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Denso preaches appreciation of robots
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/08/2018
» Amid mounting concerns about the deep impact on the labour market from robots and artificial intelligence (AI), due to their rapidly expanding ability to perform human tasks and the declining cost of implementing them, Denso Corporation remains unfazed.
Solo travellers in line to receive homestay tax perk
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/08/2018
» Individual travellers who visit and stay at lodging with fewer than four rooms in second-tier provinces will soon be entitled to a tax break.
Transport project scheduling beefed up
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 18/08/2018
» Two agencies have been instructed to prioritise short- and long-term transport infrastructure projects to facilitate seamless connectivity of domestic logistics services and support local economic development.
Somkid upbeat on GDP stats
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/08/2018
» With the state planning unit scheduled to release Thailand's second-quarter GDP growth result today, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak says the figure is likely to approach the 4.8% reading of the first quarter.
Yala's durians are catching up
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/08/2018
» For three decades, Samarn Mamajaeha, a 57-year-old farmer and father of eight, earned about 200,000 baht a year from selling durian at 60-65 baht per kilogramme.
Cabinet OKs 15% income funds tax
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2018
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a 15% withholding tax on gains from investment in income funds, a move estimated to generate up to 2.5 billion baht a year for state coffers.
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.
Exxon eyes state help for plant plot
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 30/08/2018
» Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corporation has reaffirmed its plan to invest US$8 billion to establish an ethylene cracker facility, but it called on the Thai government to help it seek vast land plots sized 600-800 rai near its refinery in Sri Racha, Chon Buri.
NESDB: Unemployment rate improved to 1.1% in Q2
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 01/09/2018
» Thailand's unemployment rate improved in the second quarter of this year, thanks to the growing economy.
Worming out of poverty
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/09/2018
» Ban Sompornrat has become well-known for naturally dyed silks and traditional Thai silk weaving. The village is located in Buntharik district, some 85 kilometres from Ubon Ratchathani city.