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New VC funds to accelerate growth of startups
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/02/2024
» Several new venture capital (VC) funds are expected to accelerate the growth of startups this year after activity slowed during the pandemic and "crypto winter" the past few years.
Your horoscope for Sept 23-29
Business, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 23/09/2022
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money, couples & singles from the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week & beyond!
The disappearing hotel
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 12/05/2022
» After a full two years of idling rooms, dwindling guest numbers and shrinking services, hotels across Asia are turning on the fairy lights once again. But returning guests gratefully collapsing at the altar of five-star devotion would do well to examine the miracles of 2022 with a healthily jaundiced eye.
Lazada backlash puts spotlight on digital ads
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/05/2022
» Media and digital pundits have urged agencies and brands to be cautious about their online communications and advertisements involving sensitive issues, as they can backfire and jeopardise their images.
GM, Ford Need Electric-Car Batteries, but Take Different Paths to Get Them
Business, Ben Foldy, Published on 05/10/2020
» Auto makers, pumping billions of dollars into developing electric cars, are now facing a critical choice: get more involved with manufacturing the core batteries or buy them from others.
Touch-me-not travel
Business, Published on 12/05/2020
» As travel vaporises in the face of on-off lockdowns, airlines, airports and hotels are pondering the future of hospitality in these fluid and fearful socially distanced times. Professional hosts are examining how to safely distance yet offer hospitable warmth without turning everything into a set from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Latest Must-Have Accessory for Men Is...a Pearl Necklace?
Business, Jacob Gallagher, Published on 12/03/2020
» Harry Styles, the British singer, former One Direction member, part-time actor and persistent wearer of high-waisted trousers, has added a new unofficial gig to his résumé: popularizer of the manly pearl necklace. In recent months he's rarely made a public appearance without a single strand of delicate white pearls dangling from his neck. Mr. Styles has worn them on "The Graham Norton Show," "The Late Late Show with James Corden," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "BBC Radio 1" and at the Brit Awards, among other outlets.
Walmart, Verizon in Talks to Test 5G Services in Some Stores
Business, Sarah Krouse, Sarah Nassauer & Anna Wilde Mathews, Published on 03/03/2020
» Walmart Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are in discussions to outfit the retailer's stores with antennas and other equipment to create 5G wireless service, a high-profile test of the next-generation networks.
Armed with data and nowhere to go
Business, William Hicks, Published on 01/01/2020
» On the ninth floor of True Corporation's sprawling digital park in Bangkok, a team of 150 parses billions of data points, attempting to shape the sea of information into sense.
Blockchain meets education
Business, Jirayut Srupsrisopa, Published on 14/05/2019
» Blockchain technology is rapidly gaining favour for its exemplary cybersecurity capabilities. Blockchain-enabled security development has become a paramount goal in industries such as finance and banking, supply chain and logistics, and healthcare. Beyond cryptocurrency and other existing use cases, blockchain can also make a huge difference in the lives of students.