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SET up 8.14 points midday
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2012
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 8.14 points or 0.66% to close at 1,236.63 points at the end of trading session on Wednesday morning. The trade value was 20.41 billion baht, with 2.56 billion shares traded.
SET rises 10.57 points
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2012
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 10.57 points or 0.86% to close at 1,239.06 points at the end of trading session on Wednesday afternoon. The trade value was 38.69 billion baht, with 4.62 billion shares traded.
SET up 0.50% at opening
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2012
» Thai stocks opened up 6.09 points at the start of trade Wednesday morning.
Last call for input into new city plan
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 02/05/2012
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will take comments on the new city plan from May 24 for 90 days, giving concerned citizens one last chance to comment on the capital's blueprint.
Government decries dyke construction progress
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/05/2012
» State agencies are being urged to speed up flood-protection operations in order to finish dyke construction for industrial estates by August.
B100bn for flood funds
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/05/2012
» Another 100 billion baht worth of flood-related infrastructure programmes will be up for approval by the government in August, says Chakkrit Parapuntakul, the director-general of the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO).
An old hand in a new role at the SEC
Business, Published on 02/05/2012
» Chaikasem Nitisiri is no stranger to the Thai capital market, having served on the boards of a number of leading blue-chip firms, including PTT Plc, Thai Airways International Plc and PTT Exploration and Production Plc. A law graduate of both Chulalongkorn University and Columbia University, Mr Chaikasem served as attorney-general from 2007 to 2009. Here he talks with Nuntawun Polkuamdee about his appointment last month to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Thailand remains on US IP piracy & counterfeit list
Business, Published on 02/05/2012
» Thailand remains on the list of 13 countries the United States considers the most serious violators of intellectual property rights, according to a US Trade Representative (USTR) report released on Monday in Washington.
Two agencies told to pay back B50bn to state bank
Business, Published on 02/05/2012
» The cabinet yesterday ordered the Public Warehouse Organisation and the Marketing Organisation for Farmers to pay back over 50 billion baht in debt owed to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives.
Military procurement, false Economy and 'Whole of life' Logistics costs
Business, Published on 02/05/2012
» Capital-intensive industries, in particular the military, are renowned for making large-scale investments in equipment, facilities and supporting infrastructure. But in addition to the upfront investment, there are often significant financial commitments to operating, supporting, disposing and, in certain cases, replacing these investments that are often not understood or analysed during the procurement phase. These extended or indirect requirements are referred to as whole-of-life logistics (or life cycle) costs.