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Thai banks face strong competition in Asean
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 15/12/2010
» Thai banks will need to get their act together to cope with increased competition when deregulation happens in 2015 with the advent of the Asean Economic Community.
KIS leads Thailand to Junior Achievement regionals
Learningpost, Published on 14/12/2010
» On Dec 1, The Herd, a Junior Achievement (JA) company from KIS International School, garnered the top prize at the first annual JA Company of the Year Competition at Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration. The Herd, along with the second-place team from Satit Kaset Laboratory School, will go on to represent Thailand at the Asia-Pacific Regional Company of the Year Competition, which will take place in Hong Kong from Jan 16 to 20, 2011.
Pioneering firm tailor-made to be a net success
Database, Published on 08/12/2010
» A pioneering tailor is expanding its business abroad via the Internet.
Govt pushing for prepaid users' rights
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/12/2010
» With more than 90 percent - or 60 million - of all mobile phone accounts relating to pre-paid users, there is a push for greater consumer protection in the form of a 'fair standards contract' to extend validity-of-use periods and refund unused credit.
Taking lessons from the floods
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/11/2010
» The recent floods that devastated several parts of Thailand have shown that even the most powerful Internet geographic information systems (GIS) and high-performance open-source computing are of little use if there is a lack of understanding of how to apply such technology to crisis management.
In full view
Database, Published on 10/11/2010
» The Republic of Google sued the pitifully weak United States government for blocking Google's plans for domination of the universe; Washington allegedly disqualified Google from bidding on a $58 million contract to revamp the email systems at the US Department of the Interior _ 1.73 billion baht in real money; Google explained that it wanted to use Google Apps and the cloud for the job, while the whining government said that it wanted to use only software on disk and specifically the Business Productivity Online Suite-Federal made for government use by the Kingdom of Microsoft; Google explained that it could save US taxpayers tens of millions of dollars plus give them better software.
Future tense
Database, Published on 10/11/2010
» 'Whoops, our bad," said your ToT when asked if it really, seriously intends to have a 3G wireless network up and running by New Year's Eve as it stated; a director of your ToT's board said that it now seems that the promise to the government to deliver a 3G network in three months is inoperative; the new estimate on when the country will have a functioning 3G system is... some time in the future; the director, who obviously wanted to remain unnamed in the media, said that maybe, possibly by January, the ToT will start to consider bids from companies that want to build 3G facilities _ not actually get them built and operating; and, you know, all this paperwork and stuff, ToT might not be able to meet the January contract deadline, either.
Better flood warning system needed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/11/2010
» Without adequate flood warning, businesses cannot evacuate in time. After suffering great damage, business failure looms for many.
Buying and selling digital books
Database, James Hein, Published on 03/11/2010
» There was a book fair in Frankfurt recently. For many people, the idea of a book is something you sit with at the park or in bed at night and slowly turn the pages as the story unfolds. If you are a book writer, the idea is that you spend months sending a manuscript to publishers and agents in the hope someone will want to take it on.
Will condo oversupply lead to a real estate bubble?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/10/2010
» One of the largest Asset Management Companies in Thailand reports an oversupply of condos. Could this lead to a bubble and non-performing loans?