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The tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers is a good opportunity for us all to reflect on the global financial crisis and the lessons we have learned from it. By now, there is widespread agreement that the crisis…

American publisher Meredith announced on Friday that it has agreed to sell Fortune for $150 million to Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, wholly owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon. Mr. Jiaravanon is affiliated with the Charoen Pokphand Group (www.cpgroupglobal.com), an international conglomerate with businesses…

‘Brighter prospects, optimistic markets, challenges ahead’: That was the title of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook update in January this year. How quickly things have changed. Since that report was published, turbulence, volatility and crises have dominated the economic landscape.…

To drive concrete development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has recently approved investment incentive scheme. New incentives apply for the bidding winners of U-Tapao Airport’s Passenger Terminal 3 and Digital Park Thailand (EECd) development projects, two…

South Korea tops the region in entrepreneurship environment with a score of 54%, according to the recently released Global Entrepreneurship Index. The country jumped three spaces up from the last year. The tech giant has been ahead of producing new…

Asia and the Pacific is the world’s largest food market. By 2030 it will likely account for half the global increase in annual beef and poultry consumption. Source: Asia’s Future Farms Globally, 815 million people went to bed unfed or half-fed…

Digital lifestyles, cashless societies, app-based businesses, “smart” nations, virtual services – there is a tremendous amount of excitement in Southeast Asia now about the growth of the digital economy. The region is a hotspot for digital development, and it already…

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have made stunning progress over the past quarter century. Once plagued by poverty, they are now economic success stories. The GMS Economic Cooperation Program has contributed significantly to this transformation. Since it was established…

With roughly 20 million international overnight visitors, Bangkok remains in the top spot this year. Thailand’s capital is unlikely to be bested due to a strong projected growth of 9.6 percent for 2018. Interestingly, visitors tend to stay in Bangkok…

The U.S. and China are hours away from a new round of tariffs on each other’s goods, with no improvement in relations between the two rivals in sight. In a significant escalation, $200 billion of Chinese products will be subject…