Threat to Tesco's Thai expansion
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Thai ministers consider freezing store openings by foreign retailers in a potential threat to Tesco's growth.
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Tesco, the largest supermarket chain in Britain, said it had raised its stake in its Chinese joint venture with Ting Hsin to 90 percent, in a deal valued at Â£180 million ($351 million). Two years ago, Tesco took a 50 percent stake in the venture, Ting Cao, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ting Hsin, which operates the Hymall chain of 44 supermarkets. Ting Cao plans to opens its first store in Beijing early next year.
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Business & money: Deal could trigger takeover bid for seller Whitbread.
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US-based Human Rights Watch warned that a libel suit against critics of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed by a corporation he founded, along with increasing government pressure on the media was threatening to stifle press freedom in Thailand.
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The move to treat more people outside hospitals will be threatened if a key NHS reform is expanded further.
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Billionaire retailer Sir Tom Hunter emerges as a challenger to Tesco's plan to buy garden centre group Dobbies.
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Supermarkets may be hit by strike action from a major food supplier embroiled in a pay dispute.
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's bid to buy Manchester City is close to collapse, BBC Sport understands.
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Supermarkets could face multi-million pound fines.
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Britain's biggest supermarket chain received a series of bomb threats yesterday, forcing the closure of 14 Tesco stores.
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Security is stepped up in the Thai capital amid threats of protests over the disbanding of a key political party.
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European supermarket chain Tesco is planning to extend its RFID rollout in time for the Christmas rush. The company, which began using the tracking technology in October last year, will be introducing the
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Tesco, the largest retailer in the UK, will carry on its global expansion with a wave of small US stores called Fresh and Easy.
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Supermarket giant Tesco buys Malaysian retail chain Makro Cash & Carry as part of its plans to expand overseas.
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No news is not good news Thai radio, television and internet operators will from tomorrow face closure if they disseminate "news and comments deemed a threat to national security and the monarchy", Reuters reports.â¦
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MESA, Arizona  - The site for one of Tesco Plc's first stores in the United States is a sun-scorched intersection in the sprawling Phoenix valley, opposite two pay-day loan firms and a gas station minimarket.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned that violence in the country&#39;s south could get worse. Mr Thaksin said suspected Muslim separatists wanted to provoke the government into over-reacting.