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Tesco Lotus turned into mall
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 26/09/2014
» Ek-Chai Distribution System Co, operator of the Tesco Lotus chain, has spent 1 billion baht to turn its hypermarket in Nonthaburi's Bang Yai district into a shopping mall in response to intensifying competition in the area.
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BoT adds MPC members
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 26/09/2014
» The Bank of Thailand board has appointed a new set of four members of the Monetary Policy Committee including Veerathai Santiprabhob, a member of the military-appointed State Enterprises Policy Commission, also known as the superboard.
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Global air traffic on an upward trend
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 26/09/2014
» Airbus says global air passenger traffic over the next two decades will grow by 4.7% annually, spurring a need for 31,400 new passenger and cargo aircraft worth US$4.6 trillion.
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'Popcorn' shooting victim dies 7 months after strike
News, Published on 26/09/2014
» An elderly street vendor hit by a stray bullet during the "popcorn gunman" shooting incident at Bangkok's Laksi intersection on Feb 1 died yesterday morning after being paralysed for more than seven months.
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ADB bullish on Thailand
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 26/09/2014
» The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is maintaining Thailand's 2015 economic growth forecast at 4.5% but could increase the projection after the government's stimulus package is announced later this year.
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Secessionist movements: when small is more beautiful
Business, Tientip Subhanij, Published on 26/09/2014
» It was a sensational outcome last week when Scottish people voted "No" to independence from Britain. The secession campaign failed by a margin of 55% to 45%, but this is unlikely to deter other secessionist movements around the world.
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Art of breaking up
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/09/2014
» A rehearsal room. A couple walk in," reads the stage direction for Cloture De L'Amour. Who the couple are is not made clear; he might be a playwright or director, while she an actress or choreographer.
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Robbing from the rich, but giving to whom?
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/09/2014
» Life has meaning again, now that Downton Abbey has returned to our TV screens, its fifth season beginning last Sunday. Its otherworldly visuals continue to draw me in, with the upstairs goings-on of the aristocrats and the downstairs drama among the servants still as captivating as ever. I actually have to remind myself every time I watch an episode that people from another continent in this world of ours actually lived like this less than 100 years ago: that cooks had to dine separately from the rest of the servants in a stately home; that members of the upper class changed clothes as often as five times a day; that it was inconceivable that a proper lady or gentleman would have to perform actual work to earn a living.
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Bua Noi poses a test for our humanity
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/09/2014
» Here, again, is the old dilemma of what to do with Bua Noi the gorilla.
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Loud and proud?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 26/09/2014
» BANGKOK – Upon entering a local Japanese restaurant last week, diners were stunned when they were greeted with the sound of silence. Customers, who were eating at an authentic joint located in the Japanese-centric community of Phrom Phong, had expected to hear the sound of waiters and sushi chefs yelling inaudible acknowledgments to signal their arrival.
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