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Driving out the gangs
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/08/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will now look into five major biker gangs based in the country after arresting the leader, an Austrian national, and some members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in Pattaya on July 21.
Giving wings to the elusive aerotropolis
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2018
» John D Kasarda is the director of the Center of Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, president and chief executive of Aerotropolis Business Concepts LLC, president of the Aerotropolis Institute of China and editor-in-chief of Logistics, an international scholarly journal. He has also published more than 100 articles and 10 books on airport cities, aviation infrastructure, urban economic development and competitiveness.
GM to lay off 1,500 staff in Rayong
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 19/02/2020
» US car maker General Motors has confirmed that roughly 1,500 workers from its Thai operations will be laid off this year once Chinese maker Great Wall Motors takes ownership of the company's Rayong facilities.
BorgWarner eyes SE Asian supply chain
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 23/04/2018
» US auto parts maker BorgWarner expects its new plant in Rayong to be part of the company's strategic plan in Asia, as the facility is meant to serve the automotive industry across Southeast Asia.
At home in Asean
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/02/2018
» The first thing that impressed me about Hideaki Iwasaki, country director for the Thailand Resident Mission of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), was his fluent English. I assumed it was the result of his educational background.
EEC high-speed railway to steer clear of Rayong on safety fears
Business, Published on 14/02/2018
» The government has altered the high-speed railway linking three airports, one of the key infrastructure projects of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), to terminate at U-tapao airport instead of the inner city of Rayong out of safety concerns and to speed development.
The man on mission to drive the EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/03/2017
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) has dominated current headlines, with the government pinning high hopes on the development. Generous tax breaks have been awarded to companies investing in skilled industries there.
Set slides below 1,500 on weak earnings outlook
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 01/06/2015
» Recap: Anxiety over a potential Greek debt default and tightening margin trading requirements for Chinese brokers rattled Asian stock markets last week. Gloomy earnings prospects and the Thai economic slowdown pulled the local bourse below 1,500 points.
Global trade imbalances
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/12/2010
» The problems currently plaguing the world economy and what emerging market countries such as Thailand can do about it are outlined by the head of Thailand's SEC.
Economic development: Getting back on track
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/08/2012
» Linking research with business needs & getting back to long-term plans, top priority according to Somkid's new think tank.