Thailand's rich get far richer in 2010 - Forbes The Star BANGKOK (Reuters) - Despite weeks of political violence that disrupted economic life in Bangkok this year, the combined wealth of Thailand's 40 richest people increased by 46 percent from 2009, according to a study by Forbes magazine. Dhanin Chearavanont, owner of Thailand's largest agribusiness...
Inching Toward World-Wide Accord on Bank Rules Wall Street Journal By DAMIAN PALETTA Global politics and complicated risk management formulas will collide in Switzerland next month as regulators from around the world try to reach an agreement on new banking rules aimed at preventing another financial crisis. The stakes are so high that the leaders of the U.S., France, Germany and Japan have become involved, elevating what might otherwise be dismissed as a technocratic exercise. The...
Legal limbo for Russia's 'Lord of War' National Post By Peter Goodspeed, National Post August 28, 2010 9:02 AM Russian businessman Viktor Bout waits in a Bangkok jail cell last April. U.S. and Thai undercover agents arrested Bout in a sting operation two years ago. Photograph by: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters, Sukree Sukplang/Reuters For two decades, Viktor Bout worked in the shadows, operating under at least seven aliases, with a handful of passports, dozens of shell...
Baby tiger found stuffed in bag at Thai airport Herald Tribune BANGKOK - Authorities at Bangkok's international airport found a baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Thailand to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said Friday. AC = 1234 --> The woman, a Thai national, had checked in for her flight and her oversized bag was sent for an X-ray which showed what appeared to be a live animal...
Moscow, Bangkok Argue On Extraditing Viktor Bout Scoop Friday, 27 August 2010, 11:37 am Article: Richard S. Ehrlich Moscow & Bangkok Argue About Extraditing Viktor Bout to New York By BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is trying to repair damaged relations with the Kremlin after Moscow's foreign minister condemned a decision to extradite a suspected Russianweapons smuggler, Viktor Bout, from Bangkok to New York. "In a situation like this, pressure is...
Bangladesh's HC stays government order scrapping Koko's parole Zeenews Dhaka: The Bangladesh High Court on Thursday stayed for 40 days a government decision scrapping the parole of the expatriate younger son of main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia and ordering him to return home by August 31. "The bench extended by 40 days the parole of (Zia?s son) Arafat Rahman Koko but warned his parole will be cancelled automatically if he does not report to Bangladesh embassy in Bangkok every three...
GRAND POWER LOGISTICS REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR Q2 2010 Canada Newswire Generates higher revenue, reduces expenses and produces a profit of more than $300,000 CALGARY and HONG KONG, Aug. 24 /CNW/ - Grand Power Logistics Group Inc. (TSXV: GPW), a leading international logistics provider based in Hong Kong and with operations in China, today announced its consolidated financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2010. All amounts are expressed in American...
Oberois to raise stake in EIH The Siasat Daily Mumbai, August 23: The Oberois, founders of East India Hotels Ltd, are planning to raise their stake in the company every year. "We have 46.4 percent stake now. We plan to raise stake gradually," Chairman P.R.S. Oberoi told reporters here Tuesday after the annual general meeting of the company. The company can raise up to 5 percent stake every year through creeping acquisition. Asked whether he plans to...
Oberois to raise stake in EIH; firm plans Rs.1.5 bn investment The Siasat Daily Kolkata, August 24: The Oberois, founders of East India Hotels Ltd, are planning to raise their stake in the company every year. "We have 46.4 percent stake now. We plan to raise stake gradually," Chairman P.R.S. Oberoi told reporters here Tuesday after the annual general meeting of the company. The company can raise up to 5 percent stake every year through creeping acquisition. Asked whether he plans to...
