This 35-year-old had 5 failed businesses before starting her grocery store chain – now it brings in over $8 million a year
Success didn't come easy for Pang Gek Teng.
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Charles Li’s Micro Connect pushes unique financing model in Southeast Asia
Charles Li Xiaojia, former head of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, pitched his new venture that finances small businesses and takes a cut of daily revenue at the Money20/20 Asia conference in Bangkok, as the company pushes the model outside China.
Smoke seen as ANA flight carrying about 200 people lands safely in northern Japan, public TV says
TOKYO (AP) — Smoke was seen coming from an All Nippon Airways plane as it landed safely at Shin Chitose airport in northern Japan on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Tony Fernandes to remain AirAsia parent CEO for another 5 years
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Capital A's Tony Fernandes said on Wednesday he has agreed to put aside retirement plans and has signed a new five-year contract to continue as chief executive of the company, the operator of budget airline group AirAsia.
Rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria, Reuters reports citing sources
At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources and a U.S. official told Reuters.
Australian woman appears in court charged with poisoning husband and his relatives with mushrooms
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s parents and an aunt poisonous mushrooms with lunch appeared in an Australian court on Monday charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder.
In Australia, crowds join Bondi Beach candlelight memorial for mall stabbing victims
Crowds gathered at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday for a candlelight memorial to the six people killed by a knife-wielding assailant at a nearby shopping centre.
Japan searches for 7 missing at sea after navy helicopters lost over Pacific
Seven people were missing on Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters off the coast, officials said.