STOCK DEBUT
Much ado over refinery IPO
Pundits expect fervour over Rayong Refinery's share sale as oil price hikes continue unabated
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FANTASTIC PLASTIC
Crops become shopping bags
It is considered one of Thailand's new wave industries.
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Digital-content industry to receive funding assistance
The Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa) has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), Bangkok ACM Siggraph and the Thailand Animation & Computer Graphic Association (TACGA), to provide sources of funding for local digital content businesses.
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Sipa joins in promotion effort
The Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa) will set up the Bangkok Digital Content Centre to support the digital content industry and promote it to international markets.
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Business lending by banks slows down in Q1
The amount of credit extended to businesses by banks declined significantly in the first quarter, owing to low confidence among consumers and in the business community, according to the Bank of Thailand (BOT).
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Push for local CNG tanks
The ministries of Defence, Science and Technology, and Energy are working together to develop the local manufacture of cylindrical fuel tanks for vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG).
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TOURISM
Tourism Swedish operators return to Khao Lak
Victims' relatives approve decision
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Apinan aiming tomake THAI secure
Describing himself as an "operations" person, the new president of Thai Airways International, Apinan Sumanaseni, says his chief mission is to make the national carrier "secure" in the wake of global volatility affecting the airline industry.
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Oil crisisto subside 'this month'
The Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) said last week that the oil crisis should subside this month, with upcountry petrol stations reopening to serve motorists.
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Asean targets common market
Economic ministers of the 10 member countries of Asean will meet today on the island resort of Boracay, in the Philippines, to work towards liberalising trade and services in the region with the ultimate goal of achieving a single common market by 2015.
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