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Nation Multimedia – Jan 29, 2008
"After we get the GMP standard we plan to begin exporting our longan-based cosmetic products to other countries" she says. Prima Herb is negotiating with partners to distribute its products in other Asian countries. It is also working with a Japanese partner to export its longan-seed extract for use in producing food supplements. Even though Usanee's new business has the potential for growth she remains a scientist at heart and is pursuing her desire to use her discovery to benefit sick people. So far her work with an expert in the degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis has found that the longan-seed extract helps to reduce cellular deterioration in the knee joints of sufferers. Usanee is developing a formula to produce two kinds of supplementary food made from longan-seed extract to help reduce the affects of osteoarthritis on knee joints and to combat the emergence of cancer cells. In this way she believes she can use her findings to deliver real benefits to people.
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Nation Multimedia – Jan 29, 2008
The consolidation is in line with Philips's Dutch headquarters which has been transforming itself from a sophisticated product-driven organisation into a consumer- and marketing-driven company. The change will be in both new product and organisational development. "I have restructured our local business operation as well as our working process to be in line with our headquarters' policy to simplify and reduce any duplicated work occurring in our organisation" said Prakorn Makjumroen who was appointed last year as the first Thai chairman and CEO of Philips Electronics (Thailand) in its 55-year history. The appointment took effect in July with Prakorn succeeding the retiring chairman and CEO Jan Eggebeen. He is responsible for overseeing the overall development and business operations of Philips Thailand. "We previously had two general managers who looked after consumer electronics and small domestic appliances. We have merged them into a single product group -'consumer lifestyle' – combining the sales and marketing teams.
Home > Business > Indorama takes over Tuntex
Nation Multimedia – Jan 29, 2008
Its revenue target this year is $3 billion. The deal brings the company's total investment in the Kingdom to Bt22 billion. It now employs 2500 people of whom 100 are Indians working in senior management. IRP's chief executive Aloke Lohia said the company had signed a memorandum of understanding with Tuntex to acquire its business as a part of a strategy to expand the scale of its production and to integrate the production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) polyester and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The deal will also create sustainable competitive advantages. Lohia said IRP had spent more than Bt2 billion on the deal and on production improvements at Tuntex's plants which are expected to be complete by April. Of the investment 50 per cent will come from equity and the rest from financing… In addition polyester is a raw material used in producing a variety of automobile-related and household goods and is not used only in the textile industry. Thailand is the company's manufacturing base for polyester and PTA while its US and European plants focus on PET. The company is exploring business opportunities in Brazil Russia India and China. IRP expects to gain benefits from the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement in business dealings involving the "very high-end" market in Japan. At present IRP has three business units dealing with the production of PTA polyester and PET. It has seven manufacturing plants in Saraburi Lop Buri Nakhon Pathom Rayong and Bangkok. Chalida EkvitthayavechnukulAchara PongvutithamThe Nation.
Outsourced Home-Based Medical Transcriptionists Remake Themselves…
PR Leap – PR Leap (press release) – Jan 29, 2008
“One woman was working fifteen hours a day to make ends meet and that was with a repetitive stress injury” Fusco added. Now Fusco says she is helping former medical transcriptionists to set their sights on a promising home-based career in the growing industry of Virtual Assistance. Virtual Assistants (or VAs) conduct business from their own homes and provide administrative assistance for business owners. The large majority of VAs are self-employed and set their own rates which can range from $15 to $50 an hour and sometime even more if the VA has advanced skills such as the technical expertise to update Web sites. And the field is growing. “The virtual assistance industry is one of the fastest growing industries right now. Working from home setting your own hours choosing your clients and having unlimited earning potential appeals to most everyone… And the field is growing. “The virtual assistance industry is one of the fastest growing industries right now. Working from home setting your own hours choosing your clients and having unlimited earning potential appeals to most everyone. The people I see entering this field are not just entrepreneur types either. We’re seeing stay at home moms college students and even retirees enter this field and earn a great living from it” says Erin Blaskie owner of BSETC a full-service VA company based in Canada that services the field of Internet marketing. Fusco has recently set up a discussion group “mt2va” for medical transcriptionists who would like to transition to the field of Virtual Assistance. The entrepreneurial group brainstorms and shares ideas about changing careers.
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