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Banpu seeks power profits
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/03/2013
» The SET-listed Banpu Plc, Asean's leading coal miner, plans to increase its investment in the power sector in a bid to lower risks stemming from volatile coal prices.
Straining Belief
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/03/2013
» Two years ago, Manop Apaichit decided to purchase a new strain of rice seeds developed by the agriculture giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group.
PTTGC issues robust five-year earnings forecast
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/02/2013
» PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) expects its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to rise by 5-6% annually over the next five years on continuous expansion and improved production efficiency.
Sirium broadening her Biocos empire
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/02/2013
» Biocos Group, the health and beauty services company founded by the actress-turned-businesswoman Sirium Pukdeedumrongrit, expects revenue to grow 40% and top 1 billion baht this year as branch expansion heats up.
Leave it to us
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/02/2013
» Boonlert Rattanayaem earns 200,000 baht each year from his eight-rai tobacco plantation.
Siam Kubota eyes 25% sales growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2013
» Siam Kubota Corporation, the country's leading agricultural machinery producer, expects sales this year to rise 25% to 50 billion baht, thanks to solid growth in the farm sector.
Shoe exports unaffected by wages
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/01/2013
» Despite adverse effects from the nationwide hike in the daily minimum wage, exports of shoes and leather products are expected to grow by 7% this year, higher than in many recent years, says the Thai Footwear Association (TFA).
Money does grow on trees
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/11/2012
» When 52-year-old Samred Chaemchan heard the promises of a company that planting eucalyptus trees would bring prosperity through guaranteed prices, like other farmers in the province he was excited.
Thailand's rice quality nosedives
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2012
» Thailand could lose its status as the top exporter of fragrant rice next year if it does not improve quality, warns the Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA).
Good Soil, Or good fertiliser?
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2012
» Good soil is good fertiliser. A plant needs good soil more than chemicals.