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Glow fired up by expansion
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/12/2013
» The SET-listed Glow Energy Plc expects normalised net profit to surge 60% to 8 billion baht in 2013 on the back of greater expansion of its power facilities.
Industry Ministry scales back forecast
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/12/2013
» Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) for the first 11 months of 2013 fell by 2.9% year-on-year, prompting the Industry Ministry to revise this year's index forecast to a 3% decline.
TTA forecasts double-digit growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/12/2013
» Thoresen Thai Agencies (TTA), the SET-listed shipping and energy group, expects double-digit revenue growth next year on signs of recovery in the shipping industry.
Floods foil SCG cement growth target
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/10/2013
» Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's top industrial conglomerate, expects the recent floods to cut full-year growth in cement sales to 5% from an original forecast of 7%.
Industry tries eco-town approach with communities
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/10/2013
» The Industry Ministry plans to develop eco-industrial towns in 11 provinces across four regions as part of efforts to improve the industrial sector so that it can co-exist with local communities under a five-year plan ending in 2018.
Sufficiently Profitable
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/10/2013
» Profitable corporations are more aligned with the sufficiency economy (SE) philosophy than unprofitable ones, according to new research by the Sasin Centre for Sustainability Management.
Corruption 'stalls progress'
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2013
» Corruption is among the biggest barriers to Thailand's economic progress, says expert Prof Robert Klitgaard, who urged businesses and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to work with the government to monitor key projects.
World oil price picking up in third quarter _ Thaioil
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 04/09/2013
» The crude oil price will likely rise slightly in the third quarter amid ongoing unrest and political conflict in the Middle East and North Africa, the major source of the commodity, says Thaioil Plc (TOP).
Murky waters
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/07/2013
» SARABURI: Fifteen years ago, rice paddies covered large areas of tambon Nong Pla Lai in Saraburi's Kaeng Khoi district. But local farmers claim the water they used in the past for agriculture, bathing and cooking cannot be used for those purposes today.
Survey: Cybercrime risk creeps upward
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/07/2013
» While levels tend to be underestimated, a survey by Aon Risk Solutions shows cybercrime climbing into the top 10 of business risks soon.