales to reach 2 billion baht within 2025.
Foreign Executives in Isolated Hong Kong Head for the Exit
Business, Dan Strumpf, Published on 25/01/2022
» Stringent rules to try to keep Hong Kong free of Covid-19 are driving away more foreign executives, chipping away at the city's decades-old status as one of the world's top business hubs.
China's Power Shortfalls Begin to Ripple Around the World
Business, Stella Yifan Xie & Sha Hua & Chuin-Wei Yap, Published on 04/10/2021
» China is struggling with widespread power shortfalls, dealing a blow to the recovery of the second-largest economy and risking disruption to global supply chains and heightened inflationary pressure around the world.
China Envisions Its Digital-Currency Future, With Lotteries and a Year's Worth of Laundry
Business, Jonathan Cheng, Published on 29/12/2020
» The People's Bank of China on Sunday concluded its second digital-currency pilot program, as the central bank moves closer to a formal rollout that would make China the first major world economy to introduce such a system.
Global Brands Need China's Consumers to Spend. They Might Have to Wait.
Business, Trefor Moss & Stella Yifan Xie &, Published on 05/05/2020
» Global brands are hoping China's gigantic consumer market will help rekindle growth as the world tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. They are facing an uphill battle.
Traders Brace for More Stock Volatility
Business, Gunjan Banerji & Michael Wursthorn, Published on 04/02/2020
» Investors are betting the volatility that has rattled markets over the past two weeks is here to stay.
Chinese Authorities Promote Face Masks, but Some Experts Question Them
Business, Julie Wernau & Stella Yifan Xie, Published on 03/02/2020
» As fear about the deadly new coronavirus spreads in China, face masks have disappeared from store shelves and sold out online. At least two Chinese provinces now require them to be worn in public. Factories that make the masks in China are operating 24 hours a day to meet the demand.
Fishing for renewed respect
Business, Phusadee Arunmas & Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/07/2018
» Beaten down by back-breaking labour and deprived of their liberty, weary migrant workers are closer to emancipation from sea slavery with the government's increased efforts to prosecute and convict human traffickers.