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What's new in business news: February 9, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/02/2015
» JP Morgan bullish on Thai stocks & economy, Line TV to be launched first in Thailand & community mall trend continues nationwide & condo glut in provinces.
Why Thailand's unemployment rate is ridiculously low
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/02/2015
» Low unemployment (below 1% since 2011) due to low birth rate, lack of social insurance & informal sector with 64% of workforce (street vendors, motorbike taxis, self-employed).
What's new in business news: January 27, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/01/2015
» Hospitals threaten boycott in battle over universal healthcare, state enterprises to be eliminated & restructured & Bank of Ayudhya share price plunges as rumour of Japanese purchase proves false.
Orange Line's route changes to save costs
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/01/2015
» The MRTA's Orange Line (South), Taling Chan-Thailand Cultural Centre, will be constructed along Rama IX Road instead of Pracha Songkhro Road, avoiding conflicts with residents and saving up to 3.6 billion baht in additional costs.
What's new in business news: January 12, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/01/2015
» Transport projects may cause big traffic jams this year, Tour de France on the Mekong River & stem cell bill to thwart false claims.
Transportation challenge of 2015: Trains, trains, trains...
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/01/2015
» The hope is that infrastructure investment will spur the fragile economy in 2015 after the economy stalled for almost a year due to political mayhem.
Ten years on, tsunami warning systems still lacking
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/12/2014
» With Thailand's two tsunami warning buoys out of service and its disaster warning towers insufficient, natural disaster experts say people living in coastal areas are still at risk from a tsunami like the one that hit ten years ago today.
Pathumthani's 8 kilometer-long flood wall: Success story (photos)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/10/2014
» 1,000 houses flooded for weeks in 2011 & severely damaged, now protected by flood walls, but gaps in concrete for vehicles & people to pass through still had to be left.
Koh Tao suspect cleared, but life "ruined"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/10/2014
» The son of a Koh Tao village chief says false accusations that he was involved in the murder of two British backpackers there have ruined his life.
Line stickers: Design your own & sell them
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/09/2014
» With 18 billion Line stickers sent around world every day, now anyone can design & sell their own cartoon characters in the Line Market. Popular Thai character Bloody Bunny has won big projects with Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki and Channel [V].