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What's new in business news: May 12, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/05/2015
» Small Phuket hotels up for sale in tough hotel market, cable TV switches to high-speed internet as customers lost to digital & satellite TV & state pawn shops get liquidity injection for new school year.
What's new in business news: May 7, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/05/2015
» China's Xiaomi chooses Thailand to launch phones in Asean, Dawei road set to hook up Bangkok with Myanmar & interest rate cut sends baht to 5-year low.
What's new in business news: April 30, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/04/2015
» Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) empties ponzi scheme Ufun's safes, Alibaba.com targets Thai exporters with ReadyPlanet venture & Chiang Rai expects fall in European big-spender tourists this year.
Media wars: Nation blocks shareholders from annual meeting
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/04/2015
» Nation executives led by Suthichai Yoon blocked alleged attempt to control media company but as angry shareholders tried to break into room & chaos broke out, 50 police officers arrived to control situation.
Miracle survivor as frustration mounts in Nepal (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/04/2015
» A 15-year old boy has been pulled from a collapsed building after five days. Meanwhile, desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people have clashed with riot police in Nepal's capital on Wednesday.
What's new in business news: April 29, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/04/2015
» Surprise cut in policy interest rate by Bank of Thailand to stimulate economy, Siam Paragon names & shames worst taxi drivers & migrant smuggling in SE Asia a $2bn industry, UN says.
Nepal quake death toll climbs over 5000 with more than 10,000 injured (Tuesday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/04/2015
» Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis are spending another night in the open after a massive quake which has killed more than 5,000, as officials warned the final toll could rise sharply once rescuers reach cut-off areas. (Includes drone video)
Global tourism rankings: Thailand falls
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/04/2015
» Thailand drops in gloTourism is becoming a bigger part of international trade reaching $1.5 trillion in 2014 with income from hotel, transport food and drink and shopping all contributing to the total. bal tourism rankings
What's new in business news: April 20, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/04/2015
» Fraud & mismanagement at savings cooperatives threaten life-savings, Singapore-run aircraft repair centre set for Chiang Rai & used-car sales set to surge with slow economy.
Dry California takes action
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/04/2015
» When the 100,000+ Thais living in California talk to their friends and relatives back home, one topic is sure to be water – or rather the lack of it. Yesterday, the state governor ordered drastic water use restrictions as little snow remains to replenish supplies