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Small firms dying out as successors hard to find
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/10/2016
» TOKYO: Japan's small firms, many of which are "mom-and-pop" operations, are dying out as their ageing owners struggle to find successors, in another sign that the fast-ageing population is taking its toll on the world's third-largest economy.
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Death of owner plunges chain into uncertainty
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/10/2016
» MILAN: The owner of Italy's fourth-largest supermarket chain Esselunga, 90-year old Bernardo Caprotti, died on Friday, plunging the future ownership of the group into uncertainty.
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Giving names to the nameless
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/10/2016
» Thongchai Winichakul just turned 59 this past Saturday, but the bloodiest moment of his life took place when he was a student 40 years ago. Now a successful scholar, the black hole remains even though he maintains that he has "dealt with that historical trauma" through a mechanism of rationale -- and never vengefulness.
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Apirat vows to halt coup d'etat plots
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/10/2016
» The appointment of 1st Army commander Lt Gen Apirat Kongsompong reflects the National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO) attempt to ensure there are no counter-coups while the regime clings on to power over the coming years.
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Philippines, US hold war games after Duterte tirades
AFP, Published on 04/10/2016
» MANILA - The Philippines and the United States launch war games on Tuesday against the unusual threat of American forces being ejected from the Southeast Asian nation as its firebrand leader pivots to China.
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Prayut defends deputy's B20.9m flight
News, Published on 04/10/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has eschewed forming a panel to probe his deputy Prawit Wongsuwon's 20.9-million-baht chartered flight to the Asean-US defence meeting in Hawaii last week, which critics said was overpriced.
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Nishikori survives scare in Tokyo opener
AFP, Published on 04/10/2016
» TOKYO - Top seed Kei Nishikori recovered from a nervy start to beat American Donald Young 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in his opening match at the Japan Open on Monday.
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PM stumbles into pothole of scandals
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/10/2016
» What is more embarrassing: A young woman posting a photo of herself "taking a bath" in one of many potholes on the road to her village in Tak to send a sarcastic message for authorities to take action. Or a deputy prime minister spending 20.9 million baht of public money chartering a plane that can carry hundreds of people for his entourage of 38 for a four-day work trip to Hawaii?
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Thai prisoners the victims of slave labour
News, Raviwan Rakthinkamnerd, Published on 04/10/2016
» In a bid to rehabilitate incarcerated offenders and equip them with professional skills for their lives on the outside, prison work programmes have merely created a new industry behind bars that appears to exploit and enslave people.
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PM mulls who signs fine order
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/10/2016
» The Finance Ministry says it is waiting for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's decision on whether he would himself sign or co-sign an administrative order seeking 35.7 billion baht in compensation from former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over her loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme, or authorise someone else to do so.
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