... 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.
* BlackBerry’s days are numbered—Business Report Thailand
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
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 →
* How to visit the Thai market where a train drives through
After I saw this startling video of a Thai market ebbing and flowing over the tracks of a train, I had many questions. Where was the market? Can I go there? What is the history of this line? Mystery solved!
* Avoiding Sins, and Pirates
It touched a two-decade low of 663 in December after sinking 94% from its all-time peak of 11793 on May 20 of last year. One factor: a 15% to 20% drop in China's demand for iron ore in the last few months of last year, probably because it was allowing inventories to run down.
Susan J Cunningham 