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ADB scoffs at rice cartel suggestion
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/09/2012
» Massive global supply will prevent rice prices from soaring even as Thailand continues its paddy pledging and India restricts its exports, says the Asian Development bank.
Populism overload
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 24/05/2012
» The World Bank urged the government to scale down spending programmes, which will in turn improve its fiscal capacity to invest in basic foundations to cope with the protracted sluggish world trade.
Thai rice loses price competitiveness
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/05/2012
» Thai rice exports fell by 63% year-on-year in March as the government rice mortgage programme pushed prices well above competitors such as India and Vietnam, according to a senior Bank of Thailand official.