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Increasing costs affect new property projects
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 07/11/2024
» Homebuyers are encouraged to choose completed housing or units under construction in existing projects, as housing prices are expected to rise next year because of increasing costs affecting new projects, according to the Real Estate Information Center (REIC).
The incalculable costs of corrupt statistics
Oped, Diane Coyle, Published on 29/08/2025
» With GDP and employment figures dominating political debates, it is easy to forget that they are hardly timeless truths. In fact, how we measure progress has shifted dramatically over time. The Physiocrats -- eighteenth-century French economists who saw agriculture as the source of all wealth -- regarded farms' output as the most important economic indicator. The Soviet Union, for its part, focused exclusively on goods production and ignored services altogether.
KBank bullish on cutting employee costs
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/10/2025
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has successfully implemented its early retirement (ER) programme and aims to reduce employee costs by 10-20% over five years as it increasingly adopts artificial intelligence (AI).
IT prices soar from rising memory costs
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 13/02/2026
» The prices of computers and some IT products have skyrocketed as a result of rising rates for memory chips in the global market.
WDC tightens costs as virus restricts imports
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 17/03/2020
» As the virus outbreak may affect imports, Western Decor Corporation Co (WDC), an importer and manufacturer of wall and floor decorative materials, is set to tighten costs and expenses, assigning a new team to manage stock.
Cooking gas subsidy hike to cap costs
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 19/05/2020
» The Oil Fuel Fund Office (OFFO) on Monday raised the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) price subsidy cap to keep cooking gas prices low during the Covid-19 pandemic.
CPTPP could lead to 'soaring' health costs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/07/2020
» The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will cost Thailand considerably more in medicines and make the country further reliant on imported drugs while leaving state-owned drugmakers in a difficult position, according to a study by Chulalongkorn University.
Struggle with education costs amid virus crisis
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/08/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic is making schooling less affordable, the Equitable Education Fund (EEF) says.
Hotels cut costs to ride liquidity crunch
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 25/08/2020
» Hoteliers keep on implementing cost reduction strategies to deal with the liquidity crunch, hoping local demand can improve upon disastrous earnings in the second quarter.
SMEs fret over wage hikes, energy costs
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/02/2018
» Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) optimism fell for the three months to March as firms worry that the imminent minimum wage hikes and rising energy costs will push up their operating costs, according to a quarterly survey by TMB Analytics, the research unit of TMB Bank.