ASIA: PTT drops Carrefour bid
By: just-food.com | 23 September 2010
Thai energy company PTT has told the Thai Stock Exchange that it has dropped out of the bidding for grocery retailer Carrefour's Asian assets.
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Thai energy company PTT has told the Thai Stock Exchange that it has dropped out of the bidding for grocery retailer Carrefour's Asian assets.
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