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  • BUSINESS

    BoI special deduction could create a double-edged sword

    Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 10/02/2015

    » The promotional programme of the Board of Investment (BoI), with its tax incentives, has often been considered by business operators a potential source of tax indulgences to take advantage of. Complex rules must be followed to enjoy the incentives, one of which eliminates tax on dividends paid from profits from BoI-promoted operations. But beware of the distortions that can result when it comes to determining the net amount of dividends that can be paid tax-free.

  • BUSINESS

    Mixed economic signals keep Asian shares drifting

    Business, Published on 03/04/2017

    » Recap: Asian investors continued to tread cautiously last week amid mixed economic signals. Better-than-expected US economic growth data and solid industrial output readings from China and Japan bolstered sentiment, but a hawkish view on interest rates by some US Federal Reserve governors and uncertainty about President Donald Trump's tax reforms and spending plans after his healthcare fiasco pressured stocks. In Thailand a buying spree by foreign investors helped boost the index but profit-taking capped gains.

  • OPINION

    Double-edged sword called Section 44

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/03/2017

    » At first, the interim charter's Section 44 appears like a hidden sword that a knight in shining armour brings out only to fight a justifiable cause. Indeed, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha makes us believe so. Power and force will be used when necessary and applied constructively, we are told.

  • BUSINESS

    Guardian could go tabloid, switch to Murdoch's presses

    Business, Reuters, Published on 25/01/2017

    » LONDON: Britain's Guardian newspaper is considering becoming a tabloid and outsourcing printing to a rival such as Rupert Murdoch's News UK as one of a series of options to cut costs, sources have told Reuters.

  • OPINION

    Sense on lese majeste

    News, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2016

    » Re: "Chuvit set for release under royal pardon", (BP, Dec 13).

  • THAILAND

    Our top 10 stories in a year that will be hard to forget

    Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016

    » Over the past year 'Spectrum' has reported a wide range of issues to give readers valuable insights. Our reporter ambushed the monk who helped Leicester City to their shock English Premier League title to get an exclusive. Another reporter blended in with Chinese yuppies in the new business district of Bangkok to find out why they decided to migrate to Thailand. Two reporters did a series of stories on the Tiger Temple by hanging out with the veterinarian, monks and national park officers to listen to all sides. We were determined to find the truth. Last month we also went up to Chiang Mai to talk to Hmong girls wrongly accused of stealing a British tourist's watch. Here are the top 10 stories in another exciting year of reporting.

  • BUSINESS

    Using photos from the internet: copyright ownership and 'orphan works'

    Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 25/12/2015

    » A picture is worth 1,000 words is an old adage, but in today's accelerated digital economy, the concept is more relevant than ever. With more and more competition for consumers' attention, many businesses -- from global advertising agencies to mom-and-pop shops -- are turning to the internet to find compelling images that reinforce their message.

  • THAILAND

    Rescued rector tells of night adrift at sea

    Online Reporters, Published on 21/12/2015

    » Kasetsat University rector Bodin Ratsamithet was full of praise for the fishing boat that rescued him after he spent a night adrift at sea in the Gulf of Thailand after being tossed from his jetski on Sunday.

  • OPINION

    There must be something about Hawaii

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/10/2016

    » The most reassuring news of the week was that the leader of a much-discussed Thai delegation to the US-Asean conference in Hawaii only ate noodles and rice aboard the chartered aircraft.

  • OPINION

    The road to 'true democracy'

    Published on 28/03/2015

    » Lt Gen Navin Damrigan, a constitution writer, shares his view on the Thailand the Constitution Drafting Committee has in mind once the new charter takes effect, and how the new highest law can bring about such transformation.

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