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  • BUSINESS

    Schaeffler builds auto-parts factory

    Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 11/02/2015

    » German auto-parts maker Schaeffler Group is spending 800 million baht to build its first wholly owned production facility in Thailand, with operation expected to start in next year's first quarter.

  • WORLD

    Bid to break the jinx lies in a bottle of ketchup

    Business, Reuters, Published on 11/02/2015

    » TOKYO: For Tokyo-based condiments maker Kagome Co Ltd, and perhaps for Japan's government, the challenge of breaking with a decade and a half of deflation boils down to the price of a bottle of ketchup.

  • OPINION

    Local control of education empowers us

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/02/2015

    » Who should decide whether schools can install condom vending machines on their premises? The headmasters? The parents? The communities? The kids? Or should it be a joint decision by all parties?

  • BUSINESS

    Should the C-suite have a 'supply chain' seat?

    Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 11/02/2015

    » The understanding of the supply chain and its strategic role in business is changing for many supply chain-intensive industries and companies. More business leaders are coming to understand that one aspect of creating value for the organisation and customers is supply chain management.

  • OPINION

    Piracy wars misdirected

    News, Published on 11/02/2015

    » The tepid response to a highway raid on lorryloads of counterfeit goods seems to carry a message. Police say they were acting on a tip-off when they decided to inspect three parked lorries on a secondary road just outside Korat last Saturday night. They said they found 44,000 individual items, almost all of them knock-offs of brand-name handbags, shoes, ornaments and the like. The goods were supposedly smuggled in from Laos. The media and the public showed little interest.

  • OPINION

    A brighter course for the Mekong

    News, Published on 11/02/2015

    » More than four decades ago, as a young lieutenant in the "brown-water navy", my crew and I journeyed down the Mekong River on an American gunboat. Even with the war all around us, in quiet moments we couldn't help but be struck by the beauty and the power of the river — the water buffalo, the seafood we traded with local fishermen, the mangrove on the sides of the river and inlets.

  • OPINION

    Producers don't give a 4K about Ultra HD

    Life, James Hein, Published on 11/02/2015

    » Will Ultra HD, sometimes called 4K, technology take off? As someone who likes new technology that provides a sharper picture, I hope so, but the industry pundits are lukewarm on the subject for the simple reason that there are very few ways to get any content with movie studios and TV producers slow out of the gate.

  • LIFE

    Yielding results as the climate changes

    Life, Published on 11/02/2015

    » Thailand is likely to face a shortage of food owing to climate change and management decisions about what crops should be grown, according to experts. But some farsighted farmers have already changed their farming practices, providing inspiration and hope for other farmers, government and consumers.

  • LIFE

    At the top of her lungs

    Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 11/02/2015

    » At 75, Dusdi Banomyong magically retains her youthful vibrancy, sparkling in her compact physique and well-kept hairdo. As serious singers and vocal coaches often do, she speaks softly and constantly sips water, as to not strain her prized voice.

  • OPINION

    Plane your fears away

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 11/02/2015

    » When did you last travel by air?

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