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Finance Ministry calls for weaker baht, wants 2024 rate cut
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/10/2024
» The Ministry of Finance ratcheted up pressure on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to cut interest rates to boost the economy and weaken the baht, just a day after an influential former governor warned against government meddling in the central bank.
Fruit exports to China hit B92bn
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2022
» Thailand exported over 1 million tonnes of fruit valued at 92 billion baht to China during the first half of this year, according to government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.
Tesla Latest Entrant Into Carpool Karaoke Competition
Business, Yang Jie, Published on 31/01/2022
» Chinese consumers have given an ovation to Tesla Inc., a new seller of karaoke microphones for singing in cars.
US wants more oil, but OPEC+ can't pump much faster
Dmitry Zhdannikov and Ahmad Ghaddar of Reuters, Published on 23/11/2021
» LONDON: US pressure on OPEC+ to pump more oil and cool red-hot crude prices has shone a spotlight on a relatively new problem for the producer group: it doesn't have much extra capacity to hike output faster, even if it wanted to.
Neighbourly neglect
Business, Phusadee Arunmas and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/04/2021
» The Myanmar junta's brutal military repression against anti-coup demonstrators and airstrikes against innocent villages near the Thai border between March 27 and 30 has prompted acute rebukes and trade sanction threats from the international community.
FTI advises charter amendment for peace
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/10/2020
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) wants authorities to step up efforts to amend the controversial charter to find a way out of political turbulence threatening plans to restore the economy.
Harnessing the potential of diversity for business
Tanya Perdikou, Published on 26/08/2020
» It is hard to think of a time in history when businesses globally have had to adapt and restructure as rapidly as they have during the current pandemic. The closest comparable period may be post-World War II, when thousands of soldiers and civilians living with long term injuries were trying, and failing, to access work. At that time, many countries introduced quota systems which required businesses to employ a certain proportion of people with disabilities.
An appointment three decades in the making
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/07/2020
» The proverb "what is fated to be yours will always return to you" holds true in the case of Kattiya Indaravijaya. When she was asked about her desired job on her application form at Kasikornbank (KBank) more than 30 years ago, she filled in "CEO". And now the dream has become real.
Boeing ousts Muilenburg, names David Calhoun as CEO amid MAX crisis
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Boeing on Monday replaced its embattled chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, as it attempts to pivot from a protracted crisis surrounding the grounding of its top-selling 737 MAX after two deadly crashes.
Port caught in a storm
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 17/11/2019
» Life is far from plain sailing for the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) as it tries to turn its land along the Chao Phraya River into one of the city's most ambitious mixed-use projects.