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The path to getting more women around the world into the corporate boardroom was explored at the three-day Global Summit of Women (GSW) in Bangkok on Friday.

The Yoon Suk Yeol administration on Thursday unveiled a five-year plan to pursue a business-friendly and market-oriented economy by carrying out intensive deregulatory measures and alleviating the corporate tax burden.

Behind South Korea's industrial growth was a military-like corporate culture that united workforces for a shared goal: The mantra “your company is your family” propelled the tremendous drive toward economic prosperity but also gave validity to tough corporate culture and hierarchy.

ROME - President Joe Biden and the other national leaders gathered for the Group of 20 summit formally endorsed a new global minimum tax on Saturday, capping months of negotiations over the groundbreaking tax accord.

After the murder of George Floyd ignited nationwide protests, corporate America acknowledged it could no longer stay silent and promised to take an active role in confronting systemic racism.

WASHINGTON - Finance ministers from Group of Seven nations meeting in London on Friday are expected to back President Joe Bidens call for a global minimum tax on corporate profits, giving him an early win in a grueling diplomatic campaign that is just beginning.

Sales at IKEA stores in Southeast Asia hit the Bt29 billion mark in fiscal year September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019, reflecting healthy growth for a big-box retail business that is meeting the needs of a new generation of shoppers and creating fresh passion for home furnishing.

Upjohn Thailand says it is committed to an integrated strategy to improve patient health and relieve the burden of non-communicable diseases with trusted, quality medicines for every patient, everywhere.

Global Power Synergy Plc (GPSC) plans to increase its registered capital worth Bt74 billion in order to reduce its debt of Bt134.5 billion, it said on Thursday. It borrowed from its parent companies including PTT Plc and PTT Global Chemical Plc, to acquire a major stake in Glow Energy Plc early this year.

B Grimm Power, an SET-listed energy company, is considering refinancing its debt by issuing new debentures to repay its debts, its chief financial officer Nopadej Karnasuta said.

Siam Kubota Corporation Co Ltd, a manufacturer of tractors and agriculture equipment, is aiming to achieve Bt100 billion in revenue over the next five years now that it has recorded total revenue of Bt27 billion in the first half of this year, or up 9 per cent from the same period last year, the company’s president Hiroto Kimura said on August 27. 

Muang Thai Life Assurance Plc is confident of the first year premium Bt28 billion by year’s end after seeing a 25-per-cent hike in sales of new premium health policies in the first seven months of 2019 compared to the same period last year.