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Magnolia Quality Development unveils 10-year building project for over-50s housing
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 02/10/2025
» Property developer Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Ltd (MQDC) plans to generate residential projects for the over-50s in the mid- to lower-income segment, following a luxury project this year.
Online voting registration heralded
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/05/2023
» Allowing eligible citizens to register for online voting in the upcoming general election is a good start as Thailand shuffles towards e-government, according to advisors.
IBM Split Doesn't Guarantee a Speedy Recovery, History Suggests
Business, Asa Fitch, Published on 12/10/2020
» International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Arvind Krishna is betting on the well-practiced gambit of a corporate divorce to revive the former corporate icon. But tech history shows the outcome can be disappointing.
ECB uncertainty, US tech plunge rattle investors
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 12/09/2020
» Recap: Global stock markets were mixed following a European Central Bank meeting that left investors with questions about extra monetary stimulus, and a plunge in major US tech shares. Fears of a hard-landing Brexit were also fanned after the EU told Britain that it should urgently scrap a plan to break their divorce treaty.
Elon Musk, Tech's Cash-Poor Billionaire
Business, Tim Higgins, Published on 11/05/2020
» On the cusp of a stock-option grant that promises to make him nearly $1 billion richer, at least on paper, Elon Musk made a surprising announcement.
Connecting in Covid times
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 06/05/2020
» In 2003 when Linden Lab launched the virtual world Second Life, it was a novelty and a huge success, with a community of over a million at its peak. A quaint convergence of unfettered imagination and dollar-powered real life -- through avatars, business, product sales, music, movies, and even news reporting and politics -- its ever-changing and expanding virtual world took off.
Jack Welch, Legendary CEO of General Electric, Dies at Age 84
Business, Thomas Gryta, Published on 04/03/2020
» Jack Welch led General Electric Co. through two decades of unparalleled growth and transformation, with a brash style that single-handedly remade the conglomerate and changed the landscape of American corporations. He died Sunday at age 84.
Carlos Ghosn's New Life in Exile
Business, Nick KostovSean McLain, Published on 24/02/2020
» As dusk settled over the capital of Lebanon, Carlos Ghosn took a seat in the back corner of a dimly lit restaurant a short walk from his house. A waiter approached. In Arabic, Mr. Ghosn ordered an espresso.
Global bourses rise on trade truce; SET tops 1,600
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Darana Chudasri, Published on 18/01/2020
» Recap: Riskier assets were in demand worldwide as Chinese economic growth data, along with easing trade tensions with the US, sent the MSCI world equity index up 0.2% and further into record territory.
Trading thins out ahead of Christmas break
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 21/12/2019
» Recap: Emerging market equity trading was mostly flat yesterday as volumes thinned ahead of the Christmas holidays, while the Turkish lira firmed after falling for five straight sessions in the wake of worsening relations between Ankara and Washington.