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SEC bides time on Bangkok Airways
Business, Published on 08/02/2019
» Billionaire Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to extend the deadline for his civil fine payment for manipulation of Bangkok Airways (BA) shares by seven days.
SEC punishes top BA shareholders
Business, Published on 19/01/2019
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed fines totalling 500 million baht against three major shareholders of SET-listed Bangkok Airways Plc (BA), including billionaire Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, for share price manipulation.
Analysing the push for sustainable jet fuel
Business, Published on 03/05/2023
» Biodiesel, a mix of diesel and palm oil-derived methyl ester used by cars with internal combustion engines, as well as used cooking oil that previously was deemed useless are now vying to change the aviation industry. The two oils can be processed to make sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, a biofuel for aircraft.
Time to shine for Hua Seng Heng's third-gen CEO
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 28/03/2020
» Growing up on Yaowarat Road, home to Bangkok's bustling Chinatown and the country's dominant gold trading area, Tanarat Pasawongse did not initially see himself as the next in line to inherit the family-owned gold trading business of Hua Seng Heng Group of Companies, Thailand's largest gold importer.
Merger study paints a grim picture
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 15/10/2022
» The merger of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC) would hamper market competition and make a hike in service fees more likely, according to the latest study by an international independent adviser.
Scholar for life
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/10/2017
» I met Prof Dr Satya Vrat Shastri on the evening of Sept 26 for an interview at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. A day earlier, the renowned Sanskrit scholar had had lunch with Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, when he reminded his former Sanskrit student about his birthday on Sept 29.
Merger set to face tougher scrutiny by new NBTC board
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 19/04/2022
» The planned merger of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC) is expected to face tougher scrutiny by the new board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), which took office last week.
Committee finalised for data protection act
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/01/2022
» The committee responsible for spearheading tasks for the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) has been established, unlocking the process ushering in necessary subordinate regulations as the law is set to be fully enforced in June.
Prasert stays richest for Thai shares
Business, Published on 10/12/2015
» Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, founder of Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BGH) and Bangkok Airways Plc (BA), remains the richest businessman on the Thai stock market for the third consecutive year, with publicly listed shares worth 62 billion baht, up 7.7% from the previous year.
NT makes late swoop to bid on satellite slots
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/08/2021
» National Telecom (NT) has emerged as a bidder in the auction of four satellite orbital slot packages slated for Aug 28 as it bought a bid envelope in the final hour before the one-month extension concluded Friday afternoon.