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SET's new measures fail to rally bourse
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 21/02/2025
» The recently announced measures by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to curb short selling and high-frequency trading failed to lift the bourse on Thursday, but analysts say they should help to reduce price volatility.
Smart geopolitics starts on home front
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 21/02/2025
» According to a longstanding axiom, all politics is local. If so, then smart and crafty geopolitics must start at home with sufficient domestic political stability and consensus about how the country should navigate what is increasingly a turbulent geostrategic chessboard. Put this way, few countries can appreciate the intersection of geopolitics and domestic politics more than Thailand. Its rocky and volatile home front over the past two decades continues to impede and constrain its geostrategic projection.
Chaosua prepares salt tax strategy
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 21/02/2025
» Chaosua Foods Industry Plc, a manufacturer and distributor of snacks, including the Chaosua brand, is preparing for the imminent salt tax.
Hyundai unit says tariff plan may prompt rethink
Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 21/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump's plan to impose a 25% tariff on car imports may affect electric vehicle (EV) production plans globally, says Hyundai Mobility Thailand, a subsidiary of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group.
Centre Point Group to upgrade four hotels
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 21/02/2025
» Centre Point Group, a hospitality subsidiary of SET-listed developer Quality Houses, plans to upgrade its four hotels in Bangkok to the premium segment within three years.
MPs face uphill battle
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/02/2025
» The latest move by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to summon 44 MPs of the now-dissolved Move Forward Party -- now rebranded as the People's Party -- over allegations of serious ethical violations might affect the role of civilian-elected lawmakers.
Banpu unit preps carbon capture storage facility in US
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 21/02/2025
» A new carbon capture storage (CCS) facility of energy conglomerate Banpu Plc is taking shape in the US, following cooperation with a midstream energy company, part of a strategy to drive its business towards sustainability, says BKV Corporation, the gas production arm of Banpu.
Agent of insurrection Trump's 'Cultural Revolution'
Oped, Published on 21/02/2025
» When US President Donald Trump's factotum, JD Vance, held forth on Europe's "threat from within" at the recent Munich Security Conference, his audience was left struggling to make sense of America's confounding new approach to foreign policy. Chinese President Xi Jinping, for his part, has been relatively silent since Mr Trump's return to the White House -- but that doesn't mean he is any less vexed by what it portends. Nor could he have been reassured by Mr Trump's brazen response to a question last October about what he would do if Mr Xi blockaded Taiwan: "Xi knows I'm f***ing crazy!"
Scramble for Wall St alternatives
Oped, Published on 21/02/2025
» Global investors finally appear to be doubting the wisdom of keeping all their eggs in one basket. A decade of exceptional US investment returns may, therefore, be cresting just as Donald Trump's "America First" programme returns to Washington.
Local-only jobs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2025
» Re: "Cops nab Chinese tour guide", (BP, Feb 8).