Rocket’s founders, the three German Samwer brothers, still have a reputation as cloners, flippers and operators of grueling, ruthless workplaces with high staff churn. Rocket executives readily acknowledge that their sites are copycats, usually of sites pioneered in the U.S. ...
* Pete Bodharamik Goes Big on Broadband—Forbes Asia
In the race to wire all these homes Jasmine is mostly vying with True, backed by the deep pockets of Thailand’s richest clan, the Chearavanont family.
* Thai Beverage Man Tan Passakornnatee Is On a Mission—Forbes Asia
Each day, after he announces a winning number, there’s another human interest story for the 2.7 million fans of his TanMaiTan, the most popular Facebook page in Thailand.
* Indonesia hoteliers eye emerging middle class—Hotel News Now
Mobile ownership is “virtually universal” among Indonesian adults, said Kapoor, and Indonesians are far more likely to access the Internet by mobile phones than Filipinos, Malaysians, Singaporeans or Thais.
* 2012 Southeast Asian Philanthropists
... donated more than $50 million to universities in China, Indonesia, Singapore and the U.S., primarily for scholarships. This year gave $24 million to the National University of Singapore for medical research. Plans to donate 10,000 laptops to needy Indonesian students at the top of their high school classes.