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Toshiba plans new plant in Bangkadi
Online Reporters, Published on 22/05/2012
» Toshiba Carrier (Thailand) will build a new plant, at a cost of two billion baht, in Bangkadi Industrial Park, Pathum Thani province, on the back of confidence that there will be no recurrence of last year’s great flood.
BoT ups forecast to 6% growth in 2012
Online Reporters, Published on 11/05/2012
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has raised its gross domestic growth forecast for 2012 to six per cent, up from the previous projection of 5.7 per cent made in March.
Wages 'not main cause' of price rises
Online Reporters, Published on 11/05/2012
» Prices of several products really have risen but the main cause was not the 300 baht daily minimum wage policy, Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said on Friday.
Commerce promises clampdown on food prices
Online Reporters, Published on 04/05/2012
» The Commerce Ministry is sending out teams of officials and volunteers to check on food prices across the country this week and will set up a "war room" to oversee price changes.
PM blames hot weather, the flood
Online Reporters, Published on 03/05/2012
» The effects of last year's great flood and the current hot weather have made people think the prices of consumer products are continually rising, when they are actually on a decline, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Thursday.
BoT keeps policy rate unchanged
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2012
» The meeting of the Bank of Thailand's monetary policy committee on Wednesday decides to keep the repurchase rate unchanged at 3.00 per cent, in line with the market's expectation.
No change to B300 wage plan
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2012
» The Central Wage Committee on Wednesday voted by a majority not to postpone the planned increase in the daily minimum wage to 300 baht per day in the 70 remaining provinces, set for Jan 1 next year, as proposed by the employers' representatives.
Consumer confidence rose in April
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2012
» Consumer confidence in the overall economy for April went up to 67.5, from 66.5 reported in March, the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said on Wednesday.
Govt to address South labour shortage
Online Reporters, Published on 30/04/2012
» The government will seek solutions to the labour shortages in the far South, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said on Monday.
BoT unlikely to lift rate
Online Reporters, Published on 27/04/2012
» The Bank of Thailand is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3% when its Monetary Policy Committee meets next Wednesday, according to Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research).