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What's new in business news: July 27, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/07/2015
» Sugar crop could reach record highs after rain, US antitrust investigation hits Thai tuna firm's expansion plans & tech start-ups in Thailand still in early stages.
Red shirt TV allowed to broadcast again
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2015
» Red shirt Peace TV allowed to broadcast again until court rules on whether broadcasting regulator NBTC has censorship authority. NBTC never told Peace TV what exactly it did wrong.
El Nino starting to bite in Asia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/07/2015
» Drought from El Nino will cut Thailand's main rice harvest to lowest in nine years. Weather patterns in the next two months will determine how much damage it does.
Thailand outshines Asean in solar power
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/07/2015
» With Thailand's natural gas reserves set to run out in a decade, record sums of money have poured into solar power in hopes of developing a new energy source.
Bank of Thailand, new governor: Economist Veerathai Santiprabhob
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/07/2015
» Youngest leader in four decades to head central bank, with PhD in economics from Harvard, led Policy Research Institute at Ministry of Finance during Asian financial crisis, was chief strategy officer at SET & currently sits on junta's super board.
Ex-Bangkok police chief caught with gun at Narita airport (UPDATE #6)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/06/2015
» Only CCTV video footage of Kamronwit in airport, x-ray luggage scans already erased. State security officials allegedly suspect plot to discredit Thailand's aviation safety image. Decision by Japanese authorities on whether to continue with criminal case within 20 days - Ex-Bangkok city police chief arrested at Tokyo's Narita International Airport for possession of gun & ammunition.
What's new in business news: June 24, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/06/2015
» Decades-old frozen meat seized in China food scandal, gaming in Thailand and SE Asia seeing rapid growth & Thai AirAsia gains new Asian routes.
Emergency treatment: Private hospitals refuse govt regulation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/05/2015
» Yingluck govt policy encouraged emergency patients to use nearby hospitals (public or private) which resulted in huge bills & lawsuits with private hospitals repeatedly disobeying govt regulations.
Thailand's draft constitution of 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/04/2015
» New constitution does seek democratic rule different from past with citizen empowerment, end to corruption, social justice & bridge of social divide, but modified 1997 charter might be better. Thitinan Pongsudhirak's analysis.
Police music copyright scam?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/04/2015
» High-ranking police deny any knowledge of raids on Thong Lor restaurants & pubs forcing them to pay large amounts of money, but another police officer confirms extortionists from another police station did it.