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TLI sets IPO price at B16 in fundraising stab at B37bn
Business, Published on 28/06/2022
» Thai Life Insurance (TLI), the country's second-largest life insurer, announces an initial public offering (IPO) price of 16 baht per share as it plans to raise up to 37 billion baht in its primary stake sale.
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.
Mobilising entrepreneurship in Asia
Business, Naseem Javed, Published on 20/12/2019
» Millions of new entrepreneurs are on the march around the world. They are young and old, big and small, from rich nations and poor ones. In the modern connected world, they have the same access to the latest technologies and similar global access to markets once reserved for big corporations.
An unquenchable thirst for wealth
Business, Jesus Alcocer, Published on 27/09/2018
» The prodigal son was once nearly dragged to university in the US by his parents. Teerin Tanyawattanakul now presides over Kaijae's (Soonthorntanyasap Co) 2-billion-baht-plus empire that encompasses rice, property and snacks.
Putting out feelers in the cricket market
Business, Jesus Alcocer, Published on 18/07/2018
» From an isolated enclave on the outskirts of Chiang Mai, one Frenchman and a couple of Czechs are vying to make crickets the next big foodie fad in the West.
Dusit Thani heir talks luxury and lifestyle
Business, Jesus Alcocer & Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 21/05/2018
» Dusit Thani heir Siradej Donavanik is seeking to enlarge the lifestyle hotel market in Thailand and Asia through his new Asai brand, as one of the country's oldest hotel companies strives to capitalise on the 200 million millennials who travel.