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Court asked to suspend FTI chief
Business, Published on 12/04/2014
» The Central Administrative Court is expected to rule late this month on a case that could nullify results of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) election and suspend the present chairman from doing his job.
New FTI boss promises to revamp voting process
Business, Published on 09/04/2014
» The new chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries pledges to patch up differences among members and revamp the way the FTI elects its chairman, which are deemed the main issues causing conflict within Thailand's largest private organisation.
THAI flies into turbulence
Business, Published on 03/04/2014
» During dinner with Bangkok Post reporters in May 2001, Thaksin Shinawatra, then prime minister, said Thai Airways International's service "sucked" and if he were not a public figure, he would not fly with the national carrier.
Candidate petitions court to nullify results of FTI election
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/03/2014
» The battle for the chairmanship of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is set to heat up, as one candidate has petitioned the Central Administrative Court to nullify last week's election results at Thailand's largest private organisation.
THAI banks on Songkran to fill seats
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 26/03/2014
» Thai Airways International is pinning its hopes on the Songkran festival next month to attract more passengers as it struggles with falling revenues.
Supant outlines FTI's development
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/03/2014
» A top candidate for the chairmanship of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) says he plans to make the country’s largest private group a corruption-free organisation, rebuild unity and push Thailand as an Asean industrial hub.
Gold price-rigging alarm sounded
Published on 01/03/2014
» LONDON - The London gold fix, the benchmark used by miners, jewellers and central banks around the world to value the precious metal, may have been manipulated for a decade by the banks setting it, researchers say.
Can Myanmar move to the next level?
Spectrum, Published on 13/01/2014
» Myanmar began its chairmanship of Asean this year in praiseworthy fashion when President Thein Sein remarked that the constitution could be amended to allow “any citizen to lead the country”, another magnanimous gesture to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Year Ahead
Asia focus, Published on 06/01/2014
» After weathering many challenges in 2013, Asia enters a new year with a degree of optimism as it sees itself playing an ever-larger role in shaping the future of the global community, both economically and socially. The region is poised to continue as the driver of the global economy, despite the resurgence of the United States economy and signs of hope in Europe, but Asia faces some challenging times ahead as well. While more good news is expected from Japan, expectations are more modest in two other major engines of growth, China and India. In China, a shaky banking sector is raising concerns, while in India, the campaign for the election will bring economic policymaking to a halt. Smaller countries have their own worries, among them Cambodia where opposition to the government is mounting. As for Thailand, stay tuned.
Tapering, Thailand and the baht
Business, Published on 03/01/2014
» In our July 2013 article, we predicted that the pace of the US recovery would bring the unemployment rate below the Federal Reserve's projection by December, which would be "a signal for the Fed to start trimming QE3". And six months later we were right.