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1. business | 20 May 2013
Big wheel in Cambodia
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» If you have driven in Phnom Penh over the past few years, you probably have found yourself caught in traffic more than ever before, be it along Russian Boulevard, Norodom, Mao Tse Tung or any other major roads.
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2. business | 20 May 2013
IVL’s wide global reach offers more opportunities for cost control
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Indorama Ventures Plc, one of the world’s leading producers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), is looking to leverage its global presence better to lower its costs, especially in the Asian countries.
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3. business | 20 May 2013
GM revs up Asean expansion
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» General Motors, the American company behind the Chevrolet brand, is seeking a bigger role and more market share in Southeast Asia. It has rapidly expanded the lineup of products available in the region to lay the foundat...
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4. business | 20 May 2013
Vietnam’s star is dimming
Commentary
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Like other would-be tiger economies, Vietnam faces a trifecta of new threats: a crisis-paralysed Europe, a faltering America, and a newly spendthrift Japan. Yet the biggest risk to the country’s future may be old-fashion...
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5. business | 20 May 2013
Banking on performance
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» The appointment of soft-spoken Abdul Wahid Omar, the CEO of Malaysia’s biggest financial institution, to the cabinet last week certainly surprised many political observers.
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6. business | 20 May 2013
Telecom bidders vie to stand out in Myanmar ‘beauty contest’
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Bidders for telecom licences in Myanmar are stepping up activities in the country in hopes of scoring high in a “beauty contest” being held by consultants hired by the government.
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7. business | 20 May 2013
Development’s two-sided coin
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» For some farmers, the development of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone will mean the loss of their livelihoods and homes, which will affect them for the rest of their lives. For others, new jobs and financial security fr...
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8. business | 20 May 2013
Time to hang up on cold callers
Commentary: Umesh Pandey
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Picture yourself in a meeting, maybe even out of the country, when your mobile phone rings. You answer, and the person on the other end of the line asks if you’d be interested in a new credit card, an insurance policy or...
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9. business | 20 May 2013
China in the lead
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Dawei got off to a slow start, with Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) struggling to secure financing. Investors were concerned that the new government did not seem as keen on Dawei as the military junta that awarded the...
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10. business | 13 May 2013
Putting Dhamma to work
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Imagine pouring all the profits from your business into a high-end hotel in a foreign country. The business is going well. Then overnight, your beautiful hotel is destroyed by arson. As a businessperson, do you dare star...
