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Oil to drive volatility of SET shares, official says
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 15/03/2012
» Rising oil prices will likely be the biggest risk factor for global equity markets, prompting investors to shift to safe assets and leading to asset price volatility, says Veerathai Santiprabhob, the Stock Exchange of Thailand's (SET) chief strategy officer.
Fed upgrades view of US economy - slightly
AFP, Published on 14/03/2012
» The Federal Reserve slightly upgraded its view of the US economy, saying the jobs market and consumer and business spending had improved since January.
Anti-flood measures still lacking
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/03/2012
» Flood-protection measures for housing projects in the western part of Greater Bangkok lack clarity, especially in Bangkok Yai and Bang Bua Thong, both of which suffered severe flooding last year, says the Housing Finance Association.
Fed improves view of economy; policy unchanged
AFP, Published on 13/03/2012
» The Federal Reserve slightly upgraded its view of the US economy on Tuesday, saying the jobs market and consumer and business spending had improved since January.
India's factory output leaps surprise 6.8 percent
AFP, Published on 12/03/2012
» India's industrial production output grew by a surprise 6.8 percent in January, the fastest in seven months, data showed Monday, defying high interest rates and a global economic downturn.
Life a constant battle for Philippine squatters
AFP, Published on 12/03/2012
» The women and children of a shantytown in the Philippine capital huddled along an alleyway while the men battled riot police nearby in a last-ditch stand to save their homes.
Thai Re likely to run fund
Business, Charoen Kittikanya, Published on 09/03/2012
» Thai Reinsurance Plc (Thai Re) is likely to be named manager of the government-sponsored 50-billion-baht Catastrophe Insurance Promotion Fund today.
Equality still eludes women
News, Published on 09/03/2012
» Thailand yesterday observed International Women's Day with little welcome news for the majority of its female population. True, the glass ceiling in national politics was finally broken when Thailand elected a woman as prime minister for the first time last July. Thailand also boasts one of the highest participation rates in the world for women in senior management (39%), well above the global average of 21% and just 19% for Asia-Pacific companies, according to a survey released yesterday by Grant Thornton consultancy firm.
Desperate farmers swap rice for fish
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 08/03/2012
» It is another sunny dry season with rice ripening into paddies of gold, but not in tambon Ban Kum.
Thailand's topsy-turvy tax code
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/03/2012
» The idea may seem counter-intuitive _ if you reduce tax rates, tax revenues will rise as more people voluntarily enter the tax system.