COST OF LIVING
November inflation hits 3.5%
Bad flooding pushes up food prices
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Central gets festive
Central Food Retail will spend Bt35 million on promoting its gift baskets over the festive season in a bid to increase year-on-year sales by 20 per cent.
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Japanese chain Jusco has big expansion plans
Japanese supermarket chain Jusco is adjusting its business strategy in Thailand to become more aggressive under the theme of "New Jusco", in an attempt to boost sales in 2007 after years of keeping silent.
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Excise plan for telecoms to go to Cabinet
The Information and Communications Technology Ministry will on December 19 submit for Cabinet consideration its plan to amend a resolution by the ousted government that allows telecom operators to deduct part of their concession fee and pay it as excise duty.
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Katoen spends on logistics
Belgian-Singaporean joint-venture company Katoen Natie Sembcorp (Thailand) plans to invest Bt1.3 billion to expand its logistics business in the Kingdom.
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Late news :SCIB no nearer a new president
The board of Siam City Bank (SCIB) yesterday cancelled a meeting at which it was due to discuss the appointment of a new president. A source said two directors had been unable to attend the meeting, which had therefore been adjourned at the last minute.
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TAT upbeat on countdown
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) hopes to attract 200,000 people to its Bangkok Countdown 2007 celebration on New Year's Eve.
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Ministry seeks better deal with rice traders
The Commerce Ministry has instructed the Foreign Trade Department to conduct a second round of negotiations with rice traders, aimed at getting better prices than those received in Tuesday's bidding. If it is unable to get improved prices, the ministry will cancel the current round of bidding.
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Gypsum firm banks on new products
Siam Industry Gypsum (Saraburi), a joint venture between France-based Lafarge and Siam Cement Group is banking on its new "Impact Wall" product to boost sales in 2007.
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In Brief :Stronger baht boosts THAI sales
The strong baht has helped Thai Airways sell more tickets to Thai travellers, said Wallop Bhukknasut, the national carrier's executive vice president for the commercial department.
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