Another nail in the coffin: BlackBerry is no longer the only smartphone with the killer app that enabled its text users to chat with users of Symbian, iPhone and Android systems.
* Coupon clash—Southeast Asia Globe
By Susan Cunningham Southeast Asia Globe As discount deal websites explode in the region, a Thai company shows how it's done. Deep-discount deal sites have been surging throughout the United States and Europe for almost three years, but they were late off the starting blocks in Southeast Asia – arriving only in mid-2010. Since then,... Continue Reading →
* Thai Union Frozen is the Big Kahuna of Tuna—Forbes Asia
Thai Union accounts for 21% of the world's processed tuna production. "We can now claim to be the only global tuna company, and can claim a global production base," says Thiraphong.
* Thailand: Data suggests supply/demand mismatch—Hotel News Now
With hotel rates already eroding, Thailand—particularly Bangkok and Phuket—will soon host hundreds of new upscale hotels that won’t match the pocketbooks of the groups flying from Vladivostok and Beijing,
* 48 Heroes of Philanthropy
A philanthropist in the news—someone who made a huge donation or launched a big project in the past year—is more likely to find himself here. We try to highlight new names each year.
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