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Inflation rate dips again to 2.3% in May
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/06/2013
» Inflationary pressure abated in May as continued baht appreciation eased energy costs and world oil prices dropped.
Thai firms told to be early birds
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/05/2013
» Thai business operators seeking to invest in Myanmar should speed up their decisions or face higher operating costs, particularly wages and land prices, once regional economic integration takes place.
Took jai in transition
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/04/2013
» Phatlada Phaladon sees it as improper from the outset for the government to set aside a budget to subsidise any low-cost products.
Ministry rejects Democrats' complaints over poor rice quality
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/02/2013
» The Commerce Ministry says the Democrat Party's allegations over poor quality control of rice under the government's rice pledging scheme are not true.
A true defender takes over
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/10/2012
» Vatchari Vimooktayon has been in the media spotlight regularly since taking the helm at the Internal Trade Department in 2010.
New boss backs rice pledging
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/10/2012
» The newly appointed permanent secretary for commerce has insisted the government's rice pledging policy does not violate the Constitution but instead helps improve the living standards of poor farmers.
The perils of rice pledging
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/09/2012
» Many farmers are getting addicted to rice pledging, as the scheme pays them faster than the previous programme of rice income guarantee, according to a poll by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Exporters, millers hail news of rice sale
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/08/2012
» The local rice industry is praising the Commerce Ministry's decision to unload more than 750,000 tonnes of rice from the state's huge stockpile for export and domestic needs.