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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 11, 2016 • 3 min read

Smart Smart Axiata Cambodia CEO on how to see off competitors

By David Hutt • Apr 11, 2016
Smart Axiata Cambodia has seen off robust competition in the country’s telecoms sector to emerge as one of the industry’s key players. CEO Thomas Hundt discusses the shifting market and how his firm has stayed ahead of the curve

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 29, 2016 • 7 min read

Custom made Mass production was yesterday

By David Hutt • Mar 29, 2016
Consumers are moving from identikit items to customised creations in a megatrend that strategists have dubbed the “youniverse”

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 24, 2016 • 7 min read

Dating Apps The fierce business of love

By Kirsten Han • Feb 24, 2016
In an age where ‘swiping right’ has entered common parlance, the matchmakers behind the region's most popular dating apps are working hard to attract users

Money • Jan 28, 2016 • 10 min read
positive advertising

Thinking of a change: 17 Triggers

What if, inside all of us, there is an emotional ‘elephant’ and rational ‘elephant rider’ competing to determine our actions? Mike Rios of 17 Triggers, a Cambodia-based advertising agency that works with the development sector, explains his hard-learned lessons on how to get people to change their behaviours
By David Hutt • Jan 28, 2016

Money • Jan 07, 2016 • 7 min read
Coffee beans

Vietnam’s arabica push

Vietnam has long focused on grinding out cheap robusta coffee. But with more farmers cultivating high-grade arabica, the country could become a key source of the more boutique bean
By Calvin Godfrey • Jan 07, 2016

Money • Dec 07, 2015 • 4 min read
Getty Images

Talent spotter

The world’s largest photo agency, Getty Images, is shifting focus in the region. Local photographers are the future, according to Kumiko Shimamoto, the company’s vice-president in Asia
By David Hutt • Dec 07, 2015

Money • Nov 11, 2015 • 4 min read
Bioprinting

Singapore’s big bet

Creating human skin and functioning livers are just two of bioprinting’s possibilities, and Singapore is hoping to become a global player in the business of mending mortals
By David Hutt • Nov 11, 2015

Money • Oct 22, 2015 • 8 min read
Knowledge-based economy

Follow the leader

Southeast Asian nations will eventually need to swap farming for flash drives and become knowledge-based economies. Singapore is already showing how it’s done
By Kevin Ponniah • Oct 22, 2015