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Thailandia Myanmar
Firms urged to invest in Myanmar
The Thai private sector is being urged to set up industrial estates or special economic zones (SEZs) in Myanmar as the neighbouring country emerges as a magnet for foreign investment.
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Thailandia
Rice exports could slip
Thai rice exports are expected to drop by 3.8% in volume this year, with export prices likely to stay relatively low because of higher global supply and stiffer competition.
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Kenya
Business: LG appoints new managing director for Kenya
Chung has over 20 years' experience in leadership and knowledge of the technology industry. He is the immediate former General Manager of LG washing machine, sales team and was based in South Korea.
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Kenya
Business: Competition Authority of Kenya gives Total the nod to buy Gapco
However, the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) will require Total to retain Gapco's current workforce, and continue sharing some of Gulf African's petroleum products' storage facilities with the industry.
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Kenya
Business: Kenya Bureau of Standards goes digital with new website
The web store will give people an opportunity to obtain Kenya standards, adopted international standards and also the harmonised East African standards. This is unlike in the past when customers would troop to the bureau's offices in person to buy the standards.
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Kenya
Business: Credit squeeze slows private sector growth
The Markit Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to 52.0 per cent in January from 54.1 per cent in December, remaining above the 50.0 per cent line that divides growth from contraction.
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Kenya
Business: Kenyan airspace certified safe by ICAO standards
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director General Gilbert Kibe made the announcement at a workshop attended 60 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) delegates in Naivasha yesterday.
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Kenya
Business: Fly 540 sister firm taps into Northern Kenya market with daily flight to Lodwar
The airline's inaugural flight was flagged off by Nominated Senator Zipporah Kittony, who said it would open up market opportunities in the Northern region.
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Kenya
KNH to partner with private sector to build fertility clinic
Infertility in Kenya is not taken as an urgent condition requiring immediate funding.
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USA
Toshiba Looks for Ways to Withdraw from Nuclear Plant Construction Business
After incurring a sizeable amount of losses in overseas nuclear power plant construction businesses, Toshiba plans to reduce the scale of its nuclear plant business. There is forecast that Toshiba would not only sell its stake in its nuclear plant unit Westinghouse of the US but also withdraw from the ...