* Avoiding Sins, and Pirates
Thailand’s Precious Shipping has sailed through the crisis while others have capsized.
By Susan J. Cunningham
As the global recession chokes off trade finance and slashes the volume of exports and imports, at least 11 big shipping lines have filed for protection from their creditors since October. But Thailand’s Precious Shipping has been riding out the storm. That’s made Managing Director Khalid Hashim one of the go-to guys when shipping reporters seek analysis …
* Ships, planes, fashion and fun: Nishita Shah keeps a high profile
By Susan J. Cunningham
It’s Tuesday evening in the open-air restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel and 28-year-old Nishita Shah is right at home. In one of the few posh places left in Bangkok where she can smoke, she’s wearing her usual uniform: hip-hugging jeans and a clingy top …
