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Tesco buys into Southeast Asian online shop
UK retailing giant Tesco has acquired a minority stake in Lazada, a seller of non-food goods to customers in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and...
Take a stroll and see the cost of living in Thailand (video)
Take a stroll back in the year 2551 (that’s 2008 on the Western calendar) where it’s hard not to see the bargains at the...
Bruneians set to gain from TPPA
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), which Brunei Darussalam signed in 2005, has sparked new questions among a relatively small circle of Bruneians. The...
Behind the curtain: ASEAN’s 4 most secretive tycoons
In ASEAN, a highly potent cocktail blending the benefits of export-led economies and under-the-table government support throughout the bloc has bred a nebulous class of tycoons that prefer to enjoy their prosperity in secret.
Thai food giant plans $2.5b expansion
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), Thailand's largest agro business conglomerate, has said it will spend 75 billion baht ($2.5 billion) to expand its domestic...
Merry Christmas in the East: The gift of Asian spending
Despite having relatively small Christian population, Asian nations have come to represent the epitome of contemporary Christmas commercialism, offsetting lower spending in crisis-rocked Europe, writes Justin Calderon.
Pepsi pours $600m into Thailand
US soft drink maker PepsiCo said it will invest $600 million in Thailand until 2015 in a new bottling plant and in its own...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...