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What's new in business news: October 3, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/10/2014
» Thailand Mobile Expo 2014 features all the new mobile phone models & first ever law regulating debt collection passed by NLA.
What's new in business news: July 26, 2013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/07/2013
» Amnesty bill sends stocks & baht downwards, low-income earner household debt rising & CP Group invests in Russia.
Debt & Poverty: Trapped by loan sharks
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/12/2012
» Poor borrowers forced to sign blank contracts so loan sharks can increase size of loan & interest rate to as high as 1,095% per year (3% per day).
Floods: World Bank on damage & recovery
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/11/2011
» 660 billion baht in property loss & 700 billion in lost opportunities. Flood impact "not all negative as it would spur spending."
Thailand invests in Burma
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/11/2011
» Thai companies invest in power plant at Dawei, Burma near Kanchanaburi, soon to be deep seaport for shipping to Europe & the Middle East.
Populist housing policies for the rich?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2011
» Housing needs of poor still not met in first-time homebuyer program even after several revisions, yet many handouts for the rich included.
Thai-Vietnam rice summit
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/09/2011
» Thai rice prices set to rise from $550 to $800 a tonne. Vietnam's exports skyrocketing. India's rice $150 cheaper after lifting rice export ban.
Labour justice
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/07/2011
» Will better wages and benefits for labour really lead to lost export competitiveness, bankruptcy and a flood of cheap immigrant labour?
Agricultural R&D to reduce income inequality
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/06/2011
» Political strife and world economic crisis put brakes on development recently. Best bet for Thai agriculture is R&D for increased productivity.
Credit cards for farmers and more
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/05/2011
» In the run-up to Thailand's election, political parties are putting together competitive policy platforms to win the rural vote.