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Thai Transport Authority Fines Uber, Grab Drivers

March 08, 2017
Alibaba Flexes In Southeast Asia
Retail // December 13, 2016

Alibaba is setting the stage to expand its hold on Southeast Asia. Last week, Alibaba and Southeast Asia acquisition Lazada, the leading eCommerce platform in Thailand, reportedly signed an agreement to provide eCommerce training to 30,000 Thai SMBs. The deal reportedly also positions Alibaba, said...

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Thai Transport Authority Fines Uber, Grab Drivers

March 08, 2017
Thailand’s transport authorities are going after drivers who work for ride-hailing services like Uber and GrabCar, even saying they will ask the military government to ban them if needed, according to Fortune Magazine. When U.S.-based Uber launched in Thailand in 2014, the Department of Land Transport said the company’s drivers were not properly registered or insured, […]