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Billionaire clan said to weigh $2bn Thai Summit sale
Bloomberg, Published on 05/02/2026
» Thai Summit Group, the country’s largest auto-parts manufacturer, is weighing a sale of its business amid mounting pressure from the global shift to electric vehicles, political uncertainty and family succession gaps, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tesla failed to fix autopilot after fatal crash, engineers say
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla Inc failed to fix limitations in its Autopilot system following a gruesome Florida crash that killed a driver in 2016, company engineers said in a family’s lawsuit over a very similar 2019 fatal collision that is headed to a jury trial.
Disney streaming booms as theaters grapple with pandemic
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: US entertainment giant Disney said Thursday its online streaming services have boomed while it grapples with how to release films as the Delta coronavirus variant drives viewers from movie theaters.
Netflix Movies Turn Up in a Surprising Place: Theaters
Business, Erich Schwartzel, Published on 17/05/2021
» The nation's movie theaters are running out of movies. Some are turning to an unlikely source for more: Netflix Inc.
Major Cineplex banking on lure of blockbusters
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 12/04/2021
» Major Cineplex Group is depending on big releases to help draw moviegoers to cinemas amid Covid-19 fears, while tightening health safety measures at all of its 183 screens across the country and introducing cashless payment.
China now tops world's movie market
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 28/12/2020
» China recently surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest movie market by ticket sales for the first time. China recorded box-office revenue of US$1.99 billion from January to October, topping US sales of $1.94 billion.
Disney to cut 28,000 US employees due to coronavirus
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» LOS ANGELES: Disney said Tuesday it will cut 28,000 jobs from its US theme parks division, singling out California restrictions that have prevented the giant Disneyland resort from reopening due to the coronavirus crisis.
Single and stronger
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/06/2019
» Mohini Devi lived her dream last month when she watched her niece Shanti Devi perform all the rituals in the marriage of her son Inder Singh.
Pro-growth education needed for Japan
Asia focus, Koichi Hamada in Tokyo, Published on 10/09/2018
» Since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe initiated his "Abenomics" reform programme in 2012, Japan's economy has received a remarkable boost. But the job is not yet finished.