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Something's brewing
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2017
» A fortune teller suggested Puripong Suthisopapan and his business partner focus on selling beer when they opened their Be Right Back restaurant in Khon Kaen over a year ago. Starting only with one refrigerator, most of the beer they sold was illegally home-brewed as Thai law prohibits small-scale brewing.
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We can prescribe it for you wholesale
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2016
» At first glance, it would be easy to mistake the dozens of large pharmacies sitting across the road from Siriraj Hospital in Thon Buri for registered wholesale distributors. Crowds of customers bringing along samples of their prescribed medication are a familiar sight in any one of the stores, which employ dozens of staff.
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Seeking treatment for bill shock
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/07/2016
» When Nancy Cuevas Guzman came to Thailand for abdominal and arm liposuction, she initially intended to have the surgery at Bangkok Hospital, which provided an estimate of 280,000 baht using the Body Tite technique.
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Making megabucks from trips to Mecca
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/05/2016
» Like all Muslims, Lukman Baik has been looking forward to the once-in-a-lifetime hajj pilgrimage. Despite being a mandatory religious duty provided one is physically and financially capable, Mr Lukman has been trying hard to save money for the trip. For the 35-year-old rubber farmer, doing so has been difficult, especially at a time when Thailand is struggling with falling rubber prices.
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The big business of saving lives
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/05/2015
» Patcharin Arabiya scurried to find 5,000 baht to secure a room at Thonburi Hospital’s coronary care unit while doctors performed CPR on her mother, Samruay Sopajaree. The 78 year old suffered a heart attack on March 24, 2013, an hour after arriving home from a visit to Khao Yai National Park.
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Minding Thailand's business
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/07/2014
» Pranom Kowinwipat never missed any of the 60 general meetings during her five years on the audit committee at Bangchak Petroleum Plc.
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Sweet deal
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/03/2014
» Nakhon Sawan: Thailand, the world’s fifth-largest sugar producer, has seen the price of sugar capped for three decades. This has deterred Kaset Thai International Sugar Corporation (KTIS), the country’s third-largest sugar producer, from entering the retail market even though demand has skyrocketed.
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Sugar float pushed before single market emerges
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 25/10/2013
» As Thai sugar is the cheapest in Asean, millers are repeating their call for the Industry Ministry to float its price to prevent smuggling when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) materialises in late 2015.
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Sugar subsidies poised to rise
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/10/2013
» Delayed reforms and the government's plan to encourage farmers to switch from growing rice to sugar cane will drive up state sugar subsidies, says the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
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BMH not wasting any time pursuing new projects
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 23/04/2013
» BMH Technology, the Finland-based waste-to-energy technology supplier, expects to clinch up to two agreements with the government this year for the first waste-to-electricity projects in Thailand.
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