TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NTC may be subject to govt intervention
Strife between commissioners and bureaucrats
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Buy-out deals
Workers at Ginaform Bra Factory in Bangkok received early-severance pay when the factory closed last week.
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Foreign capital targets old hotels
The Thai Hotels Association (THA) said foreign investors were injecting money into old Thai hotels and refurbishing them, because that was more cost-effective than building new ones.
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SPECIAL
Derivatives execution
The founder of an international derivatives-trading company talks to K I Woo about her company's new operations
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STREET WISE
PR firms vie for Temasek's eye
Being famous has its ups and downs, so large firms and even celebrities have to have good PR just in case.
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Expat follows his own lesson in founding 'chamber of trust'
Looking at his entrepreneurial experience during the past four years in Thailand, Callum Laing has not only found the local market is a bit too young for the mobile-catalogue business; he has also learned a secret for ensuring business success here: networking.
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Ginaform Bra gets cash injection to fund lay-offs at Thai plant
Hong Kong-based Clover Group International has injected US$2.3 million (Bt85 million) into Ginaform Bra Co Ltd, its subsidiary in Bangkok, to facilitate severance payments to its 1,500 workers after the parent company announced a shutdown in operations last month.
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ELECTRONICS
Panasonic gears up for a tough time
Company faces some hard challenges from higher costs for oil and raw materials
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SCC looks set to post 7-per-cent growth
Siam Cement (SCC) is expected to post 7-per-cent growth on year - or 13 per cent on quarter - with third-quarter earnings of Bt8.5 billion, due to record-high HDPE-naphtha spreads, Phatra Securities said in a research paper last week.
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Bumper year seen for local rice exports
Rice exports from Thailand should increase in both volume and value next year, although the quality may be affected by current flooding in the Central Region, the Rice Exporters' Association said.
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Phyathai 2 succeeds in attracting foreign patients
Phyathai 2 Hospital was not the first to open itself to international patients but is ranked among the most recognised hospitals in Thailand among foreign patients.
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PERSONALITY
Apisak doing it his way helming KTB
No personal benefits. That's the policy of Apisak Tantivorawong, the president of state-owned Krung Thai Bank, to clean up the institution.
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Many avenues open for capital flight
A question on everyone's lips has been: "Where have ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family stashed the fortune they collected from the sale of Shin Corp to Temasek Holdings?"
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BOT looks to US for safe havens
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is to broaden its international reserve investments in Fannie Mae bonds soon, according to an assistant governor Nitaya Pibulratanagit.
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STOCK FOCUS
Preuksa Real Estate
Phatra Securities has downgraded Preuksa Real Estate from "buy" to "neutral" with a fair-value estimate of Bt6.90 per share to reflect higher revenue risk anticipated for next year.
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Nokia's Q3 profits slide in region
Nokia, the world's biggest mobile-phone maker, saw its third-quarter profits shrink despite growing demand for its products in Asia.
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SME
A uniquely Thai snack for your health
Although its new healthy confectionery products have only been on the market for six months, Richie Confectionery enjoys average sales of Bt500,000 per month from domestic and export markets and has plans to double that next year.
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In Brief :Exporters will get help to cut costs
The Commerce Ministry is to help exporters slash costs by between 13 per cent and 16 per cent by 2010 in a bid to boost trade growth.
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