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Thailand needs to do more to maintain its edge
Business, Published on 15/01/2013
» Thailand has the comparative advantage to become the capital of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), but more investment is needed in terms of people, product branding, and research and development.
Concessions, monopolies give rise to massive graft
Business, Published on 07/11/2012
» The government should reduce its role in independent organisations while easing the reins on state enterprises to reduce corruption, the major obstacle to the country's development, business leaders said yesterday.
BAAC liable for B25bn subsidies
Business, Published on 02/04/2012
» The government plans to spend 20-25 billion baht on farm-sector subsidies through a debt moratorium and rice-pledging schemes.
Current account deficit on the cards as spending rises
Business, Published on 27/03/2012
» Thailand faces a current account deficit equivalent to 0.9% of gross domestic product this year as investments are being made for future growth, the Finance Ministry says.
State banks likely to offer lower rates as alternative to moratorium
Business, Published on 26/03/2012
» The Finance Ministry is considering cutting interest rates by up to two percentage points for customers of state banks to encourage them to keep paying their loans if they are reluctant to enter debt-moratorium programmes.
Diesel tax cut seen lingering for months
Business, Published on 15/03/2012
» The excise tax reduction on diesel will likely be prolonged until mid-year, as people are just recovering from the hardship of last year's floods, says Deputy Finance Minister Tanusak Lek-uthai.
Soft loans eyed for good borrowers
Business, Published on 06/03/2012
» The Finance Ministry is mulling the provision of soft loans to responsible clients of state banks as a reward along the lines of the debt moratorium scheme for farmers, saying good clients should receive a good rate too.
Exim Bank profits jump, hones focus on SMEs
Business, Published on 22/02/2012
» The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) has set a loan expansion target of 5% this year and will place a greater emphasis on promoting the businesses of small and medium-sized (SME) enterprises.
IEAT suggests floodwall proposal for estates
Business, Published on 07/02/2012
» To ease the state's burden in aiding the private sector, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has pitched the idea of investing in flood prevention for private industrial estates, said Krisada Chinavicharana, deputy director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office.
Professors renew push for new draft land tax
Business, Published on 04/02/2012
» Academics propose using a land and building tax to compensate those residents that had to endure prolonged suffering during the floods.