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Food price solutions a priority
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/05/2022
» Food prices are on the rise everywhere in the world. In Thailand, prices of limes have been at historical highs for months, now as much as 10 baht each in wet markets. Instant noodle makers want to hike their prices by up to 20% as raw material costs have surged, but Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit insists they can't.
Subsidies under the knife
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/11/2014
» Removing fuel price subsidies is a political hot potato for governments, given that doing so can push up the cost of living and has even caused riots in the past. But the current plunge in world oil prices has been a blessing for governments that have started to take the difficult step of nudging fuel prices up to market levels.
Avitez spouts first PLA bottle factory in Asean
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/10/2012
» Thailand will be the site of Asean's first factory to make water bottles solely using bioplastics, which will be exported across the continent to tap growing demand for environmentally friendly products.
Price uncertainty looms in oil trade
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/06/2012
» Thailand should brace itself for increasingly volatile energy prices, driven mainly by the European crisis, and growing competition from neighbouring countries to become an energy hub, say industry executives.
BCP posts marginal Q2 inventory loss as oil sinks
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/05/2012
» Bangchak Petroleum Plc (BCP), the state-owned refinery, expects some inventory loss this quarter, as the global oil price may sink to an average of US$100 a barrel on the worsening European economic situation, the prolonged Iranian nuclear talks and lower seasonal demand.