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10 for 10: Entrepreneurial Lessons from a Decade-Long Survivor
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/08/2015
» Hooray! This week, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Thinkergy Ltd. Most start-ups never make it through the roughs and troughs of their first decade, and we feel very grateful to have survived!
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Restaurant chains woo 'breakfastarians'
Business, Reuters, Published on 06/08/2015
» LOS ANGELES: Call it the rise of the "breakfastarians" — the dining tribe that craves breakfast food morning, noon and night.
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Biomass plants trump coal-fired power
News, Terry Weir, Published on 06/08/2015
» Though I work as a CFO in the electronics industry in Thailand, I also have investments in various energy stocks and farming. I have looked in detail at the economics of investing in a biomass energy project in Australia. From an investors' perspective, we examine the financial returns for a project, meanwhile countries need to evaluate the whole picture — economic costs and benefits, both now and in the future.
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CDC must do its homework
News, Editorial, Published on 06/08/2015
» The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC)'s apparent about-face over its decision to take away the off-budget funding for the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), Thai PBS TV station and the National Sports Development Organisation and to subject them to central budgeting and parliamentary oversight, like other state organisations, is indeed a welcome move.
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PR drive underway, navy revives sub hopes in earnest
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 06/08/2015
» The government's recent decision to delay a plan to purchase three submarines from China does little to dim the navy's hopes that one day they still can be theirs.
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A culture of mindless excessiveness
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/08/2015
» Just a few weeks ago, I discovered Ik Junoon (Paint It Red), an infectiously catchy song that played in the 2011 Bollywood flick Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. I've obviously been in a black hole of sorts to miss this instantly popular song and hit road trip movie, but it still wasn't the song that left the most lasting impression. Only when I actually looked at the YouTube screen as I was listening to the music was I blown away by the visuals that accompanied the ambient house music.
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Internationally recognised Thai ballerina returns
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 06/08/2015
» Before she reaches her third decade, Bangkok-born Natnaree "Ommi" Pipit-Suksun is beginning to stretch the boundaries in American ballet. As a dancer with the London Royal Ballet School, a Soloist Dancer in the San Francisco Ballet and now a Principal Dancer with the San Jose Ballet Company, she is one of only two "non-Caucasian women" in America to reach this height. (The other, African-American Missy Copeland, gave credit to Ommi on the nationally-broadcast Charlie Rose Show last month.) She has already danced on three continents in lead performances. The Huffington Post listed her as one of American's "39 most exciting dancers".
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Thai art to wear
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/08/2015
» Ever lust over the Vegas showgirls or Hollywood starlets that deck Charlotte Olympia's Around the World collection of T-bar heels? Sure it's cute, but now Thailand has a design of its own too. To pay homage to the newest city the brand has just opened a store in, Charlotte Olympia makes the traditional Kanok pattern as the main star of a violet-coloured T-bar. Although it's less figurative than designs for other countries, it's embroidered in a golden thread and still eye-catching enough for any party.
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Asean Cultural Centre
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/08/2015
» The Ministry of Culture will officially open the Asean Cultural Centre tomorrow to promote Thailand as a cultural exchange hub for people in the 10-member bloc.
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Nights and days in Nanjing
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 06/08/2015
» One on the original list of China's "Great Ancient Capitals" — which also includes Beijing, Xi'an and Luoyang — is Nanjing. Translated as "the southern capital", it is the only one of the four located on the south side of the Yangtze, the great river that marks the boundary between the northern and southern parts of the vast country.
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